fiJort Wns Hurrying
to
Dloomfontoin.
THE RAILWAY CUT
Crnmed Ilie CirniiKn Hirer mi
led lliithiilln-Houlhern 1'inn
.Ulnar of llueri.
HI.. ...I. IT If tlmf
I 11IIIIUII I I. IV ii iifunin .i.i.v
or Weston cut thn uiliway
llooinfontelii, ho thuruby In
General Joubort, wlio, In
liLt retired from tho campaign
coining southward with 11,000
presumably to superintend tho du
hiborutu dnloimo works tnroo
liiul lici'ii prepared outside
No Hour wounded woru lult
lifajiloorafoiitiiln. When iiHhcut the
n--iarar . . . .
cMonlby Jinl Roberta, Mr. Frazer
' dtiuealE''Tlm burghers do not liku
'fshllftnaTrvouid not euro to go to uapn
liio wiiiin'H uir.iii, in nn
in newspaper, tiuit too noon
UohauiiiMliiirg, ntiil rnzo it to
aund, I ' necessary, In not t alien
arjoiialy. Mr. C;Jin m Injr'jiln 'n
tfttoinont tlmt President Kruuur imrf
ffM$ncu warned hh to tliu coiuu
joncoloi hih'Ii conduct IH regarded u
imuihat aufllclunt precaution Iihm
5n!takcn.
'fliyllholtlmo laird Roberta, roaches tho
fniUlrivor ho will command somo 60,
JOjinuna wlillo General lliillur will
BDjflpO From tho military point
Ltlui critics now think thoru ia
mm four
Inpfttoli to tho Dally Mull from
iQurpiicg Munition, dated Ilmrlay,
iTij;, tlintrttrtniK commandoa nni man
aKSsntfSiViifri'iitoii, wiicii) tun lTct
aYomnfp going to make a stand
Cllvlarrt. friiaaril llm OruiiK
London! March 17. Tho war
i) Ml co
ChI thu following from
1onl
ntctii, March 17. Gonrral
hmmI tho Orange rlviT ami
Jothulio this morning.
Reginald Polo-Caniw, with
of tho guards brigade, two
small iKiily of mounted in
hero In tlifco train thin
lrin IiiiihIh with General
ml in'iii'rul Clements. Ilu
Jictlmnv by 4:10 P. M.,
'cetlng with opposition, hav
IK buoiirnlmi to miiiiily from hia troons
-JirlnKilrlyiirH. llromon, litters, mold
"Vf, ntlii, carpenters, etc.
i'55 EIGHT NEW WARSHIPS.
Tlilriiajiur in nnvni Appropriation
vniltltintnti Miirnli 1? Tltu linimn
UinitttfO on naval iwaira reached n
Mlfii'ftfld (llnil fli.nlufnfi firlni. nil in
lujiiumuyr in now wiiriiiin w iro
, jmig'rTzwl, in tho forllicoinliiu mtvul
..I I.I... . .
ornffnTliin hill, hh follown:
'wojcojiolin; roiiHt lino hattlciihlrai
abuuino,ri()(i toiiM 1'iicli, to ooHt ai
oximnioiy .i-i.ouw.uou wicn.
. Tlircniioroil rrulNttrH of tho hlh
t iirocuMlili) nix-oil anil moHt iowcr
r ) annojl5ntl armumunt, to cont up
toxfnijjytoy $1,000 000.
PTltredSfnrotoctfil crnlcorn, to cost
iKutMa 1,000 cacli.
it wriSUjotorminuil not to pnivldii any
finlwnt, In vluw of tho opinion ox
WHOfVitiK t'uonitary I)iiKnd Admiral
that (ioncriil OtW rocunt pur
k iatoSflfrBorvlcoalilu hoiitn of thin char
iterjanswi'r pruhont (,'unlxjat rt'(ulro-
i
i-liioicommlttco iiovtiiod to nutlionzo
tocrotury of tho navy to contract
; iflnrmsfffl t a price not to oxecod o46
tH'tgnagJuhlH apjiliuH to tlio umitrKOiioy
siinorffubont 7, (00 tona, ronuinxl for
o JTatTlMhlps Maino, MUxouri and
lipjin coumo of coiiHtruction,
'& uowtho vceHolH authorized but
t boaSngnor to thouo coutoniplatod
thoTpfwout hill.
