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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1901)
Dili roil win Before Congress Creates Fund foi Reclaiming Arid Lands. IT IS WORTHY 01' NATIONAL ATTENTION lllilory ind Objccli of the Newlands Illll In Hit llouic and Hit llanshwugh ' Illll In Hit Stiult. (WndiliiKlon Irllrr.) Washington, V'li. 8(1. Mnny Kant cm people ii r (i nuking wbnt In tlilH Irrl Kill Ion tinibluin now liuloro con grim? Ih it it legitimate oini (or llio govern inuut to eutisldoi7 Will It bunoflt till) Country? ltd W'uitorn iidvocstos, rognrdlesii of political nlllllntlons, olitf in that it Ih llin most luiKirtaiit imtloiml (piestlon toilny. KnMorii legislators, rrgnidlosn ol party, too Inollnuil to tiuiilu Liroiully at tills nortlon. llome.Bulldlng. If the Intorniil hlHtory of tho Ainerl ran republic In Htiiilluil carultilly, hoWnvor, tho ctJIlcliirloii will ho reached that mitloiial Irrigation, prop el ly wrought out, In llkiily to shortly conn) to tho front an ohm ol tlm most Important national questions ol thn day. It embodies, In it truest sense, (ho ijuostlon of honio-hulldllig, nd tho American people liavn houn, up to tho present tlino, osiontlally u nation of homo-builders. Ilnmti for Mlllloni. Tho now homim of tho fulnro must tin Ion nil on irrigated lands. There iiro, according to accepted government ritMirtH, some 74,000,(100 acres of rich Western limil capiihln of Irrigation II tint Western waters aro proporly con htvoiI. Irrigation in not an oxporl incut In tint Unltoil Status. Under Ir rigation, yluliU aro very largo anil low Huron of thin lit rid would generous ly mipjxirt n fniiiily, no that with tint arid binds irrigated rural Iiomion would Im provided! for iiiIIIIoiim of cltlons, waiting and anxiouH to go upon thuin. Arid Und I'tind. Tho Nowland bill in tho hotiao and tho lluushrough hill In the senate, pro vldo for tho nutting unIiIo ol tho pro coudn from tho sale of jintilio hunts in tho arid Ktnti'H and toirltorlos its an "arid laud riiclaiiiatiou fund," to ho used for building reservoirs, to catch tho Hood waters ol Western streams, mid that he coat of Mich coimtrucliou hIihII ho put u xiii tho Intid rcalaluiod mid tho Innd thou olTorod for hiiIu hy tho government In mniill tracts, to Ijoim. lido settlers, uiKiii easy turuiN. Popular Legislation. Moro pcoplo and a greater diversity of interest than anpixirtod thu home ntnad not will conto to tho auport of such n policy, fin oh lo; f h) t Ion would ho uvou mora popular Itiiin tho froa homo enactments. What other pro ig nition In hfoni tho country upon which labor and capital can butter unito and which thoy can tupjiort, hiiiid in liaml, without clash or jealousy. Kvory labor union in tho Unltud States which Iiiih rilacuMod tho question lias unanimous ly supported it; every cotuhliiiition ol capital, of whatever fort, which has considered it, linn glvon it un(iiallllcd cudoraomont. Wciltrn tlomtii Ciiltrn Markets. Tho opening of thn vast area of West ern Ian In hy irrigation would provide choap homos, cortuin of returning tin. owners a couifortabto livollhood. It would crento n valuahlo and growing market for ovory kind nud doner! ptlon of manufactured product and would tlniH bo favorod by nil clakeos of manu facturing mid commarcial interests in tho country. It would iiiauro cheaper living in the Wont which would result in tho opening of numberless milling properties whoso grndo of oro in not uuflioicutly high to warrant dovolop incut undor prosont wugo conditions. It would pronto a demand for transpor tation which would brink' to Its sup port ovory railroad interest. O. U. MITCHELL. Valuable Bullion Cargo. New York, Fob. 20. Tho Uritlsli eteamcr Chatton arrived in tho harbor yeaterday from Tmnpico, with n cargo consisting wholly of lend bullion con nlgnod to M. Uuggenhoim'B Sous for thoir fraoltor nt Perth Amboy. Tho porcontago of gold in tho lead is valuod nt $30,000, nud of silver nmonnts to C20.000 ouncos. Tho whole cargo is valuod nt botwoon $450,000 nnd ?B0O, 000. A Negro's Crime. Torre Ilnuto, Intl., Feb. 20. Ida Flnklostoin, ngod 20, n eohool teacher, while walking through n louoly atrip of woods this afternoon from tho eohool lionso to tho intorurbnn lino, throo