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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1900)
Sffiifort Taken by tho Brit ish Army. ST FLANKINQ MOVEMENT Hip Thnliiiiiehii IH'Irlnl Ifltrll!""' ""l Oil' the lltlllli II... SSuTnu Nnrlli Ml, May 11 I" announced British have captured lirunil- oers Taken hy Hnrprlae. jEaafort, May o. llrundfort was tiraglby 11 !h,i" movement oi nckor'H mill wonenu rnio- divisions, on tliu oust iiml sfnil Uonorat HuUuii'h Mounted n tlio west. Jlio IlritlN.li Hur- 0 Boors, who retreated hastily. liOOBiiiiil of thoenoiuy inuvud Jiuru ijSovonlng in oritur to opiKiso Snco Colonel Tucker's nrtll- fl sharp duel with 1 1 io utiomy'n nuiput two oi mom out oi ucunu. n Tliitliiimiliii DUtrlct. i'. . ... inaoni Miiy o. -uonorui uroim- a 1 ry brigade Iiiin reiM-hed Isa- loip; 28 miles notth of Tlmbun- iuKGWicral Inn Hamilton In blviiu ItfnffJalfJaoolMruhl, in miles north ol aafenphu. General Tucker's division fwvlflg'oaHtwaril from Kurou Killing. divisions of General French ami onerallKonillu nro in and near Thab iclTSMrhUH Ioril Roberts Iiiih 50,000 SEIESrating clour of tho railway ongfefHont of 40 miles. Ho Ih ad incinjffilowly with hoiiih successes, ItMBOtlllng docls-lvo. Vut, at all ilOtaToIIConcontraiion, mo noorH up tftuEuoJprocoeil with caution. i mil p i tdSlfroiit'iH a iukiI country nilngnjovomontH olT-hand iliniciilt. JiMlloers, iiiHton uiiurcJiui Hayn, BSBaorniouH hordx of cattle and QlnSfRiieep ptthorod in the Kouth tnjfo'hcso they are driving north- Jlxiorvgra at hnadiiuirtorH in Illooin iitomiiiocni to think that the lloom gfrgpariUK to oviu'iiate Ladybrnnil. JojfiSonLitlll holdlni: Thabiinchu diH fctffrojfcatlnmtfd nt 4.000. They .varejngpg thotr kuhh a 4n-pounder. ffhelfoorritHiKiiiili'iitH at Kimberloy .YMBeCttj forblddon to commuuieato flMyeruf'da.VM, tho deduction being atmlioovarn inovouionc ih uuner way '8, olBoors in Natal aroreNtleH. Two noTOalcrOHHed Sunday'H river Wed- ilnVfand tried to oiikiiko tho llritisli WW ENOUGH COFFINS. cnmtlon iluy lln Itxa.irU'.l ti nt Hco- llrlll. SUllSko, May r.. Tho latent dia- cliTffom gcollold cayH that tho ox- imoiectimntu oi oeaii ih now couceneo nvolbooii too lanie, and that it la iSorlcnliy imiioiiHiblo to pluco tho STOfiiTfe at HOP, iih there wore not tfjmiury. men in the mine. Thu HrnllilltlcB aro that L'CO will be about STTotftlinuiiibcir of dead. os of tho vIctiniH coutluuo to Tvo from nil tho HurroundiiiK Sfbody of Tom llroKKon, of r. -v i - tOWHH, f North jvjonco, v., wi BOlUo. 1. Tin iih locatou to.iay in uiro arc not vnouijii una iu tho ciinm to bury tho dead, IMdindd horror to tho xituatioii, tho liesiftro rapidly decompofdng, and it rjfficon RDggoNtod that cremation may yoTto'bo rororto.l to. Thero are CO noonwhlch no provlHlou for burial Ijjnny'oho man Ih to blamo for tho Jfdoht.'ilt will never bo known, for ,vho can toll tho htory haa Dojput of the mines alive. Many lcoal:iniluern, familiar with tlioao nosJSatato that thoy havu alwayn mlrcgardod iih tho safest milieu in jjetato. .The so men iiIko Hay that tho npany'a'polli'.y has always been to ira.no oxpouso in order to koop tho dos in. a thoroughly cafe condition. THtho colli companv'H Htoro every' ngMQjboing uivinK out froo of charge itltholfumlHea of tho dead aro in iui 'UTfltoTiuiod of, and tho store in boing ntiopontnight and day. auuuquoBt wn ueguii iiiih iiiuniiiiK tiieireiidont'o oi tlio into joiiu mint- SvholWtta killed iu tho mine. 'J ho jdIdjiiot go into tho controvowy ua SatlcauBed tho dlRiiHtor, butHiinply rndpluitfTlunier mot hla death iu ilrnfneMthrougli oxploslon. State nbnepeotor ThoimiH tcHtifled that it shia opinion that thooxploHion wat (fled byff "tight heavy Bhot". Ho d tho nVlno wuh froo from gaB. Ho bexamllpoil tho place whore It was impjwdor had boon stored, and immlfplainly evident that tho ox isjofffartod where tho powder wa redjpBlho bodlos taken from that jwjwgbndly burned. Woadeil thn llrltnn' Oniun. 