Thgngnpatlou of shnathlue uhlin.
'liphTKaJIuxcilod much interest in
r of late, was duturmined
m a prnvlBlou leaving tho
finlii'athliiL' to tlin illurriitlnii
11 tliuSOOrmarv of tho nnvv. Prior to
4jraoa on tho hill, Naval Con
VVi who Bcrvod with Ad
irafffiowpy in tho l'hlllpplnos, waa
ii.n'rtlQulio NheathitiK (piuBtlon. Ho
,6cdHSS5rticuliir that vcbhuIo to bo
iiCdWnyoreiKH sorvico should bo
?n'!iMuin 'oroK drydooks woro not
itypyYyihio.
jCTpKl Out to th l'ullman.
!P?&"!lco1 Mnrch 17. Tlio
iitnoJacillo Company will roliu
Hsh'SJlHtitcrcHt in tho Pullman enra
itsgyBm April 1. It wuHoHlolally
wbonnoetl today that n now contract
SMk ontorod into between tho
ffllicrnlracillu and tho Pullman Com
i Shorohy tho lattor will aoirulro
jlPuroliBto all of tho compauy'g alecp-
iigfoawntorosta and will in future
lieraumioopliiK cars over tho Southorn
cUloulnuH, under a mlloago arrauge-
ntlglmtliir to that oxifiting on all tho
erJbigtrailroad ByBtoms of the couu
iAiiu pneo imin oy ino l'ullman
rapanWia said to be $1,GOO,000.
lanonHion, iox,, Aiaron 17. unit
iftTIIBcll today miow fell in North
JawextoniliiiB as far nouth aa Waco,
jpiotnlng nover known boforo.
lluntlnittoii'i (luittoiiiiiln I.lnr.
SanaErnnolHco. Maroh 17. D. B.
B0Og"if Bo"0rftl '"""''Kor of tho Forro
InifllOcnHtoral do Ouatomala. lias ur.
IMere. Ho 1b to meet Collin P.
nTTSgtbii horo noxt month rolativo
aBwmalon of tho Guatemala Con-
ia!lro'ad from Ouatomala rdtv
autlo coast. Mr. Hunting
.president and ownor of tlm
floh ia now operatod from Ban
rt on tno Paoiflo ocean, oast
ula city.
KOTJNPi
, HSUcreJ
Mm
, iistpjcmv
.Atucruitmi
'.nttiaiffin
THE WHITE FLAQ,
hloniiirnntnln Niirrnnilnrnil to T,ord
llnlinrla.
London, March 10. Tho following ia
tho toxt of Ujrd Hohorts' iliapntch to
tho war 0IH00, announcing hia occupa
tion of lllomiifontelii:
"Uliionifontoln, March 15. Ily tho
holp of (Jod and by tho bravery of her
inaJiiHty'a wildlorM, tho Iroojis under 111 v
command Imvo taken jKiKHemilon of
llloimifonteln. Tlie llritUh IIiib now
IIIiih over the pronli!nnoy, ovaouatod last
evcmliiK hy Mr. Htcyn, lato priwldutit of
tho OraiiKO Krco Ktatc. Mr. Franer,
iiicmlMir of tho lato oxccutUu fovern
monti tho mayor, tho secrotary of tho
law Kiivornor, the hindroiit and other
olllchilH met mn two mile from tho
town and prommtod mo with tho keyH
of tho jiuhllo olllcca.
"Tim miuniy liaa withdrawn from tho
nelKliboihood, and all hudiiih rpiiet
1110 iniiaiiiiauiN 01 moomioutoin gavu
1110 iroojia a coruiai welcome."
