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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1901)
Id IaiI DEAD AT THE EXPOSITION. THE ALASKA BOUNDARY. HD AS MID) RIOTING IN MADRID. SPRING DEMAND GROWING. Exiled Ruler of Scrvia Passed Away at Vienna. Nnminit ms wirt! NOU SON TIIGlin (U Retained Pollution of Ills faculties Until Wltliln a Quitter uf an Hour of tils Death lively to be Interred In Slavonla. Vlomia, Fob. 111. Hx-KIng Milan, of Korvlu In dead, llo puasud a m1oii Uia night aim -Aim iniiililo to take mi f II jiunt iiuurlsliinuiit. Thu romuiim will Ijii Inturrml ut Kruiiiihiii, 11 micrud inonasilo hlirfnu In HtiiiIh, Hliivtinlii, with thu honors duo 11 muiiiliur o( tlm running dynasty. Tho Ulnus begun, with liillnonza. Milan left hlfi bed too iiilekly, mid Hid result was linoiliuoiiiu. Tim iloctorH also riniixl futv ileguiiorutlim of thu ! liuurt, which wiih thu ttut tiitl raiiau ol eleiith, iin thu danger iinhiodliituly min inn fruMI "lu '""K ""(iiilili) hail Ixk'Ii ivurcoiii.! Fearing a fatal Ismiii, thu electors e'mianil iiiuswigus to hi) Hont King Aluxiindur Mid ux CJucnii Nntiillii, hut ulthouKh Mllii'n iltisliod to noes tliom iiiul himself sunt message ru equating tholr prmuncu, neither anno. Natalie's renly. which wiih to tho uf. fuet thnt hIiii' would como If hor prew emeu wiih rojjlly ilcslrctl, reached him I just lioforo dimtli. 1 Kiiiporeir Francis Joseph, who Mint ! nil iilibdu-cauip to tho eluuthbud, linn j ordurud u military funorixl, an Milan 1 wan fornuirly thouolonol of 1111 Austrian regiment. It wim Mlhiu'ri written ' wUh Unit ho Hhoulil Imi lmrlcd at Kvr- 1 mill. 1 In said Jiu hud been greatly I elisappolnted r'i tho uIimiih f lit" mom, I whom) ingratitudes Iiiih irovokod much , 00 tint In Vicuna. According to 1 tho Nuuo Frolu Fruaso, ho said to IiIh jihyrdelali! "I foul that I Must dlo, hut It Ih vury mil to bo coiupolleil to ello nt 17." Kx-l'liig Milan, who wiih Ixirn In 1851, ubilicnteid ' tho thrnuo in favor of Ills son, AfbxVniliT I, March (1, 1880. Thu circumstances tliat compelled tho king to ahdlcnto nrnsu fioin tho policy that ho had pursued at tho beginning ol IiIh reilgu, both In domestic and for. dgn alTiilra. Thu iiiiw Servian constl tutlou wiih ailuptoil hy tho grand skup nlitliia Jiuiiiary 2, IH09. I.v a mujority of 4 It I voIoh against 75. Tlio ministry of Nlkol CrUtlch ruslgiicil. Tho king wiih unwilling to Appoint a radical oabltiut, uutl nppllod first to Jovnu Kintlch, hut could not induce that utatusinan to form n cabinet. Thu radical rufusoel to tako olllcu iiiiIuhh Tusclmovlcb, revolutionist, a-iio had lieon condfliiimul to iluath for participa tion in .tho 'Ilinok vallov uprlalu , Mhould ho Klvim tho portfolio ot tho in torior. Tho klng'ie throno wan nt atako. llo dutormliiud to iipolnt liberal pre fects and, aiib-prufuuta, 11 lid uttuinptod liy prcsWoon tho pooplo to bring in 11 llburul majority in tho oluctlom In tho autumn. Tho radlralH liocaino en raged at tho determination to oxaludo thorn from ollico. Criiitich wiih un willing to play so elaligoroim 11 game, and told Kinu- Milan that it was iin 1(sh11)u for him to roiuain in ollico. Milan abdicated tho throno in tho pros euco of tho ministers and chief dlgnl tarloB, and tho inoin liorii of tho dlplo unit la body assomblod in tho koimli to cololirato tho nnnlvorsary of tho oroo tiou of Burvla into a ktngdoui in 188'.. On boini! proinlaod n liberal yearly al lowance, ho agruud in 1888 to ro into porpocual oxllo. It waa dooldod that tjuoon Natallo Hhonld likowiso llvo abroad. Quoon Natallo, howovor, ciiiiiB back, and was only oxpollnd af tor ilonpurato roslatanco on tho part of lior adlierautH (11 '18111. The Tax on tanks. Waahlngton, I'ob. 18. Senator Aid rich today sent tho following dispatch: "Mr. aVH. Hepburn, ohalrinan