3gcagof May 5. HlBhop Hartzoll aaedjthq case of tho Jiriton in tho mavanL tonight boforo au audiouce TOlmost flllod tho Auditorium. Ho yeTlrom improflaions gained by por ilitpblorvationa in South Afiion; ji personal acquaintauco with Pros!- ijlKruger and from oloso study of yTamllUio adminiBtratlon of laws hy government. IHshop Hartzoll ninda oruumout in behalf of tho English. It Triut ltnlmii WiiBim. ork. May 5. Tho World to- Svill priut tho following: lvo thousand men oinployod Standard Oil Company ns i and laborers all over tho vo had thoir wages raisod 10 Tho advance will not affect 1'lnciio at Bunkln. iVtHJiMay 5. Throo cases of bu ths jjgjWfJjuo and ono doath from We raited horo. NEARLY ANNIHILATED. American (iiirrlami In Hanmr Attacked hy ItrheU, Manila, May -I. Tim Ainorlcan gar rison of Catublg, IhIiiiiiI of Suiiiur, con Minting of 11(1 moil, belonging to tho Forty-third regiment, hH boon uttuiikod hy roholH. Twenty of tho Ainorlcan woio killed. Tho remainder worn res cued. Tho Americans woro quartered In Cuttiblg ohureh, which tho untmiy, numbering several hundrod inon, sur roiindml, and llorcoly attacked. Tho Amorloiiiis fought for two ilayH, and thou tho roholH managed to ignlto tho roof of the church, ami It burned away, und'fliiully foil unon thoso insido the oil Hi co. Tho wall", roinnliiod Intact, howovor, and woro iihoiI us u Mholtor by tho bo slcgod Americans for throo days lungor, tho onomy attacking tho building on ill hIiIoh at ouch. Tho AimirlcaiiH con tliniod firing from tho wIiiiIowh ami doorH of tho church and did good oxo cutiou among tho Filipinos. It is estl mated that ovor 20() of tho lattor woro killed, many dead bodioH having boon romovod fiom tho scone of tho fighting. After 11 vo days' roHlHtiiiico bv tho AiuoricaiiH, a lloiitotinnt mid eight moil arrived from Lnon and engaged tho be siegers, who thormiMin rot trod. Tho fortunate arrival of these reinforce iiioutH provontod tho aunihihitiou of the American force entrenched In tho church, who had repeatedly declined to Mirrondor whon ordered. Tho 10 sur vivors woro without food, had little ammunition, and woro oxhaiiHtod when relieved. Tho light Iiiih encouraged tho Flllpl jioh, who aro now acting in an aggros hIvo manner and threatening that mic tion of tho ioast, particularly tho town of Catarman, whence tho garrlMm will probably bo withdrawn to Laon. General J'uiiHton Iiiih diHcovorod a ro- ! bol warehoiiHo uoiir Ciibanutaaii, prov SrMforco HiilDclent to compel tho ll,c'of Now KIJI. containinij all tho arclilvoH of tho Mulolon Kovernment, miikoi Aculnnldo'H corrcHpondonce up to tho time of bin flight and much valuablu historical matter. SCOFIELD CALAMITY. Tim Wiirnt lllaitaler In llm lllatiirr of AiiHTlriui Sllnlna;. Salt Lake, May 4. livery house In tho little town of Hcoilold is a bouse of mourning. The awful scono of yes terday had passed away whon tho day dawned this morning, and tho awful calm of despair had taken its place. Tho agonized shrieks of the widows and the moans of the fatherless woro no longer heard. The stricken ones were beyond all that, and thoir grief could Undo no utterance. When the removal of tho bodies from tho initio began yes terday, hundreds of men volunteered thoir services lor the purpose. Thefo rescuers came from other mines and towns surrounding, and worked'iuces Hiiutly to bring out tlio burned and mangled remains of tho dead miners. Tho bodies wero taken to the company buildings iih soon as they wero brought out of tho mine, and were there drcs.scd and laid out preparatory to the coro ner's inquest, and lor identification. Many of tho rescuers camo near los ing their