TELLER AND TURNER
Took Oppoilln HlmtiU on thn Kipnnaloti
yilmlliiil.
iiv i.i. . .
vbbiiiiikioii, .iiarcn id. Two aru
mtinta woro prononttxl to tho nonato to
day in which almimt antipodal pool
noun woro taken by two Honatora
Idler, of Colorado, in a brief aptKioch
maintained that the coimtitutlou could
not extend over territory acquired hy
1 no unueii Htatca, wlillo Turner, 0
ianhinuton, elaborately conteniloil
that the comititution embraced tho 110
iiulred territory tho very moment tho
United Htatea took ikihbdhbIoii of it
Toller held that thla coverument uould
make tlio outlying territory into Htaten
or coiuu noiii it as coloulea, aa it Haw
lit, wlillo 'turner maintained that tho
United Htatea could not hold colonlca
or dependcuclcH. Aalilo from tho con
Ntltiitional iU0NtloiiH, tho two acnatora
wore in practical agreement, lloth
woro opiHjHed to tho txuMlui! hill, and
both objected to any of thu liiHiilar tor
rltory becoming a part of tho United
Statea or any of ita Inhabitants citizens
of tho United States.
Tho Dlatrlct of Columbia apnropria
tiou bill was taken up in the Iioiiko to
day, and, under thu latitude allowed,
Adameon, of (ieoruin, iIIhciihsw! the
Nicaracim canal; Cowherd, of Mia
noiiri, the I'hilippino queatloni How
aril, of (iiKirula, (MiohtloiiH rolatiiiL' to
tho I'hillppiuoB and the "oikiii door'1
ixilicy in the (Jrh-nt; ltucker, of Mia
Miuri. the advlMtbility of ulectinu urn
ators by thu people, and Houtcll, of I III'
mils, riinlled to Cowherd. Tho Iioumj
adopted a roMilutlon sotting anido alter
nato Frldaya for the conalderation of
private IiIIIh retried by the clalmaand
war claims committoo.
A Nlcknl Mi.ilnlnhi
linker City, March 1(1. l'rolmblvtho
most imiKirtant strike ever madu in
l'.iiHteru Oregon wiih made known in
tliii oity toilay by tie return of John T.
lvngllHli, of lllluola, maiiaKei of the (iol
conda mine, and Flunk NoImjii. of this
city, who atated they had found a aolid
mountain of nickel lying in Itvo valley,
about .'0 mllea KoutliciNt of 11a ker City,
on tho lino of the O. It. N. railroad.
It ia a wonderful proiierty, according
to thvrr statements. For more tliun
0,000 feet tho ore ia traccablo on tho
surface, and tho ore lied stands up a
listanco of '20 feet, and ia 1,000 to
1 ,fi00 feet wide. Tho nickel Is free mill-
ng and runs about $!() to tho ton.
Kaeh staked out two claima adjoining
each other. They will at once com
mence tho sinking of a 100-foot tunnel
miller tho mountain to toat tho rich
uoss of tho discovery.
Hnlf (lot rrniir.
Auokland, NZ., March 10. Advices
from f-'amoa, dated March 1, rotxirt
that the (ierman Hag waa hoisted at
Apia in tho presence of tho treaty olll-
ciala and of Maatafa and Tanmtoho.
Dr. Solf, president of tho munloipalty,
ia governor. 1 1 err Knipplug, formerly
ico-consul at bydnoy, will act aa chiof
judgo and vice-governor. A public re
conciliation took placo at tho flag hoist
ing between Maatafa and TamascBo,
Tho aupretmo court, tho municipal
council, tho municipal magistracy and
tho consular courts woro aholishod.
Tho laws will remain in forco as at
presont. Tho natives aro all quiot aud
awaiting news from Germany aa to tho
form of govornmont.
Ilotilion. Iiy Nolilliirn,
Now York, March 10. A corre
spondent of tho Kvonlng Post, writing
from Manila, under dato of I'obruivry
saya: "When Grogerio dol Pilar'a
body was found, American soldiers
strippod it of every hit of clothing, tak-
ng tho rings from hia llngors and a
ookot from thu nock. Not a stitch of
any kind was left on tho body, every
thing being taken for eouvonira. For
two days tho body win loft by tho road
sido unburiod, until its odors waa offen
sive aud somo Igoritos woro ordered to
covor it with dirt. Among tho things
takon woro hia watch, monoy, a gold
ring and a diamond ring."
Tlio Chain Trust.