Amorl can Aaaoclation of liankorH, Ohaso Na tional Hank, Now York City: Am io coivlng a largo number of lottora from batiks throughout tho country, nont In roaponso to ronuest IhsuocI by your boo rotary, domau.Ung that tho tax on liank capital shall bo entirely lomoved. Thu houbo rotainod tho entire tax and tho aonato lias roducod outxlialf. No action in poaaiblo in coiiforonco oxcopt to ngroo to olthor tho hoimo or tho ecu ato provision or to adopt somo compro inlsu betweon tho two. 1 hopo this statomont will anvo tho mombqrH of your aHsoclatlon and tho members of tho Iluanoo coinmltteo much uuuoois aary correspondence." Pnrchailng for Morgan. Irontou, O., Fob. 18. Col. K. J. nird, Jr., Into snporlntondont of tho Martiu, Iron & 8teol Company, Ib horo roprcsdtitiug J. 1'. Morgan & Co., lor tho purchase of tho plant of tho Hang ing Hook Iron Company, tho llolfouto Iron Works Company, tho Kolly Iron & Nail Company, tho Martin Iron & fjtool Company, tho Norton Iron Works Company and tho Ashland Stool Com pnny, AhIiIiiiiJ, Ky. If tho doal is consummated, other plants will bo oroctod horo. Raided a Depot. Tqinaknh, Nob., Fob. 18. Tho mil road ilopot In this town was raidod by unknown poreous last night and 85 cnBos of liquor, conaiguod to pooplo horo, woro destroyed. Temakah is n "dry town," une.or tlio local option laws, and it Is hollovod a party of wo inou topk tho law into tholr own hands. Interest In Crnada. Tho legal rato of iuterest lu Canada In now 5 pur oout- Slatci Are Alive to Hie hnpirtanee of Maklnj Comprelienilve Exhlhlli. Tho dilTiirotit atatiiH mid torrltorlnn of tho union nro a llvo to tho imporlaiico of tho I'lin-Ainurlitaii oxpoHltlou and all of 1 1 1 if 1 11 will ho nipii'amitt'd tlmro In a ImlltllliK inaiilior if prmiint plana car ry, iih la iilinoat Hiifo to nay t liny will. In wimii liintiiui'OH iiiproprlatl(iiiH linvii houii iiiiiilii for liiiildliiKH and uxhlliltH iind tlmro nro now III varloiiH IuwIhIii turiiH IiIIIn jiiinilliiK fur approiriatloiiH. Now York fitato Iiiih approprliiliid .IIUU.OUO and Ih uroutlliK v- boai.llfill purnianimt liulldliiK'. JIIIiiuIh Iiiih itpprojirlatud 175,000. Couuuullcut haa 111111I0 a preliminary appropriation to cour tlm oxpoiiceH of an oxhlhit anil thu Htato hoard of iiKri culture Iiiih panned a roaoltition iiiuinl iiimiHly aakliiK for an additional appro priation 01 $ii5,0()0. MiiHaaollUHuttH Iiiih aptiroprlatfld .$15, 000, with tho iixpiiotation of an addi tional appropriation. Wlaconnln Iiiih appropriated $25,000 mid Ih uroctlnit a IiiiIIiUiik. UIiIo'h aiiroprlatlon in 10,000. Tho Htatu Ih putting up 11 haiiilMiiuu buililliiK which Ih now nuariiiK coiuplu tiiin. Khodo lalaud Iiiih ajiproiirliitoil $15, 000 with tho amuranco of moro If it ahotild ho nocuamiry to carry out tho ' Hlnto'H plana. I MInaouri hna Ktnuantmid an appro ' inlatloii of .5,000 to .fnO.OOO, and I within tho laat fortulKht tho Mlanotirl 1 cmiunUHion Iiiih ruaolvud to aak fur I $100,000. I Alabama pmtKiHi-H to appropriate) ; .$25,000, and a bill providing for hucIi , an appropriation Ih now ponding in ' thn Htato liiKlalaturu. : (lonritia ajipropilnti'H 11 Hum nccon 1 Riiry to pay tho oxpoiuon of an exhibit. , Went Ylrk'lnla will hnvo it hiiiiilHoine bnlldliiK. In iidvnnco ol tho action ol tho luKlHlntiiro a tiiiaratitcu 'ud haa been Hiihaorlbed hy hor cltlzoiiM to jno vldo fur a building and exhibit. California Iiiih completed arraign menta lor an (xteiulu uxhtblt through thu Htato board ol trade and tho Loa AiikoIuh cliainiier of coiiimercu. Tho iKiard Iiiih endorsed 11 memorial from tho water and for oxt aaaoclatlon to the 1 atatu loglHlaturo inking that tho atuto j tiiako an appropriation of $500,000 , oiual to that given hy tho foderal gov I ernmeiit to liavo California properly represented at tho