lives from tho fatal after damp, but tho work was continued iu thu face of all dauber; and most of tho bravo fellows remained at their jxists until thoy woro almost ready to drop from physical exhaustion and tho dead ly effects of thu poisonous fumes. Three hundred and ninety-eight men entered tho miuo for work yesterday morning, and a great majority of these havo peiishcd. It will not bo surpris ing if the total death figures aggregate BOO. FUTURE OF THE BOERS. Slimy ii r Tliniu Will KuilRriitu tu Amnrlcii. Now York, May 4. A Pretoria let tor to tho World, dated March '23, pays: Although tho majoirty of tho Boers still bolivo that tho independence of the republics will remain aftor tho war, hundreds of thorn aro taking tho oppo site view, and aro casting about for a suitable country to which they can emigrate State Secretary Itoitz said today: "If tho English tako thoso re publics ami raise tlio Union Jack ovor them, 1 will tako my family to Amorica. And seoros of other burgh ers havo said the sumo thing to mo. Many of tho older lloors will trek to Gorman West Africa, whero thero aro thousands of squaro miles of fortilo ter ritory, and thousands will em ignite to other countries." An old Uoor in tho Froo Stato sev eral days ago askod concerning the rates of passage to Amoiica, "You soo," said ho, "wo aro going to fight hard for our country, but if it is taken away from us, wo want to go somowhoro whoro thero is a republic" Tho friends of Prosidout Kruger say that if tho Transvaal loses her inde pendence, ho will spend tho last yoarg of his lifo iu Holland or Germany. Muxlomi Civil CliluT Arreatnd. City of Moxioo, May 4. An import ant arrest has been mado in Ghilipa, stuto of Guorroro, tho prlBOiier boing no loss n person than Colonel Voga, who is civil chief of tho district, a position rosomblintr somowhat that of the Unl- totd Statos marshal. Ho is boliovcd to ' havo kuowlodgo of faots iu tho caso of I tho assassination of two prominont Fronchmou iu that district somo mouths ago. Oeneru! Morrltt'a llollremont. Chicago, May 4. A spooial to tho Record from Washington says: Gonor- l . 1 r ..1 - n r 1 1 . . . 1 r la annn n fin ill i UHiuy juuiiit, niiu www. w b . upon tho rotirod list, aBkod for roliof , from duty as cominanuing goiiorai oi tho military dopartmont of tho J',aat. Tho war dopartmont today urantod tho roquost, Bolooting Geuorai jonn . Brooko aa Merritt'a auocoasor. Gonornl Morrittwill go to Kuropo with Mrs.' Morrltt aftor May 10, tho dato named aa that upon which the trausfer of duty will ooour. B. L Second Mining Camp in tho Slooan Country. LOSS EXCEEDS HALF A MILLION Tim IVuli.r Supply ri.rTpil nii.l t,n rrn Itllrni-il tla.iir Oilt-Alil Hrllt ..ml Mure Neml nil - .Mini r l.i-ft lliiiiielnaa, Spokalio, May 7. A special to the Hpokosman-Itoviow from Kaslo, U. (J says: Hiindon, the second mining town in importance in the Slocan, has been completely destroyed by lire and nearly nil its 1,'J00 people aro liomoless and ruined. Kaslo is L'8 miles from San don, but about midnight largo clouds of smoko camo rolling over this town from Siiudon. Atoncoword wont out that Sandon was destroyeil, but no news could bo liiid from tho desolate town, as all wires had been burned. At 4 P. M. a train camo in from San don bringing a number of thoso who lost all their property. They reported that tho total lam was between ifGOO,' 000 and 11,000,000, while tho insur unco could only have been about 000. Tho alarm was sounded shortly aftor midnight, and (pifckly tho streets were filled with hundreds of men and wo men. Tho flumes started botween Spencer's hall and llrown's storo Two streams seemed to bold tho Haines in check for a wliilo. Then ono stream gavo out and tho llamos spread rapidly After that it was only a mutter of the fire burning itself