Now York, March 10. Itepresonta-
tlvea of tho various companies to he in
cluded In tho Standard Chain Com
pany aro at proKont in this city. Tho
company is capitalized at 000,000,
and in addition thoro is an authorized
bond issuo of .$700,000, of which about
$000,000, it ia understood, will bo
issuod at prosont.
llnlr of Blllllnmtlro Nmltli.
Now York, March 10. Among tho
passongora that arrived today from
Liverpool on tho White Star Liner
Ocoanio, was Gcorgo N. Coopor, of
Klglu. Scotland, heir to half tho estate
of $50,000,000 loft by Goorgo Smith,
tho pioneer bankor of Chicago, Mr.
Coopor was accompanied by Mrs,
Coopor, who also iuheritod n sharo of
tho oatato, Mr. Cooper shares with J,
II. Smith, tho "Silent Man of Wall
Btroot," tho entire fortuuo, after a low
minor legacies aro paid.
at
TROOPS DOING GOOD WORK
Uetinrnt Whrrlrr, WUo Arrlrril In
Winlilintim, Hny. llm lniirKfiiit
Aro HimlUrml-Mmiy Amliiucuilna.
Washington, March H). General
osoph Wheeler arrived In ths city this
morning from Atlanta, flu went over
to tho war department this afternoon.
In tho abmiui.'o of Secretary Hoot ho re
ported formally to Adjutant-General
Corhln, thus complying with tlio order
from the department which brought
him from Manila. Thu general waa in
tho uniform of a brigadier-general of
tho volunteer army. He looked the
picture of health; lwitter than when ho
left Washington for Manila.
He gave General Corbln a brief de
scription of tho conditions in Luzon.
Ho insisted that tho wxr is over, and
that nothing more is to ho done oxcept
to run down a fow guerrillas and irreg
ulars. There ia dllllcluty in this work,
ho said, and there is danger, too, hut
Ita prosecution is not "war." AmbuB
cades were frequent and annoying, and
it waa not easy to tell whether the hid
den foo waa strong or weak. Threo
men had been mistaken for a company
in somo cases.
Tho general said that tho American
troops aro doing splendid work thcro.
They are sound and healthy, and ic
quito as good shape as they would bo
at homo, engaged in similar rervico.
This ia owing in a meeau re to the ex
cellent cato. for their men exhibited by
ofllcers, and to tho watchful precau
tions of tho stafT of thu army.
OPEN TO THE CAPE.
llTMiuront.ii lfn Tlirouch Hall Cum
Illllllll'Utloil.
oudoti, March 10. Lord Roberta
haii ont tlio following dispatch to the
war nllice:
Hlocmfontoin, .March 10. General
Clementt crowed tho Orange river yes
terday, liepaira to the railway hridgo
at Norval'a Font have commenced, and !
it will shortly lie ready for traffic. Geir
oral Polo-Carow telegraphs his arrival
at Springfontciu, so that llloemfoutcin
now is practically in rail cummunica
iton with Capo Town.
'.My proclamation is already having
an excellent effect. Several hundred
burghers have expressed their intention
to surrender their arms and joturu to
their occupations. Tho resident com
missioner of llasutulund roporta that
800 lloora lately arrived from Illoein-
f.....,.l .1 .!... .. I. . .!. il I
milium, nini mm. 11 11111111:1 luuwiifeciik
know the terms of my proclamation to
surrender. Thoy had rofused to attend
a council at Krooustad, to which Presi
dent Steyn had summoned them."
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EXPLOSION AT BLAST FURNACE.
Onn Mnu Kutlrrly Crrmutril mill Four
OtliiTu Injurxil.
Pittsburg, March 10. By tho fall of
a "Hung" at tlio .Monougaiiela furnaco
at MoKcesport today one man waa orO'
mated, two wore fatally burned and
two others wero badly injured. Geo.
Martin is tho cremated man. Geo.
Uurvan and Syiluoy Jackson wero so
badly burned that their recovery ia im
jiosslhlo. Stephen Stohcowski and John
Ikircnuck v.'ero badly burned, but will
recover.
Explosions of this character aro fro
queut in this scctiou, but tho absoluto
disappearance of Martin lends an air
of mystery to tho affair. Threo bun
drod tons of molten oro, coko and miu
orals used in tho production of pig iron
became fast in thu furnace, and Martin
and Curvau, as top tillers, tried to (lis
lodge it. .Suddenly tno ontlro mass
foil, compressing tho gaa below and
causing a terrific explosion.