nilloa onst of Torro Ilnuto, wns nssault cd nnd killed by nil unknown negro, who shot lior in tho bnok of tho bond nnd out lior thront, Boverlng tho v;lLd plpo. Aftor tho UBsnult had boon com nilttod, Misa Fitiklostein nianagod to got to a farmhouse, with tho blood nt roaming from her wounds nnd foil nuconsoioua nt tho door. Inquest on Millwood Murder. Lonvonworth, Knn Fob. 20. Tho inquest ovor the killing of Mrs. Itoan Hudson in the joint rnid nt Millwood last Monday, wns bold today, nud the coroner's jury returned n verdiot to tho offoot thnt alio on mo to her death from a gunshot wound nt tho handa of per sona unknown to tho jurors. Mo at tempt was made to investigate thoso who comprised tho milling mob, or who did any of the shooting in the joint. WVOMING MINE HORROR. Fifty Men Imprliontd and Prohibly Dead In a Burning Coal Mine. Koinmer, Wyo., Fob. 0. A dlsns tioiiH llro In thn Dlamntidvlllo coal iniuo No. I lata thin evening wnn at tended with serious loss of life and grout destruction of property, Thoro worn Till miners and in horses oiilouibud, hut lino inlraciiloun oncnpo wan made, liowuvor, by John Anderson, who wan working near thn mouth ol tho level. When ho iimllzed thn inlno wan on llro, no, with aomo ilifllctilty, reached tho main load, and, hy liiro-lngn heavy overcoat over bin head and shoulders, pushed Inn way through tho damns nnd readied thn mailt loud cone pletely exhausted and terribly burned, but will recover. Ilo wan taken out by friends. All olTnrtn to succor thoso farther hack have failed, an tho flerco lliuiii'S drovo tho rescuers b'ick. T It it t all havo perished In without question. I ho scenes around thu mine were heartrending. Mothers, wives nud sweethearts woro weeping and tearing' tliolr hair In terrllilo iigony. and all eirorts to calm them proved of no avail. Tho loss of property will reach mi enormous liguro, .mil, an tho olll cialn aro very reticent, tho amount and million of thoxi Imprisoned aro unob tainable at a Into hour. Tho cause of tho llro In at present unknown. The mliio has been pinned at tho sixth level, about two miles from '.ho mouth. FIRE IN DETROIT. Wholesale and Retail Piano Dealers Vera llurntd Out. Detroit, I'oh. 21). Shortly after 1 o'clock thin morning a llro ntarlod in tho fourth story of tho bulbing occu pied by (irlnnull llron., wholesale and retail piano mil musical merchandise dealers, 221 anil 2'.'!) Woodward uvo nun. anil in an hour tho third nnd fourth floors of tho building woro com pletely hnrnoil out, with tho llio still honing llercely. Uriunell llron. aro statu agents for a number of promt ii'iut mnniifnctuinrn of pianos, and car ried a stock valued at $100,01)0. Tho Insurance wnn $ (10,000. Thu loss on tho stock In estimated at $50,000, and that on tho building, which in owned bv tho Wesson estate, will fnllv oqual that amount. Tiioinuy llton., dealers in lailion' (iirnishlngs, aro tenants of n storo in thn same hulldiuir, and carry ing a stock valued at $20,000. Tho loan on this is estimated at fully BO por cent. h'rancc'i Importation of Coal. Of tho 10,000,000 tons of conl Franco in obliged to iinort annually, 7,1)00,000 comes from England. FLIGHT OF DEWET. Uotri' Retreat Northward Ii Checked by Flood Botha Cludei Gtn. French. Tin Anr Cin.n ftnlnnv Vnt 9ft.. Guiiorul Dowet, accompanied hy Mr. Kt.ivn. rnpr.iunnil tlin Tiiltrnml nnrtti nf Kranskill and south of Orango river I station jonter'day. Tho Orango rivor roso live foct last uvcnlug. A heavy rain In still lalliug, and It is believed to bo impossible for tho lloorn to cross thu stream. Thoy aro being closely followed by Colonol Tboriioycrolt. who loft hero yesterday by mil. r-'overnl other columns are converging on Gono nil Dowet. No Puce Proposal. Now Voik. Fob. 20. Chnrles D. l'lcrco, consul-general for tho South African republic in tlilH city, tonight gave out tho following stntomont: "On tho 1 Otli of February 1 cabled to tho envoys at Tho Hague asking them to pleato cnblo mo if thoro was any truth iu tho statement that Presi dent Kruger has asked King I'M ward for tonus of penco; if Mr. Wolvornus, the onvoy, bad written a lottor to tho Boors iu South Africa urging tboin to surrender. In reply to tho iibovo I ro coivod tho following