uxpoaitlon. ' Michigan Iiiih iipuropriatod $10,000 ' for a building and exhibit. Iowa Iiiih apiiolntod 11 commiHalon of 1 nlgnt. Thn agricultural and horticul tural boiirdH are arranging for partici pation in thn oxhibltH. Oregon, MiHNihHippl, Loutaiana and other h tat on will lie miltahly ruproaont uil, owing to tho great outorpriso of citlotiH, who aro volunteering private aubacriptiouH with tlio Intention of ap pealing to tho legliduturo for relm I buriemeut. I Tho Now Knglaud atatai aro com- bluing for n New Kuglaud building I and privato Hnbcriptlona aro being j taken iu Mnliio, Vermont and Now I Iliiiiiiishlro in nnttcipation of iVgisla j tlvo notion, l'lana havo been mndo I for a niiignlflcont building ol colonial ' nrchltucturo. I Maryland ban n Htato cominlasiou and tho lialtlmoro Manufacturcra' As aocintion nro co-operatlug with this , body to rniao money for representation. 1 In a number of states hilla asking for appropriation!) for oxhibltH at tho exposition aro now ponding. They nro ' an IoIIowh: Wiiahiiigtou, $50,000; Oregon, $:in.000; Idaho, $30,000 Mon tana, $50,000; Indiana, $100,000; ; Pennsylvania, $100,000; Kaunas, $C0, 000. I Iu all tho other statoq, with only oue oxcoptlou, olliclal rooognltlon Iiiih beeu given tho oxpoaitiou by tho soloctlon of 1 roproKontatlvea, momliers of woiiion'a boards of inimugors or coiiiiniaslonora and through whoao efforts leglslatlvo action ia being ngitatod ! LOST A MILLION AND A HALF. Clan Plant Burned In a Pennsylvania Town The Ion Is Estimated at $1,500,000. Itoohostor, l'a., Fuh. 1. Tho town ot Kochestor, on tho Ohio rivor, about 25 inllos from I'Jttsbnrg, today sullored the groatoat llro in its history. Tlio loss is estimated at $1,500,000. Tho lira started juxt aftor midnight in the coppor elopiirtment of tho National glass plant, thn largoH tumbler plant in tho world. Iooat6d ontsido Itoohos tor. Tho night o'nployos turned out with tholr own hosu and endeavorod to etthdud tho blazo, but a strong west witid was blowing and tho Hanies soon spread to the packing elopartiueut. Tho plant oaoupiod several acres of ground and employod 1,500 portions. Tho llro dopartnionts of uoarby towns woro called upon. Millions for Automobiles. It Is ostlmatnd thnt during tho first flvo yoars of this contury tho enormous sum of $100,000,000 will bo oxpondod by puichatiors of auotniobllos. It ro mains to bo soon, if tho prophecy comos true, what stylo of vohlclo will soaiira the bulk of tho buslnoss. At tho Pan-Amorlonn oxpositlon all styles of Butomohllos will he oxhlhitod, aud thou wo may ho In botor position to judgo of tho rospuollvo merits of tho varlouB mnkoa aud mothods of opera tion, Plague at Cape Town. Capo Town, Fob. 18. Tho goveirn wont has doeidod to glvo notico to tlio foreign nations of tho faeit that Capo Town is infected with bubonic plagno. Thorn is no lougor any doubt as to tho naturo of the dlseiiBO. Joseph Cham borlaln has addrossod a communication to Sir Alfred Milnor npproviug the luttor'B romarka made iu his reply to the Afrikander deputation sout with a resolution addrossod to Quoou Victoria. Laurler Explalnes the Ktlallnnt lletween Can. ada and the United Stales. Ottawa, Out., Fuh, M. Tho nddreaH 1 in reply to thuHpouch from tho throno wiih diMpiiHi'd eif iii two hourti in thu I10111111 of i:oiiiinniiH. During tho dobato II. K. !j. Ilnrdmi, thn leador of thu op- pORlllnii, linked thu premier as to thn condition of 11 ir a Irs between Cniinda and the United Hlatos In regard to tho AhiHka hniiiidary and thu joint high commission, sir Wilfrid Kiiurlur, in reply, Nihl that thu Ksltloii of thu joint high ooiiiiniHslori in exactly tho Maine as when it Heiiarnteil. Thu com mission Ih still iu existence. When thu sessions eif congniM and thu Caiia illan imrliiiitiunt urn over, ho expects