Not a trace of Martin's body can bo
found. Curvan, whon discovered, was
in a horrible shapo, aud can hardly llvo
until morning. Thu other men, who
wero at tho liottoni of tho furnaco, farod
somo nouor, nut Jackson is bo badly
burned that his recovery is noxt to im
possible.
Fnoil for I'uerto Itlnitx.
Washington, March 19. Five hnn-
drod tons of rlco, codllsh and bacon
woro shlppod oma trausjiort to Puerto
Itico today By tho war department to
roliovo tho suffering. Tho shipment
ia mado in icsponso to an appeal somo
tlmo ago from Genoral Georgo Daiva,
military govoruor of Puorto Ilico, to
acting Suorotary of Stato Moikoljohn,
for aid for starving Puerto means.
Genoral Davis' letter dopicts au aw
ful situation on tho island. Ho ox-
plained that ho iutcndod to dlscontiuuo
tho distribution of food tho first of tho
month, but owing to tho distresa ho
askod for thla shipment. Ho also saya
that it is imperativo that a further
shipment of 500 tons of tho samo arti
cles bo mado on tho noxt transport fol -lowing
this Bhipmont.
I'lro III n MinmclMuettA Town,
Hodkinton, Mass,, March 17. Fire
destroyed llvo of tho best business build
ings in thia placo today. Tho loss ia
estimated at $75,000 to $100,000.
AiiUtmit Unurturmintcr for Otli.
San Francisco, March 10. Captain
Charles D. Palmer, who haa beon sta
tioned in Chicago sinco Juno, 1808, as
assistant quartermaster of tho depart
ment of tho lakes, sails for Manila to
day. Ho will aot as assistant quarter
mastor on Genoral Otis' staff.
Ilorlin, March 10. Horr von Putt-
kamor, ox-vloo-prosident of tho Prus
sian ministry, and brothor-in-law o;
rluco Illsmarok, is dead at Yarzin,
god 71 yoars.
Filipino War Is Almost
an End.
HOT 1ali IN SENATE.
flnlllngrr A council I'mimao of Untruth-
(llllldt.
Washington, March 17. "I assert
most emphatically that when tho sen
ator saya I told him I should not speak
on this subject, ho doos not state tho
truth."
Tills was tho sonsational retort mado
In the senate toilay by Gallitigor, to a
statement just made by Penrose. Son
Btora wero natonmhod and tho auditors
in tho galleries quivered with excite
ment. There had scarcely boon tho
slightest intimation that tho debato
would take such a turn.
For nearly threo hours tho scnato
had under discussion tho bill appro
priating $2,005,000 for tho benefit of
the people of Puerto Jtico. Fairbanks
had just concluded somo remarks on
tho measure, and suggested that tho
senate proceed to the consideration of
executive business. Pending a motion
to that eheet, Penrose who has chnrgo
of tho case of ex-Senator Quay, suggest
ed that a time be fixed for a vote on tho
caso. In tho course of his remarks ho
intimated that certain senators wero
throwing obstacles in tho way of a vote,
and indicated that Gullinger waa one
of these senators.
Ciallfngcr quietly replied that ho de
sired to bo heard on tho question, but
had not had i.n opportunity to speak.
To hia statement Penrose retorted that
the Now Hampshire senator had assured
him ho did not expect to speak on the
Quoy coso. Instantly Gallingcr was
on his feet, aud with ovideut feeling
aud with great vehemence, replied aa
above quoted.
"I don't know whether I don't speak
tho truth," hotly replied Penrose, "or
whether tho seuator from New Hamp
Bhiro failed to tell mo tho truth."
Gallinger retorted that tho whole
proceeding of Penrose waa unmanly
and beneath hia notice.
Tho debate on tho appropriation hill
developed iiuierenco 01 opinion, aa
Jones, of Arkansas, offered a snsbtituto
for tho measure a bill to return the
duties to tlioho who had paid them, and
providing for absolute freo trade be
tween tho United Statos and Puerto
IMco. Tho bill had not been disposed
of whon tho Quay cai-o was called up.