cablegram: " 'Tho Ilnguo, Februnry 25, 1001. Nowspapor reports rogmdlng Envoy Wolvornna' lottor nro alroady contrn dlctod iu etrongost terms iu Kuroponn and American diplomiitio circles. " 'DU uuuyN.' " " 'Secrotnry to Kuvoys.' " "Also tho following cnblo rocoived today: " 'Kuvoys doolaro tbnt Prosldonc Kruger has mndo no proposals to tho Urltish king for terms of poacn. " 'DK IJItUYN. " Botha Eludes French. Cape Town, Fob. 20. It is reportod here thnt Coramnudant-Qonernl liothn, with 2,000 Doers, nns hrokon away from (lonorul Frouoh's pursuit in tho direction of Koniatipoort. Sleyn and Dewet Located. London, Fob, 20. A correspondent of tho Daily Telograph nt Do Aar lo cntoa Genoral Dewot nnd Mr. Steyn nt Petruavillo. Ho pralsos tho ndmlrnble work of Captain Normnti Nnton, n Ca nadian cngluoor, in protecting a largo stretch of railroad. Boers Attacking Richmond. Cnpo Town, Fob, 30. Tho Boers nro nttacking tho City of Richmond, in tho contral pnrt of Capo Colony, und roluforcomontH havo been dlspatobed from Hnnovor road. Ntw Chilean Ministers. Vnlpnrniso, Fob. 20. It is an nouuood thnt the so diplomatic chnugea will tnko place soon: Minister to Mexloo Emilo Hello. who has just rcblgned the portfolio of foreign nffulrs, nnd has boon replaced by ltamund Silva. Minister to Peru B. Mathleu, pres ent minister to Ecuador. Minister to Ecuador Hioardo Ealas. A RAID AT MIDNIGHT. Rum Dtilroycn of Toptka Participate In Riot One of Their Number Shot. Topokn, Ivan,, lh. 28. .1. W Adams linn at n hospital, hovering bo twenn life and (loath, lie wan shot during a raid on a North Topokn Wholesale Honor houso. At midnight a crowd of citizens, heavily armed with revolvers, sledgii hammers, crowbars and a battering ram, broke into tho wIioIomiIo ll(iior Ikiiiki of "Cash" Curtis, on Went Cur tlH street, and smashed tho bevrcunkn found thoro. Thlon tKillcemen drove tho crowd back, lloth thu Hillcomen and tho citizens llrud their rovolvcrs, nud J. W. Adams, a carpenter. wn shot twlcn in tho breast. Ilo was taken in a hack to Illvornldo hospital, when) ho lies in a precarious condition. Dr. M. II. Mitchell and llov. 1". W. Kmerson were arrested. Ilov. Mr. Kmoison was taken to tho pollen sta tion, where ho wan hooked under the charge of resisting an olllrcr. llin loft hand was out and bleeding. Ho was allowed to go upon ills own recogulz' unco. Dr. .Mitchell took tho Injured man to tho hospital and wnn allowed to stay and admliil.ter to him without giving bund. Tho three pollcnmnn, Patrolmen Downoy and lloyles nnd Private Watchman Connors, claim that Adams wnn shot hy his ownirowd wlillo he wan lotreatlng from tho place where tho liiUors woro smashed, and AdJins says lio wan shot by n policeman Olllcor Downoy says he ilid not arrive nt tho scene of tho trouble till it wan about over. Oflicur lloylon, who car ries u Colt's 4 l-caliber revolver, clalmn tbnt tho two shots ho fired wero In tho nir, nud that ho did not aim at any one. Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Charles W Hammond, who cared for Adams at thu hospital, ray that ho was shot with a IT.' or ilU-callbur revolver. CLASH OF AUTHORITY. Commander of Transport Refuted to Allow Cuitom lljuic Men Aboard Vallojo, Cal., I'oh. 2Sf. Tho navii' transtwrt Solace, direct from Maulli and Honolulu, caino to thn navy yari Sunday nnd thn same evening aim war followed hy four customs Inspector from Sun Francisco. When tiro olllcttrn attempted to board tho vosbol for tho iur omi of making a kearcli for dutiable goods thoy weie mot with n protest by Comiiinnder Wlnslow, whoriifiihed thorn permission und denied their right tn make u search. Under tho law. thn commander of k mnii-of-war is recognized as an ollicer of tho customs service, and, therefore, in hound to prevent smuggling Con equently his ship in exempt from visits of customs ollicers. Commander Wlnslow holds that tho Solaco is also entitled to Htich exemption under this clause, and that in whero he (lltfors from tho customs inspectors, who have n'r0ll(y IIIIVO II eeizod sovoral articles that been lauded from tho vessol Commander Wiuslow ban nppoaled to the collector of the port. On thu last trip of tho Solace n large quantity of bric-n-brao nnd other goods, brought from China, was