that nugotiiitiona will h resumed and a satisfactory conclusion reached. Ho had no linpu, however, of reaching a settlement in regard to tho Alaska botiiidiiry. It was impossible to reach a settlement with tho present view taken by tho United Hlates, but ho thought an Honorable compromise may lie arrived at. It may lie settled hy an honorable compromise or arbitration. A third party may bn called to arbl tiatu. For the present, there is 11 pro visional boundary, which wan also adopted In thu way of a compromise. SUPREME JUSTICE SHOT. Tried to Prevent Two Men Searching Ills Home for Alleged Abductor. Montgomery Ala., Fob. 14. Chief Justice McClulhiu, of tho Alabama supremo court, wiih shot iu thu right shoulder at IiIh house this morning by either .luiau I). Ilealo or IiIh sou, I'helnu ISuule, eif this city. The wound In a serious one. It is alleged that the Denies wont to tho bouse of .lodge McI'IuIIhii to iind John McQueen, of liirimiugluim, assistant solicitor of .lofTerMin county, whom thu uldiT llealu charuuil with abducting ids daughter, Caroline. It Ih alleged Mis ISciilo had not been at homo all night and they had been informed that M:Cjucon had beon rid ing about iu a hack with iter. .Judge McClollau attempted to prevent the HoaluH from going through his house in thoir hunt for McQueen. This they resented, and one of tliuiu, bulievod to havo been thu father, shot McCIellan witli a pistol. Tho lleales pursued their hunt and believed they had locat ed McQueen lu a closet which was locked, and 11 red about a dozen shots through tho door. McQueen was in thn closet, but was in a narrow placo to thn side of thn door, and was not struck by any of thu balls. Thu lleales wure arrested and hold witliout bail. SEA WITCH BURNED. American Ship Destroyed by Disaffected Sailors at Manila Was Built at Boston. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 14. Advices from Manila, dated January C, says: Tho Amrlcan ship Soa Witch was set flrn ti tlm hnrhnr Tlltimdnv tliptlt. Tire auinably by somo momliers of the crew, ! 10 of whom aro now udcr arrest, Launches from tho cruiser Brooklyn and tho transports lioaocrans and Meade towed tho burning vessel into 121 fathoms of water 011 the west sido of tho Pasig's mouth, whero alio was pumped full of water. The Sea Witch was built in Boston in 1882, and is now owned by Edward Lawrence. Sbo is of 1,280 tons bur den, 107 feot iu length, 87 feet beam aud 24 foot depth of hold. The dis satisfaction among the crew was caused by live of them being put in lrous for rofusing to ".bey. They Dng Uf. the Money. Kansas City, Fob. J 14. Clarence Gordon and Boy Itiloy, aged 10 and 15, les'peutivo'y, weio arrested iu this city tonight, and $870 iu gold was found on them. Tho boys say thoy saw two men bury tho niouoy February 8, in Torre Hauto, lud. Ator tho men departod thoy dug up the money. Gordon says his homo is in Indiana, and Biloy cays ho Uvea in Now York. Boers' Last Stand. Now York, Fob. 14. A dispatch to tho Horald from London sayB that a Boutiment of supremo hopefulness is provaleut in Loudon rolative to tho condition of affairs iu South Africa, and adds: "Thero is ahsolutolv no doubt that news has reached hero from Gorman sources showing that tho Boors stund, aro pretty woll nt their last Empress Frederick Is Worse. Borlin, Feb. 14. Humors are cur rent horo today that the condition of the Dowager Empress Frederlok ia growing worso aud that her heart is not performing its functions normally. Tho corrospoudeut, however, was not able to obtain nuy confirmation of such reports. Northern Postmasters. Washington, Fob. 14. The follow in,, ttnattiuiKtnrn linvn linen nnnnintnri! I ! I ' " , i Oregon J, JU llramhall, Aimos, vico Jo. E. BiamhiliJrosiguod; A. B. Car traw, Derby, vico W. II. Derby, re signed, Washington