Tho District of Columbia appropria
tion bill, carrying $0,008,878, was
passed by tho house today, and also a
hill granting tho abandoned Fort Hayes
military reservation to the state of
Kaunas for an experimental station and
normal school purposes.
I'lirkhurat on Thrlr Track.
Now York, March 17. Tho Rev.
Dr. Parkhurst and Superintendent
Purr, of tho Society for tho Prevention
of Crimo, will go boforo the grand jury
today with ovidence that is expected to
ehow that liody how it has been possi
ble, under tho system of official pro
tection, for gamblers to flourish in New
"'
York. Neither 51 r. Uurr not Dr. Park-
1 . . , , . . , .
just what
tho lino of thia ovidence was, but they
intimated that tho society waa after the
gambling commission and the other
persons in high places who shared in
its spoils, whilo tho prosecution of the
gamblers and divo-koeiKsrs was only in
cidcntal to tho main issuo, and would
bo bo treated.
Mrn. lllalnfi'ft Kxporlmcnt.
Chicago, March 17. Tho Times
Ilorald says: Tlio servants of the
household of Mrs. Kmmous Blaine are
uow working under union rules. Eight
hours constitute a day's work. The
idea is said to havo beon suggested to
Mrs. Blaino by Professor Patrick
Geddes, of Edinburgh, who lectured in
Chicago a couplo of weeks ago. The
eciontist offered thn proposition that
thcro was a chanco for tho betterment
of tho condition of household sorvants,
and so woll did Mrs. Itlaine regard the
suggestion that sho decided to adopt it
in her home.
Tho systom was inaugurated about 10
days ago, and it ia said to havo provon
highly successful. Society aud club
women aro highly iutorestod in Mrs.
Blaiuo's experiment, and if itcontinnos
to work well, tho plan may bo quito
generally adoptod.
AN EDICT AGAINST
RATS.
Formal l'roolninntloii Isnueil
Muyor of Attorln.
br
the
Astoria, Or., Maich 17. A procla'
mutton, ot wmcn tno following is a
copy, waa issued from tho mayor's
otllco today:
"To the Citizens of Astoria: In
view of tho fact that there has beon an
authentic caso of tho plague in China
towu in San Francisco, and tho Chi
nese aro constantly coming from there
to other cities on this coast, and in
viow also that tho plaguo now oxista in
n greatly iucreasod number of ports of
tho Pacific ocoan from which vessels
aro constantly coming to tho ports of
this coast, and in viow also of tho fact
that rats tako this disoaso more easily
than man, and are generally tho first to
tako it in any port, and then givo it to
man; and in viow of tho fact that tho
disouaod rata cannot bo isolated in caso
of an opidomic; therefore I think it
proper that tho people should bo warned
to kill tho rats by trapping or other
wise, without delay, as a matter of solf
and publio protection. This I consider
of groat importanco, and I hopo it will
bo ilono immediately, whilo the council
will adopt othor moasures calculated
to prevent tho introduction of tho dis-
caso.
"ISAAC BERGMAN, Mayor."
Plaguo Situation at Sydnojr.
Syduoy, N. S. V March 16.
Anothor doath from bubonic plague has
ocourrod horo, aud two fresh cbsob havo
dovelopod.
Furniture Factory Deitroyeil.
MuskoBon. March 17. Firo toninht
doatroyed tho Sans & Maxwell furni
ture faotory at Pentwator. The loss is
estimated at $300,000. ,
Prosperity needs more
prayer than
adversity.
TWELFTH CENSUS.
Outlet and Ttiqiilrmentii ot the 80,000
Kiiuineratom Four Haheilule
Inld of Ten.
Jn tho census building a groat room
la now tho sceno of bustling activity,
tho work of preparing portfolios for
uso by enumerators in tho coming
count of the iwpulatlon bolng foirly
under way. lhow portfolios, of whit
ish-brown pasteboard, hinged together
with black cloth, aro 18 inches long
and 10 wido and tied with four sots of
tape. Tho tape used ia not that "rod
tape" which to tho ordinary mind aig
uilles circumlocution and dolay. Tho
law requires spocd in tho census of
1000 and common every day white cot
ton tapo will fasten tho schedule-filled
portfolios in thoir round from habita
tion to habitation. For convenient, ac
curate and rapid enumeration tho Uni
ted Statea haa been divided into 800
supervisors' districts, and theso in turn
into about 50,000 enumeration dis
tricts, or E. D.'s, as they aro called in
tho census office Each of tho 50,000
enumerators is yet to bo appointed, ho
on tho portfolios a blank apaco is left
for hia name.