out. Tho' miners' hospital and a drug store wero blown up iu tho effort to stop the flames. !y this time all the lower part of town, including tho tenderloin and many business places wore gone, Thou tho firemen blew up tho Kcho hotel, oiio of tho flnost buildings in the Kootouay rpuutry, tho Canadian Pa' cifle railroad station and other build' tigs in order to save tho valuable storci I II. Geigerich and II. Dyers & Co. Ills iis accomplished. Half a dozon other buildings at the extreme ouds of tho town worn saved, iiicludlug the electric power-house. Tho rest of tho town was drawn into the maelstrom of fliuno. Itoliof moasuros wero takon quickly. Tho olllcluls of Saudon donated $500, ami mining men thero contributed .fy.OOO. Kaslo raised $1,800 and sent up a special train with largo supplies of food, touts ami clothing. Moro re' liof is neoded. GREAT FUNERAL TRAIN. Sliirlril From tlio Sconn of tlio Ulnli Mini DUitater. Salt Lako, May 7. Tho grcatost funeral train in tho history of Wostern America started on its journey from Scofield today. Tho train had upon it the remains of aliout i)5 or more of tho victims of tho Winter Quarters disas tor. Accompanying tho bodies were many rolatixes, who aro bowed down with tho severity of tho blow that thoy tave so suddenly unstained. Ono of the miners who was iu the inino at the time of the explosion and who was ono of tho llrst rescuers who went iu to re rover tho bodies, tells au interesting slory. Ho was in No. 1, iu tho first raiso, when iho oxploslon occurred, but so far away from it that tho sound did not reach him. Ho Bufforod a moment with tho air, but thought it tho result of a cavo-iu, worked on a quartor of an hour, when his miner's instinct told him that something was wrong, and ho camo on down to tho main entrance A door had boon fitted in horo to keop tho current of good air from going above, und to dliect it into tho main workings, where it would moot tho damp and oithor weaken it voiy much or drivo it back. This door was guard ed on tho outer sido. Passing on to tho mouth of thu tiinnol, this miner, with othois, joined Superintendent T. J. Parniloy, nnd wont to No. 4, whoro tho groatost danger existed. Outsidoof tho nine thoso working had all been in red, so tho party was small. Army Hill 1'inaeil. Washington, Slay 7. Today's ses sion of tho sonato was rondorcd espec ially notable by tho passage, aftor a do bato lasting three hours, of tiio army reorganization bill. In military cir cles tho measure is regarded as ono of tho most important of tho present ses sion. It practically revolutionizes the present stuff arrangements of the army. It proposes to chango the prosont sys tem of permanent appointments in cer tain staff corps to ono of dotail by a f-raduul prooess as tho o dicers in thoso corps go out of aotivo servioo. As va cancies ooour in tho department of tho adjutant-general, tho iuspeotor-geuoral, quartormuBtcr-gonoral und commissary gonoral, thoy aro to bo filled by details from tho lino, tho details to bo tem porary and uot to oxcood four years. 8h r It Not n Camlliliite. Chicago, May 5. Govornor Shaw, of Inwa, who is here attending the Metho dist conference, declared iu au intor viow that ho was not a candidate for tho vico-prosidonoy on tho Republican tiokot, nor did the know that Congress man Hopburn was. Strniulefl Nenr Port Towiiaeml. Victoria, U. 0., May 7. Tho stoamor Victorlnn did not got iu until noon to day, having boen on a sand bar near Port Townsoud for six hours. When coming up tho sound this morning it was vory thick, and in a bank of fog sho luddonly camo upon tho stoamor Au goioa, which was not whistliug, and narrowly escaped collision. It was in ho effort to escupo her that the Victor Ian straudod. Sho floated at high tldo without damage, THE CASE OF