con fiscuted by tho customs ofllcials. AN ARMISTICE DECLARED. Kitchener and Botha Meet to Arrange for the Boers' Surrender. London, Fob. 28. Tho Daily Chron icle this morning publlshoa under ro servo n rumor that Lord Kitchener has mot General llotha to arrange terms ol surrender of tho Boors, nud that an armistice of 24 hours was granted tho Hoot commandant general to enable him to consult with the other com mandants. According to tho Daily Chronicle, the cabinet council yester day considered thin now turn of ullairs. "It is roportod that General LowU Botha is now between F.rinelio And Middloburg," says a dispatch to tho Daily Mail from Pletermaritzburg, "and that two peaco delegates from ISolfast, Messrs. De Kock and Meyer, have been shot," End of the War Seems Near. New York, Fob. 28. There nro few additional details of tho route of the Dutch forces in South Africa, says the Tribune's London correspondent, but there is n buoyant leoling in military circles, nud the ond of tho war seemr near. Thoro may bo n lifers eon acci dents, but no military oxpeitinLou dou expocts that tho wnr will bo pro longed beyond the Ut ol July. It is roportod that thoro woro wngors iu Johanosburg ut tho oponiug of tho jonr that tho mines would be oporatod by the first weok in July, Chinese Loss at Kueng Chang. Berlin, Feb. 28, A dispatch Irom Count Von Waldersoo says ovor 300 Chlneso wero killed when they attack ed the (Jerinnna nt Kueng Chang re cently. llotTmelstor's column, which started thonce, will return to Puo Ting Fu. Cause ol the Conflict Tho conllict between tho Ilnytlnns nnd Dominicans, on tho northern fron tier of 1 lay ti, was causod by the occu pation by Ilnytlnn troops ol some ter ritory in dispute, Brazil and Portugal at Outs, Oporto, Fob, 28. It is undeistood tho Brazilian government will demand explanations from Portugal for the at tempt made to nbduot the daughter of the Brazilian consul here, and place her iu a convent against her father's wishes. A collision between tho po lice and people last night resulted in numbers on both sides being iujurod. The police iuvude the institute in Eearoli of tho students, and tho pro lessor protested to the govo.umout, lilIfiA TIQIM Neijro Murderer Hanged and then Burned at Terre Haute. JAIL 000RS BATTERED IN BY A MOB Confessed to Shoollng and Slabbing Miss ld finkleillne, a Schoolteacher, Yesterday She Died I rom Her Wounds. Torro Haiito, Ind.. Fob, 28. At 12:45 o'clock today, George Word, n negro employe of tho car workr,, wnn taken Irom jail, hanged nnd then hurnod for the murder of .Mian Idn Fiuklonteln, Into osterday afternoon. Milt l liiklesteln wan n teacher in a school near tho outskirts of the city, and wan on her way homo fiom school when a negro sprang out from n clump of biinbun and gavo chase. Aftor .-tinning it short distance the negro ovor took bin vii tlm and f hot her. Tbnn ho cut her throat, robbed her of her locket book, containing and Hod. More (load than alive, tho school mlstrens staggered to her homo, half a mile distant. She told her story and thou relapsed Into unconsciousness. At midnight she died. Public indignation wns tremendous and posson wero at once organized and scoured tho country in all directions, searching for thu negro. F.nrly today Ward wan arrested on suspicion. At first ho denied any knowledge of the crime, hut later confessed, saying the girl had taunted him about his color, and had slapped him In thn face, and in a fit of anger ho had shot her und then cut her throat. Word was placed in jail, nud as soon as the fact became known, a crowd be gan assembling before tho structure. I'y noon huudredn of people surged in the street iu front of thu jail de manding that Ward bo delivered to them. Suddenly tho crowd rusbd at tho jail door, nud in a moment had battered it down They were driven buck, however, by Jailer O'Donnell, who Tired x shotgun several times over their heads 'ibreo deputy sberilTs received slight injuries from tno charges of shot, but none of tbo mob was tin rt. Arrangements wero at onco made to take the prisoner before tho court at 3 o'clock to bo sentenced. This was announced to thn mob, but did not uppeaEQ it. At 12:30 the mob again rushed at the battered front door of the