J. A. Fauchor, Manila; Christopher Cairo thors, Otis; Ida McCormiak, Tulalip. Quarantine Against Alaska Raised. Port Townsond, Wash., Feb. 14, Tho quarantine against all Southern I Alaska ports has been declared off, according to telegraphio advioes receiv ed hero today from Washington by Dr. M. II. Faster, iu charge of this quuran tluo district. Vessels arriving from Southeastern Alaska can now outer without undergoing inspection. Small pox has ouitrely disappeared in that boqUqu, aud along the Yukon river. piHpmos Warmly Welcome Amer- , r . . ICfln LommiSSIOncrS. WHEN ON HIEIK IIKST TUIP NOKTII fudge Taft and Hit AnocUlei Have Gone to liacolor to Organize a Provincial (invern-rnent-liulucan Will Next lit Visited Han Fernando, I'lovince of I'ampan- ga, Island of Luzon, I'lillippluea, Feb. 1-1. liacolor and all thu towns adjacent to thu railroad, which names aru his toric on account ol thu fierce battles of 1 tho itarller periods of thu American oc cupation, turned out to welcome tho United Mates Philippine commission lis it proccn led northward, on its first trip to organize provincial govern ments. At uvery station, including , the hamlets wliero thu train did not atop, there were bursts of mtisio from tho nativo bands and clicene for tlio American commission and tlio partldo (ederale. Thu ciowd at Malolos, tho 1 former seat of the insurgent govern- ! m en t, wiih smaller, in proportion to tho population, than at tho villages. At all tlm stops addresses wero deliv ered by thu untiles, and responses worn iiihiIu by Judgu Taft, tho presi dent of tlio commission; Professor Worcester, (jeueral Flores, Chief Jus tico Arellno and Dr. Tavern, president of thu Federal party. Tho natives re peatedly declared thn peoplu wuru be ginning to understand thu purpose of tho Americans, adding that thu coin mission's nets showed its promises would bn kupt. Judge) Taft tnld tho pcoplo of tho towns in Ilulucan province that 11 pro vincial government will shortly bo established there Tho American party alighted at San Fernando, passed un der an arch of welcome anil was . greeted ov mo iriiuinry ami iiannreoH of children waving Amerioin flags and Hinging "Hail Columbia." Tho entiru American party was then driven to I!a , color, capital ol thu province of Pain ' panga, wliero they will bo cordially entertained tomorrow, and until apply- ing tlio provincial government to Pain: panga, there will bo a public discus sion of the laws enacted. General Cirant received information that a blind of Turkic insurgents is ap proaching for tlio purposo of harassing tho people of liacolor. He has sent scouts out aftor thorn. ! UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER 1 j Eight 01(1 :tri and Seventy Men Give Up I the Fight j Manila, Feb. 14. An insurgent col ' onel, Simon Tochon, seven insurgent olUcora and 70 men, with 00 guns, have surrendered unconditionally to Cantain Cooles. of the Thlrty-llfth regi- I innt n- ni Mii'iifil do Mavumo. In a light at Sibtiyan, Hataugas, tlio rebel coneral. Malbas is reported to have beeu killed. Six insurgent offi cers and 20 men wero captured. Marlquina is tho scene ot an im mense peace meeting of the Federal party. Tho Women's Peaco League met at judgo Talt's house today. Senoiita Poble attempted to introduce a resolu tion requiriug'tho loleasoof the impris oned iuaurgents. Mrs. Taft und other ladles spoke on a resolution urging the insurgents to surrenler. This was adopted lustead of Seuorita Foble's. BOILER-MAKER'S GOOD LUCK. Bonds Mine in North for Quarter of Mil. lion Dollars. Tort Townseud, Wash., Feb. 14. A mining deal was consummated here to day of moro than usual iuterest, owing to the amount lnvoivna, nun tnai it transfers 11 man from the ranks of pov orty to alllueuce. Eriok Molauder, a boiler maker, of