CLARK. Senate Will Tnhn It Up Neit Thura- luy. Washington, Mny 5. Tho sonato to day adopted tho motion of Hoar to take up the resolution of tho committoo )n elections declaring that Clark, of Mon tana, was not duly elected to the sou ate, and then postponod consideration oi tlio question for a week. Iho army appropriation bill, aftor a rather spirit oil debute, was passed without division. Tho day closed with tho passngo of a number of private pension bills, includ ing bills to pension Mrs. Julio Henry, willow of tho late General Guy V. Henry; Geuorai James LongBtrcet, Mrs. Margaret M. lladgor, widow of tho lato Commodore Hadgor, and Mrs. Harriot Grldloy, widow of tho lato Captuin Uridloy, of tho navy. Tlio houso today, without division, passed tho free homes bill, which has been pending boforo congress for a number of years. Tho bill provides that tlio government shall issue put cuts to actual bona fide settlers on agricultural lands of Indian reserva turns opened to seltlemont. Thoso lands were laken up by settlers, who contracted to pay for them $1,215 to ffiJ.75 per aero. 15y the terms of tho bill, the government nssumcs tho pay ment of tlio purchase prico to the In diuiiH and chaugos tho existing law rel ative to agricultural colleges so as to insure tho payments of the endowments which heretofore havo como oat of tho sale of public lands in case of deficien cy. These payments involvo $1,200,- 000 annually. Of tho 20,000,000 acres In Indian reservations opened to settle incut, for which tho government is to pay or has paid .$ac, 000,000, about 8,000,000 acres have been taken and 2.000,000 aro supposed to bo still avail able for agricultural purposes. A re markablo thing in connection with tho passago of tlio bill today was u speech in ita tavor by Ualusha A. Grow, tlio cuerablo ex-speaker of tho houso, wlro 48 years ago, fathered and passed tho original homestead bill. lie was then tho youngest and is now tho oldest member of tho house. The remainder of tlio day was dovoted to tho suudry civil appropriation bill, the last but one of the great supply bills. GOEBEL MURDER CASE. Cultim lleacrllipil Ilie Conference Held In Lexington. Frankfort, Ky., May C W. II.Cul ton resumed his testimmouy iu tho (jocbel murder investigation today. Ho stated that Govornor Taylor author ized tho w!tue?8 to give Youtsey any amount oPmoney desired if ho would leuve Kentucky. At a conference in Loxiugton, the Sunday before Goobel was shot, it was decided that Repre sentative Henry Horry, vho had been unseated a fow days before, should go to the houso of representatives next morning and take his scat und refuse to givu it up. Yuumoter, his opponent, was to be in somo way prevented from going to tho hall that morning. Caleb Powers, who was at tho conference, telephoned to Governor Taylor at Fi auk fort two or three times in regard to the conference. On cross-examination, Culton faid ho did not know of any list of state senators or represents titvea who were to be put out of the wuy. On ro-dlroct examination, Culton said that Pergeant-at-Arms Haley signed tho subpoenas for witnesses for Governor Taylor to testify boforo the gubernatorial contest committeo, and authorized Culton to securo good men in the various counties to servo them. Culton said he did uot know whoro Powers or Youtsey wero when tho shot was fired. Tho last talk ho had with Youtsoy, tho latter said tho plan to kill Goobel had been abandoned. Cultou had boen askod by Taylor to ascertain what the witnessos in tho contest know, becauso ho was n lawyer. To tho pros ecution ho said ho had told moro now on the stand than to any person oxcopt his father. Here his testimony ended. Circuit Court Clerk Moore, of Jack son county, denied that Culton had told him anything about the plan to bring on a riot and kill Goobel and other members of tho legislature. Tho afternoon session of tho court was taken up with testimony by the surgeons, who conducted tho autopsy on tho body of Goobel, and a civil engineer who had niado a measurement of the slate house yard. The prosecu tion sought to show, from the nature of the wounds nnd from the course of the bullet, which is supposed to havo passed through Goobel 's body and was dug out of a tree near whore he fell, that the shot was fired from a window in tho ofllco of tho socrotary of state. Cmml Hill I'naio.l. Washington, May 5. 