jail and swept all resistance aside. Ward was found crouching in a cell, aud was dragged out. A rope waB placod around his neck and be wns dragged to the wagon bridge across tho Wabash river three blocks away, and banged to n bridge stringer. On the way to tho bridge tho victim wan beaten with sticks nnd shot at by members of tho mob nnd bo was un conscious when hnuged nnd in nil probability dead. When the bodv was dropped from tbo bridgo one strand of tbo rope broke und the leaders of tho mob, -thinking that their victim might drop into the river, hauled the body np again nnd it was dragged to the west side of the river nud burned. Thoro was no attempt at dieguiso on tho pnrt of any member of the mob. In nil tho crowd not one word of sym pathy for tho wretch was to be heard, though many deprecated the final act of burning. It is estimated that 2,500 people formed tho mob. A Remarkable Escape. Butte. Mont.. Feb. 28. John Yo cum, Tim Slovens and John Began, employed in the Hose mine, bad the most remarkablo escapo from death today in the history of mining acci dents in this camp. They entered tbo bucket to descend the shaft, 450 feet. Tho buckot was swung clear and the brakos on tho hoisting apparatus re fused to work. The men descended at lightning spoed to thn bottom. There it 6truck tho bulkhead nnd crashed through, landing with its human froight in tho tump. One of Yocum's legs was broken nnd the other men woro out nud bruised. How tbey es caped death is n miracle. Washington Postal Orders. Washington. Feb. 28. A poitoflice has been established at Phoenix, Spo kane county, Washington, to be sup plied by special service Irom Spokane bndgo. Willis J. Keslnger has been appoiuted postmaster. The postofflce at Lapush, Clallam oonnty, Washing ton, will ho discontinued after Febru nry 28, mail golug to Boston. A Philippine Jndge. Chicago, Feb. 28. A spsolal to the News from Washington, says; L. J. Carlook, n prominent attorney of Pe oria, has boon nppoluted judge of tho court of first iustanco in the Philip pines. The salary is $4,500 to $5,500, according to assignment, whiuli is dl reoted by Chairman Tntt of tho Philip pine commission, Mr. Oarlock is only 38 years of ago, Copenhagen lo Float a Loan. The Coponhngon municipality has gtven notice of tho issue of a commun al loan of 20,000,000 kroner. Contracts for Two Battleships. Wushlngton, Feb.28. The navy de partment today concludod contracts with tho Bath Iron Woiks and the Newport News Shipbuilding Company for the construction of n sheathed bat tle ship each, at a cost of $3,600,000. This disposes of all tho battleships let at the last bidding save one, whioh was awarded to Moran Bros., of Seat tle, and for whloh tbo contract has not yet been executed, OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. Filipino Ex-Rebels Swearing by Ihe Flag American Sentiment Spreads. Mnnlla, March 1. Pro-Arnerlcnn sentiment in spreading In insurgent stioiigholdn. HIx hundred and alxty five persons voluntarily took tho oath of alleginuco nt Camallng, province of Albay, nt una timo reported as tho worst insurgent center, nnd 681 took the onlb nt Calnmha. Captain Chnso, with n detachment of tho Tweuty-llrst regiment, iu n threo (lajn scouting expedition, dis persed 200 insurgents and destroyed thoiir main camp, that of Pedro Ha bellos. Lieutenant .lames, with a do tachmcnt of the Eighth infantry, raided a lodrono rendezvous nt Mac quilln?, island of Polillo, killing two men, socuring 176 prisoners and des troying 20 tons of rlco and other insur gents' supplies. Tho armored cruiser Brooklyn has retunii-d here from Hong Kong. Additional evidence against Carman and Carranza, the merchants accused of dealing with the insurgents, has developed. The investigation into tho charges against them is being vigor ously prosecuted. Agulnaldo't Uncle. Guguinto, Province of Bnlacan, March I. Jose Eerapio, an uncle of Aguinaldo, and formerly an insurgent (olonel, has been appointed governor of Bulncau province. Thero were several candidates, Including two army offi cers, but tho United States commis sion was unanimously in favor of Sera pio, who surrendered during General Law ton's progress northward and who has since been such a consistent friend