this city, who had In vested his earnings ,iu Mount Sioker, B. C. mining property by hiiing claims staked for him on extonsion of Tyeo and Lonora claims, has bonded his holdings to Londou aud Paris in vestors for $250,001). The papers wero nuido out and signed today. Molauder spent last season at Nomo, but failed to make his rortuno. tie roturneu on 1110 steamer Charles Lano. aud when hor tiollera gave out and tho vossel was in daucor of swamping, ho ropaired tho hollers so that the steamer, with 300 passougcra, reached port iu safety, and for which ho was presentod with $500. Silk Weavers Locked Out. Scrantou, Pa., Feb. 14. The btrike of tho 4,000 silk workers iu Scrantou hup resultod in n lockout. Tho mill owners and managers tuday declared thov will not reopen thoir mills until tlio Rirls nro willing to resume at the wages which wero offered nearly two weeks ago and lu which thero was a concession of 25 conts a week to each employe. Tho strikers aro determined to btav out until thoir demands shall bo granted. They havo a sked all silk workers in tho oountry for moral and material assistance, requesting them to strike if the mills at whloh thev aro employed haudlo material from the Scrantou mills Telegraphed 200 Miles. London, Feb. 14. Professor John Flemiug, looturing at Livoipool yester day, said ho hntt Siguor Marconi's per mission to mako tlio first mention of tho fact that on the first day of t.le reign of King Edward VII Marconi ac complished the astonishing feat of send ing wireless messages between St.Cath erines, Ialo of Wight, and the Llzzard, 200 miles. Perfect commuulonUoa baa bIuco been ostablishod, Stale of Siege Proclaimed In the Spanish Cap italMany Arrests Were Made. Madrid, Fob. 15. Muslo on tho public squares and n general holiday liad been, arranged ni today's pro gramme of thu AstiiriiiH-Iioarhon mar riage festivities, but all this has beon abandoned 1 n account of tho attltudo of thu populace. I With nightfall, evury approach to thu Piierta elul Sol wuh jammed with tho Idle jifipiilnco. Insulting remarks wero hurled at tho police and civil ' guards. A trumpeter sounded a charge, 1 which was made witli swards drawn. ! Heads were not spared, many persons i woro injured, and thero wero numerous , arrust-e. Tlio scattering crowds sougnt tho shope and hotels. All the front doorH of the Hotel ele Parln wero smashed in, a great crowd assembling thero. Tho police and guards charged into tho streets, but the dispersed throngs epiickly rcassomblod. As was anticipated, tho fanernl of Don liamon do Campoamor, was at tended with serious disturbances. Tho weather was beautiful and onorrnous I crowds gathered along the route taken 1 by tiia funeral cortege. Considerable diseirdor marked the passago of tho procession, but tho troops stood nt strategic points and prevented any very formidable outbreak until the end of tho city was reached. At that point tho demonstrators, who included many students, raised tlio cry of "Long live liberty," and, having broken up into small parties, proceeded to various parts of Madrid to renew the demon- , stration. One band of students stoned j a convent. In the evening froah riots took place 1 at i-overal points, (iendarmos charged 1 with drawn swords, and a number wero lirnlsed ami wounueo. ino ; nemonstrators replied 10 me cnarges 01 tlio geiieiurmos witli a snower 01 stones. Altonetner somo au arrests were made during the day, including a mili tary officer, whoso arrest resulted in a i protest by his brother officers, tho mat t(jr ij0jn. referred to tho captain-gon eral, The authorities have warned the newspapers to abstain from tho publi cation ot news or comments calculated to fan the present agitation. MURDEROUS ASSAULT. Razor in the Hand of a Man Crazed WithUquor Nearly Causes Death, cattle. Fob. 