1 he house to day, at the conclusion of the most stormy dobate of the present session of congross, passed tho Nicaragua bill by the overwhelming vote of 225 to 85. All attompts to retain in the hill tho language of the origiual bill for tho for tification of tho canal and still further to strengthen the language on that lino wero balked, and tho victory of Hop- burn and tho committeo was complete. A motion to rocommlt tho bill with instructions to report back another bill leaving tho solootion of tho route to the president was buried under an adverse majority of 53 to 171. Tho point of absoluto zero, or tho point of no heat, is flxod at 401 degroos below zero. Mniituim Central Lookout. Minneapolis,, May 5. Tho Montana Central trainmon's atriko haa assumed the form of a lookout. Tho parent, Great .Northern Company, has long boen proparing for it, aud has hired ex perienced men iu tho Twin cities and Chicago to take tho strikers' places. Today the flist consignment of 00 men was sent ou a speoial train. With those it is hoped to opon the road to traffic. Another train will follow iu a fow daya, PACIFIC COAST NEWS Uoinmerclnl anil l'lnnnclul Ilnppmilngi of Intereat In the Growing Wentem Htntoa. Creamery for Sherlilan. At a meeting hold nt Shorldan, Or., for tho purposo of discussing the cream ery question, If. K. Loundsbury, of tho Southern Puciflc, and Dr. Withycombo, of tho stato agriculturo college, mado addicsfcs. A largo number of tho rep resentative farmers of that district wero present and listened vory attentively to tho interesting data presented by Dr. Withycombo's address. Questions wero asked, and all presont wore im pressed with the desirability of starting a creamery at that point, as thoy all admit that no money can bo made or mortgages lifted with wheat at prosent pricos, and especially as fruit and hop raising have not given tho relief ox pocted mainly, howover, on accouut of lack of co-operation iu marketing tho product. IVnahlneton Sli.te Mllltln. Tboio is a movement on foot to hold tho militia stato encampment at Taco ma iu July. Governor Rogers favors tho project. Tile state provides for tho expenses whilo in camp only, and rail way fare and other expenses incurred will havo to bo borne by the men if tho event of tlio stato encampment idea Is carried out. Thero aro no funds avail able from tho state treasury for en campment purposes this year, but offorts aro heing made by tho Tacoma contingent to provide for the entertain ment of tho visiting companies. Sawmill nt JJeer Creek. A sawmill of 40,000 feet capacity dally is soon to be in running order ou Deer creek, one half mile above Britton station. This new company has been formed by Robert Service, Charlie Tibbs and Thomas Tibbs. Tho Tibbs brothers havo timber that will make 15,000,000 feot of lumber on Deer cieok. The mill is furnished with a large dynamo, which will furnish lights for the mill and lumber yard. Tho machinery is all in transit, and is to bo in running order within 40 days. I'littlnc In a Hallaat. The Northern Pacific ia still working a large force of men on tho roadbed between ollmor and Clearwater, Ida., and putting iu n ballast of a most per manent nature. The ballast consists of clay and