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.