Hie last census found tho unhappy
enumerator loaded down with from 10
to i:j schedules, each having volumin
ous instructions, to master which re
quired considerable mental ability and
Iower of memory. That census was
taken under a law which required enu
merators to ask many obnoxious ques
tions. Tho census act of 1000 happily
for all does not requiro theso disagree
able queries.
F'our schedules, not 10, cover enu
merator's inquiries in 1000; schedulea
requiring information about popula
tion, vital statistics, manufactures and
agriculture. In cities tho enumerator
will seldom need tho agricultural, or
in the rural districts tho manufacturing
schedule, solie will infrequently carry
more than threo.
A general realization by American
citizens of their personal interest in a
successful prosecution of tho canvass
by this white-tape army should arouse
sentiments of local interest and pride
in each enumeration district citizens
would concern themselves about the
selection of their registrar and local
arbiter.
Tlio whito-tapo army should bo made
up of mun of a high standard. Thoy
should be quick, competent, courteous,
tactful and truthful.
ComnopolU Rawintll.
Tho Gray's Harbor, AVash., Commer
cial Company's sawmill plant at Cos
mopolis, employes 500 men, with 100
men working on improvements; has a
$31,000 monthly payroll; has a mess
houso that takes care of 400 men;
scores of dwellings for rent to employes
at a nominal sum, and which, in con
nection with tho plant, presents nearly
a mile of frontage on Chehalis river.
j no company la now constructing a
new planing mill, a box factory, a tank
factory, a finished lumber storing shed,
now diy kilns, and making numerous
other additions. During 1899 its out
put was 45,000,000 feet of lumber and
90,000,000 shingles.
Sen I.loiii Wanted.
J. E. W. Mocfarlond, superintendent
of tho new oil and guano factory, at
Astoria, Or., is going to try an experi
ment this summor, that will meet the
approval of the fishermen and the fish
ing interests generally. Ho will be
willing to pay a good price to fisher
m on for all the sea lions that they may
kill, as he boliovcs that ho can extract
oil from them profitably, for thoy are
alwnys very fat when they come into
tho river. Tho matter will bo brought
up at tho next mooting of tho Fisher
man's Union for discussion.
Northwest Notes.
Folk county, Or., has 2,508 voters;
of them, 1,150 havo registered.
La Grando, Or., has a school popula
tion of 1,377 between the ages of 4 and
20.
Miss Oza Waldrop, notress, is tho
daughter of Rov. Joo Waldrop, of
Priuovillo, Or.
Walter Bonn, n Siletz Indian, is
under bonds at Tolodo, Or., to answer
a charge of grand larceny.
A numbor of strangors are investigat
ing the timber rosources in tho moun
tains west of Pedeo.
Papers throughout Oregon are still
urging voters to register. More than
half of them are not yet on tho books.
A. J. Smith is said to have given
option to parties on his 32 acres of
oyster land on Oyster bay, Wash., tho
price to be $15,000.
Tho Brownsville, Or., Times says
tho Calapoola river continues to make
iuroads on laud in the eastern part of
town, though tho water is not high.
Tacoma druggists havo organized a
society which will join tho Retail
Druugists' Association of America.
One of its objocts is to prevent tho sale
of patent medicines and drugs in de
partment storea.
A. F. Garr is a Tolodo, Or,, man
who went to tho rosidonco of his wife,
from whom ho had separated, and
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broke open tho door with an ax, loaded
a wagon with what ho wanted and took
it away." Airs. Garr will tako legal
proceedings against him.
Claud Bullock, a young man of SO
years, of Wouatohoo, Wash., accidental
ly shot himBOIf in tho left sido. Ho
diod from tho injuries.
Miss Roth, n Hoaniam, Wash.,
nurse, has ontorod tho government sor
vlco, and will leave at onco for the
Philippines.