of the United States that Aguinaldo published an order degrading bis uncle. There were considerable protests against Serapio'n appointment, chiefly from a delegation which icpreaented the interests of the friars. The com mission announced that it had investi gated the allegations mndo against f-'crnplo and found them to be untrue Captain Greeuough, of the Forty-first regiment, was appointed treasurer, and Lieutenant Wells, of tho Ibirty-second regiment, was appointed supervisor. The other olliciala appointed were na tives. All the appointments practical ly wero mado on General Grant's re commendations. Although by reputation Bulacan is not the easiost province to govern, all the local leaders and most of the in habits nts nre now friendly to the United States. The question of the (election of a capital for the province wan submitted to the vote of the dele gations. Malolos, the former seat of the insurgent congrbsp, ia the beat town, but Bulacan bas always been the seat of the government and was easily first. The ballot was the first free voting in the Philippines, except ing at thn town elections held under .nilitary orders. The delegates en Joyed it immcnsoly. Jndge Taft, in Admonishing the delegates, raid that since they bad tho reputation of being gamesters, thoy must abide by the result and show their capability of abiding by iho suffrage. During the coarse of his speech an nouncing bis appointments, Judge Taft said nowbero bad a military command er shown such benovolent consideration for tbo interests of tbo people as had General Grant. Tbe appointment of a native governor indicated the com mis-1 sion's confidence in the Tagals. The concluding scene of the coramis- , Bion's visit to tho province was most dramatic General Grant presented tu Serapio n flag which once belonged to General Grant's father. The Fili pinos received the flag enthusiastically, and cheered General Grant and the commissioners. Two Miners Killed. Now Whatcom, Wash., March 1. An ox plosion in the Blue Canyon mine a few minutes after 0 o'clock tonight killed I'd Mulligon and Dick Daley, two of the day gang. The night shift had not yet gone in. Daley left a wife and four children. Tbe cause of the explosion is not yet known. The bod ies have beeu recovered. Washout In Baker County. Bcise, Idaho, March 1. By the washing out of n bridge on tho O. R. & N. at Burnt river, tralllo on the line is interrupted. Tho conditions aro such that they cannot transfer, and there will be no through train until tomorrow evening. All trains were stopped today, but thn Oregon Short Lino is running specials east from Huntington. Washington Volunteer Pensioned. Washington, March 1. Through tho efforts of Souator Turner, a pension of $8 n month, from Ootober 0, 1899, has beon allowed Henry K. Harrison, of Spokane, Wash, This is one of the first pensions granted to members of the First Washington volunteers. Harrison served as a corporal in com pany L of that regimont. Postolfices Discontinued. Washington, March 1 . The follow ing Washington poatofllcea will bo dis continued Maroh 1: Cooper, Garfield comity; llaynie, Whatcom county; Mosher, Snohomish count , and Step- toe, Whitman couuty. To Save Big Trees. Wnshincton. Maroh 1. A commit. tee appointed by the California olnb la in this olty making oflorts to pre vent tho destruction of tho Calaveras big trees. A bill providing for the pur chase of these trees by the government baa passed the senate, but at this late day it seems irnprobahlo that it will be brought betore the house. The committee has decided to ralBe a fund by popular subscription for the du cbnse of tho trees. REVIEW OF TRADE. Activity Is Becoming More Pronounced In the Wool Marktts. II. G. Dun & Co. says: Bualnesa in thn Knit nnd particularly along tho North Atlantic const hns boon catching; up with the rost of tho country n llttlo this week, so that in tho linos whero complaint has boon hoard of lata tho tono is better. Thin comes Irom tho working off of retail stocks which tho owners feared would havo to bo cnrriwl ovor to next season. In builders' hardware the buying has been nota bly bettor, and tho distribution iii the grocery jobbing trade has bcon given n considerable stimulus. Kven tho laggard