small rock about tho size of an egg, which, when once set, becomes like concrete. It will tako about two months yet to put the grade in first class condition, and tho company is not sparing any pains to do everything in good shape. Asked to Plcilgo Acreage. At Nowberg, Or., blank contracts furnished by the Willamette Beet Sugar Company have boen received and tho canvass among tho farmers for securing acreage will begin at once. Solicitors have been appointed, viz.: A. Clark, D. Turner, VV. Cooper, William Man ning and R. B. Linnville. As a basis for beginning tho canvass 1,000 acres have already been subscribed at public meetings. Small Strike nt the Taper Stills. Eleven boys employed as cutters in tho Willamette Pulp & Paper Mills, at Oregon City, Or., walked into the com pany's ofllco and asked for an increase of wages from 75 cents to $1 por day. The matter was finally compromised by a promise to give tho boys steady work. Only about three of tho num ber woio working on full time, tho others getting ou au average of 15 to 20 days each mouth. Smallpox Amonc Indian. Tho quarantine that had been placed on tho Indian settlement at tho mouth of Cayoto gulch, near Lowiston, Idaho, some weeks ago, has been raised. There were nino cases of smallpox un der quarantine, and ono of the victims, a woman, died aa a result of gotm bathing while afflicted with tho dis ease. Now posts aro boing set in the tele- phono lino between Valo and Ontario, Or. The Toledo, Or., creamery is now re ceiving about 1,000 pounds of milk daily, and will shortly havo nearly all it can use J. T. Moylan, roprosenting an east ern syndicate, was in Kalama, Wash., closing a deal for purchase of timber lands on the Coweeman river. Tho pricos paid run rom $1,000 to S3, 500 per quarter sootios. A gilt-watch faker has been working the people of Elgin, Or. Ripe wild strawborrios woro pickod near MoMiunvllle, Or., April 23. An export is oxamiuidg tho coal pros pects on Birch creek, 20 milos south of Pendleton, Or. Ellensburg's, Wash., municipal eloctrio lighting plant is about to be improved at a cost of a littlo moro than $3,000. Now Whatcom has $73.80 on hand to entertain Presidont MaKinloy when he shall visit tho coast and that town the coming summon Preparations are making for a big Boasou at the watering places of West- port and Cohassot, Gray's Harbor. Now seashore attractions and excursion ratos aro advertised. Tlio Walla Walla creamorv is nsini 10.000 sounds of milk Tier dav. nnd will soon have a branch running at Frnnwntflr. One-half of tho milk nnn consumed comos from Umatilla couuty, uregon. Gnome Manas Is truthm'tntr Ma onttlp uoar Plush, Lake county. Or., to take them south. He will tako about 1,200 hAnd. Tin hnfl vrnpnrm nrrniitrnd llkn hayraoka upon which to haul the calves that ate uot a bio to raako tho trip on foot. BRADSTREET'S REPORT. Further subsidence of Demand an Prices. Bradstreot's says: A furthor snbsid onco of demand and leveling of prices Is noted in several linos this week, this leveling being no doubt aided by th nusottling effect of the rather morer than usually disturbed consideration In labor circles. Ita net result is some thing approaching dullness iu many channels of distribution, increased con ervatism in the making of venturo nnd a disposition to digest business al ready arranged for beforo making novr engagements. That the baalc condi tions of general business, such as th outlook for crops, the export demand and the incrcasod purchasing power of tho people at large, have not been much reduced, but, on the contrary, actually Improved, seems evident front the advices received this week. Business at wholesalo is relatively quieter, which is not unusual at this period, but moro than ordinarily mark ed attention is boing concentrated upon retail