Nineteen sohool teachers aro employ
ed by La Grande. Tho four male teach
ers aro paid an average ot $70 per
month, but the female toachen set
but $44.
ADVIOES ARE CHEERFUL, f
Trad Itevlew Make n Farorabl
HhntTlna;.
Bradstreot's says: Trado adrlcet
are, aa a wholo, cheerful, and th
strotch of values' la apparently una
bated, though somo soft spot still pro
Kent thomsolvos. A permanent foatnra
this week has been tho incroaso ia
strongth of valuos of farm products,
nearly all tho cereals, pork products
and cotton advancing, whilo materials
for manufacturo, and tho products
thereof, havo generally remained steady
or unchanged.
Manufacturers of shoes aro busy and
wcathor conditions havo rather favored
the retailer by enabling him to dispdss
of somo carricd-ovor stock.
Wool is fairly steady, but manufac
turers aro out of tho' market and con
cessions can bo obtained, though Lon
don advices aro better.
Southern iron advices aro of steady
prices, and of rather moro inqury oo
oxport account. Except immediately
in Chicago, where idleness of many
thousands of men has cause dullness
in tho machinory and kindred trades,
the Western iron situation seoma a
strong one.
Structural material is in better re
quest and somo very largo contracts
will shortly bo placed.
Wheat, including flour, shipments
of the week aggregate 2,277,450 bush
els, against 2,280,578 bushels last
week, 4,114,040 bushels in tho corre
sponding week of 1899.
Business failures in tho United States
for the week number 100, aa compared
with 180 last week, 205 in this week a
year ago, 233 in 1898, 233 in 1897,
and 800 in 1890.
Business failures in Canada for tho
week number 28, aa compared with 33
last week, 21 in this weok a year ago,
23 in 1808, 30 in 1897 and 40 in 1890.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market,.
Onions, new, $2.25 2.50 per sack
Lettuce, hot house, 45c pqr doz.
Potatoes, new, $16 18.
Beets, per sack, 75 85c.
Turnips, per sack, COc.
Carrots, per sack, 50c.
Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c.
Cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen.
Cabbage, nativo and California,
$1.001.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box.
Prunes, COc per box.
Butter Creamery, 28o per pound t
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 17o per pound.
Eggs 15 16c.
Cheese Native, 15c.
Poultry 13 14c; dressed, 1415cf
spring, $5.
Hay Paget Sound timothy, $12.00?
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$18.00 19.00
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled 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.p0; whole wheaft
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00i
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 beet
steers, 7)6 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 7Kc; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8
10c.
Hams Largo, 13c; small, ISKl
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides,
Sc.
Portland .'Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 5253o;
Yalley, 52o; Bluestom, 55o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham,
$2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrol.
Oats Choice white, 8530c; choice
gray, 34c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14 15.00;
Brewing, $17.00 17.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings, $10; shorts, $16; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $0 10; clover, $7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 5055o;
seconds, 42245c; dairy, 8037&o;
store, 25326o.
Eggs llo perdozon. .
Cheese Oregon full cream, 18c;
Young America, 14o; now cheeso lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
4.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2.503.5.0; gooso, $0.507.50 forold;
$4.60G.50; ducks, $5.0005.50 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 10 llo per
pound.
Potatoes 5000o per saok; sweets,
224C per pound.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 00c;
per saok; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bago, lHo per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, $1.50 2.25; carrots, $1.
Hops 88o per pound
Wool Valley, 1213o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 27
30o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4 Mo; dressed mutton, 7
7 Ho per pouud; lambs, 76oper pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and foedors, $4.60; dressed.
$0.000.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers. $4.0034.50:
cows, $3.604.00; dressed beof, OK
70 per pound.
Yeal Large, 07fio; small, 80
Oo per pound.
Tallow 555c; No. 2 and grease.
3s4o per pouud.
San Franeuoo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1216ope
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 10o; Val
ley, 2022o; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 1809 crop, ll18o pei
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 21o;
do seconds, 1020o; fanoy dairy, 17
18o; do seconds, 15 lflo per pound.
Eggs Store, 18o fanoy ranob.
10c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $13.00 18.00,