dry goods market has shown a good measure of Improvement, 1 though in cotton goods there in still much to bo doilred, for tho larger buy , ing has not brought any improvement in tho general tone, aud in some direc tions tho maiket ia slower than ft week ago. Footwear in firmly held at unchanged prices, with good buying of spring: : lines in tbo Boston market. Western I trade ia loss active and some orders havo been countermanded. I No diminution appears in the move- raent of iron and steol products. Mills are rushed with orders and now con tracts aro taken at full prices. Pig; iron is freely bought and prices tone! upward. Billots and other partially manufactured forms nre firmer, and finished goods would command higher prices if immediate delivery could bo seoured. 1 Grain markets are dovoid of wide fluctuations, although many reports nre ciroulated regarding tbe condition of winter wheat, but it if too early to secure definite information. News from India aud Australia indicator larger elbp than last year's. Failures for the week in the United States were 253 against 201 last year. ' In Canada for the same period they were 39 against 33 last year. ! PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market. Onions, new yellow, $2. 50 (S3. Lettuce, hot house, $1.00 per case. Potatoes, new, $18. Beets, per sack, $1. Turnips, per sack, 75o. Squash 2c. Carrots, per Eack, 75c Parsnips, per eack, $1.251.50. Celery COo doz. Cabbage, native and California, 2c per pounds. Butter Creamery, 25c; dairy, 15(3 18c: ranch, 10c18o pound. Cheese 14c. Eggs Hanch, 20c; Eastern 20c Poultry 13c: dressed, native chick ens, IB He; turkey, 15o. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy. $19.00. Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $24; feed meal, $24. Barley Kolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.40; blended straights, $3.25; California. $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; Era ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheats flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstutfs Bran, per ton, $15.00; shorts, per ton, $16.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal, per ton, $29.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beet steers, price 8c; cows, 7 He; mutton 7?4i pork, 8c; trimmed, 10c; veal, 10c. Hams Large, 11 He; small, llHl breakfast bacon, 13?4c; dry salt aides. SXc. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 55c; Valley nominal; Bluestem, 5 7 Kg per bushel Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham, $2.60. Oats Choice white, 45o: choices gray, 43o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $10.50 brew ing, $16.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $16.00 ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $18.50; chop. $16 per ton. Hay Timothy,$12 12.50; clover,$7 (39.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60 55c; store, 27jc Eggs 14o perdozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c; Young America, 14o; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60 per ' dozen; hens, $5,00; springs. $2.003.50; geese, $0.007.00 dui; ducks, $5.006.00 perdozen; turkeys, live. Ho per pound. Potatoes 4060oper sack; sweets, $1,65 per lOOpouna. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75o; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bago, l)io per pound; parsnips, 86c; onions, $3.252.75; carrots, 75o. Hopa New crop, 120 14o per pound. Wool Valley, 13 14a per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10Q12o; mohair, 25 per pound. Mutton Gross, beat sheep, wethers $4'76; ewes, $4.50; dressed mutton. 67o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $6.25; Hgllt and feeders, $5.00; dressed. 0 7c per pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4. 60(34.75; cows, $1.00(34.60; dressed beef, 6 7o per pound. Veal Large, 77so; small, 88 Oo per pound. San Francisco Market. "Wool Spring Nevada, ll13oper pound; Eastern Oregon, 1014o; Val ley, 1617o; Northern, 910o. Hops Crop, 1900, 1520o. Butter Fanoy creamery 21o; do seconds, 17o; fanoy dairy, 10 do seconds, 14o per pound. Eggs Storo, 22o; fanoy ranob, 20o. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 20.00! bran, $15.00010,00.