15. Mad with the effects of liquor and at the time infur iated with tlio thought that his com panion had robbed him of a sum of money, James Flood attacked James Dorcoy with a razor in a room in the Globo'hotel at 10 o'clock today, and by the narrowest margin possible- a murder was averted. Both men had been onton aspTee all nicht and had just entered their room, when suddenly Flood turned upon his roommate and accused him of stealing $00 of lila money rorn o coat pocket. Dorcey denied it. Flood whipped out a razor, and mado a slash at the aston ished Dorcey. A gash an inch deep and the full length of the fleshy part of the arm was cut. Terrified beyond measure, Dorcey Bcreamed frantically for help. Proprietor Hewitt came in and tried to make peace. In his mad fury Flood turned murder in his eyes. upon mm with but did not sue- cced in cutting him. Flood was over powered. WILL BUILD LIGHTERS. Government to Use Them for Service on Alas ka Coast Seattle, Feb. 15 Major Buhlen, in charge ol tho United States quarter master's department here, hos received instructions from the department at Washington to invito bids for the con struction of one seagoing tug and two 400-ton lighters, to be used in handling t government supplies at Nome and St. Miohael The boats will be finished in time for use this reason lu the uorth. Tho bids will be closed on Saturday night, as tho work will probably bo a lush order. The tug will bo 80 feet long, f7 feet beam and four foet draught. Tho amount of business done by the government in tho north warrants building the craft instead of dopending upon private contracts. Brakes Would Not Hold. T?..., Ia.i1 Vah in Iin a nt fliA Northorlpnci'lio freight traiuB, whilo i..,..u,. ,i.,Hoa tn tho A Hen mine on top of the hill, got beyond control of the brakes, and ran away. As a result William Fidler, brakemau, is dead, n,l Hm fnllnwhia aro iuiurod: John Cahill, brakemau, bruisod, not serious, lv; John Harden, engineer, may cue. Th. rl.i wan workina un tho steep crado of what is known as tho Hill Line! leading to the mines at Walker- vlllo. with ltimbor aud other supplies for tho Alice mine. All at once the wheels began to slip, aud wheu the air was applied the brakos refusod to hold, ' Earthquake Near Cadiz. Malaga, Fob. 14. Thero was an earthquake shock today at Grazaloma, 40 miles from Cadiz. It was accom panied by loud rumblings. The inhab itants hocamo panla-strickeu aud many buildings wero damngod. Blizzard In New York. SyraouBe, N. Y., Feb. 15. Northern and Central Now York nro mauy foot deep in tho woret blizzard of tho win tor, and iu some respeots in reoent years. over a territory oxtemiiug from Rochestor to Utica, and from Watertown to Ithaca, tho ground is whito, although it is not exceedingly cold, and tho lino snow drifting makes 'traveling daugorouB. In tho cities snowplows aud shovel gangs are keep ing the atroets open for t radio. Belter Trade Reported In South and Southwest The Trade Reviews. Ilrndatroot's says: Trndo develop ments alsdo from thoso connected with rumors of combination In "rent Indua trlos, of which it scorns as yet too early to speak nnthoritatlvoly, hnvu been lu tho main favorable Sovoral linos of trade nnel many staplo prices show irregularity, but this Is not moro pronounced thnn usual atthis season of tlio yoar. Tho feiituro of tho wook In ellstrlbntlvo jobbing linos lias boon the growth of spring demand In tho South and Southwest, reflected in en larged sale of dry goods, boots and shoos, clothing and millinery at lend ing centers in tho East and central West. Hotter ariivcos as to tho outlook for trado coming from Norhtwest autl Pa cific const teports are no less encourag ing. Tho cereals nro dull, irregular and rather lower, on largo Argontlno shipments and llboral Northwest