demand, which is, of course, ro lled upon as a measure of progress ol actual consumption. Touching this public demand, it may be stated that relatively best reports como from tho Pacific coast and from tho Noithwest. Flour shipments this week aro vory large. Wheat, including flour, ship rnents for tho week aggregate 4,537,022 bUBhels, against 3,803,868 bushels last week. For the week failures number 153 in tho United States, as comparod with 182 last week. Failures for April in the Dominion were fewer than in April a year ago, but liabilities were nearly 15 per cent heavier. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Markets. Onions, $9. Lettuce, hothouse, .40 45c doz. Potatoes, $1017; $1718. Beets, per sack, 50G0c. Turnips, per sack, 40C0c. Carrots, per sack, 75"85c. Parsnips, per sack, 50 75c. Cauliflower, California 85 OOo. Strawberries $2.002.50 per case. Celery 4000o per doz. Cabbage, native and California, $1.001.25 per 100 pounds. Applea, $2.002.76; $3.003.50. Prunea, 60c per box. Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 32cf dairy,-17 22c; ranch, 1517o pound. Eggs 1610o. Cheese 14 16c. Poultry 14c; dressed, 1415of spring, $5. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00 12.00; choico 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, $3.00; whole wheat flour, $3.00; ryo flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00? Bhorts, per ton, $14.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 por ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $80.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beel steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton' 8c; pork, 8c; trimmed, 0c; veal, 8; 10c. ) Hams Large, 13c; small, 13 Hi breakfast bacon, 12 He; dry salt sides, 3c. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 6253or Valley, 53c; Blnostom, 60o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, $2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 80o; choice gray, 33c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $14 14.60; brewing, $10.00 10.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13 por ton; mid dlings, $10; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per ton. Hay Timothy, $9 10; clover, $7 7.50; Oregon -wild hay, $07 por ton. Buttor Funoy creamery, 80 35c; seconds, 45c; dairy, 2580ov storo, 2225o. Eggs 10c per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13o; Young America, 14c; new chooso lOo por pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00 4.50 tier dozen: hetiH. SB. 00: nnrinim. $2.503.50; geeso, $0.508.00 for old; $4.&uu.&u; ducks, $u.0U7.00 por dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o per pound. Potatoes 4070oper saok; sweets, 22o per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 76o; per aack; garlio, 7o per pound; cab bage, lio per pound; parsnips, 76; onions, 3c per pound; carrots, COo. IIops--28o por pound AVool Valley, 1218o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1016o; mohair, 27 t 80o por pound. TUnttnti GrriHH. Kant fdiAfln. wnlhartf and owes, 3o; dressed mutton, 7 lio tier pounu ; mm us, ojo. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $6.00; light and feeders, $4.60; dressed, $5.000.50 por 100 pounds, Boof Gross, top steers, $4.004.60; cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, 0s 7?40 por pound. Veal Large, 0i74o; small, 8 8J por pound. Tallow 5 50; No. 2 and grease, 8 H 4o por pound. Sail Franolsco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 14lflopi pound; Eastern Oregon, 1310o; Val ley, 2022o; Northern, 1012o. Hops 1899 crop, ll18o pes pound. Buttor Fancy creamery 1717&; do seconds, 1010Ho; fancy dairy, 10c; do seconda, l418o per pound. Egga storo, IGoj fauoy ranch, 17c Mlllatuffs Middlinga, $17.00 10,00; bran. $13.50(218.60.