movements, the supporting foatnro be ing the gooel export inquiry developoel at concessions Tho strength of solo leather is a feature notodat many mar kets. Shoe buyers aro in fall force at Boston, and sample orders are nnmor ous Factories are well employed In immediato delivery orders. Unyers Bre reported more willing to meot manufacturers' viows ns to pricoi. Lumber has lagged among building material, but is stiffening in price aa the season of activo operations ap proaches. The textiles are ratbor. quiet, us to first hands. Cotton Man weakened despite smaller receipts, bo cause of unfavorable trade reports from the good markets and advices of shading of gray goods. Business failures for the week in tho Tjnite,j states number 245, against 238 jast Canadian failures for the week num ber 34, as against 27 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE Seattle Market Onions, new yellow, $3 2.75. Lettuce, hot bouse, $1.50 per cajo. Potatoes, new. $18. Beets, per sack, $1.101.25.. Turnips, per sack, 75o. Squash 2 c. Carrots, per sack, 75c Parsnips, per sack, $1.25 1.50. Celery 50o doz. Cfbbago, native and California 2c per pounds. Butter Creamery, 28c; dairy, 16 18c; ranch, 16c 18o pound. Cheese 14c. Egga Bunch, 25c; Eastern 24c. Poultry 13c; dressed, native chick ens, 13 He; turkey, 15c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00; choice Eastern "Washington timothy, $19.00. Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $24; feed meal, $24 Barley- -Boiled or ground, per ton. ISO. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.40; blended straights, $3.25; California. $3.25; buckwheat flour, $q.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00. MillstufTs Bran, per ton, $15.00; shorts, per ton, $10.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; 1 middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal, 1 per ton. $20.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beol Bteers, price 8c; cows, Dc; mutton 7?4; pork, 8c; trimmed, 10c; veal, 10c. Hams Large, llKc; small, 11K; breakfast bacon, 13&c; dry salt sides. 8&c. . Portland Market Wheat Walla Walla. 54o; Valley, nominal; Bluestem, 60o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham. $2. CO. Otts Choice white, 45o: choicer gray, 48o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew ing, $16.50 per ton. Millstuffa Bran, $15.60 ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $18; chop, $10 per ton. Hay Timothy,$12 12.50; clover,$7 9.50; Oregon wild hay, $67perton. Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o; store. 27sC Eggs 24o per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13o; Young America, l4o; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.76 per dozen; nens, $-.uuj spriuga, $2.008.50; geese, $0.007.00 doz; ducks, $5.000.00 per dozen; turkeys. live. 1 10 per pounu. Potatoes 4550o per saok; sweeta. lo per pouuu. ..... ... 1 Vegetables Beete. $1; turnips, 76o, per eacK; garuo, iu im bage, lUo per pound; parsnips, 85c; ouioua, v....., .-v. Hops ew crop, 1214o per pound. , Wool-Valley. 314o per pound; Eastern Oregon. 1003 12o; mohair. 25 per pound. , Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 3ho; dressed mutton, QX Tin ah rwMinel I Hogs Gross, choice "heavy, $5.76; light and feeders, $5.00; dressed, $5.50G.50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top Bteers, $3.604.00; eows, $3 .0063 8. 50; dressed beef, 6 7o per pound. Veal Large, 77so; small, 8& Oo per pound. Saa Francisco Market Wool Spring Nevada, ll13oper nouud; Eastern Oregon, 1014o; Val- ley, 1517o; Northern. 010o. Hops Crop, 1900, 1620o. Butter Fanoy creamery 21o; do seconds, 17o; fancy dairy, 10 do seconds, l ie per pound. Egg8 store, 83o; fanoy ranoh, 26o. MlUstuffB Middlings, $17.00 Q 20.00; bran, $15.00 10.00.