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Washington, Aug. 16.— ' ‘From a m il
tary
lary as well as a commercial point of
icw, said Director Smith, o f the bu-
l latest
a r news
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8av« the
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WV Was as smooth as a
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A“ '
W EEKLY
Hawaii Prom i Military Point
of Virar.
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reau
! WILL f i g h t
HATCH1T.
STRATEGIC BASE O F T H E PACIFIC
ra »
junction Served on Strikers
st De Armitt’s Mines.
CO U N T Y
returns .
republics, “ The H a
waiian islands, owing to their location,
are of great importance. H aw aii may
b* said to lie but one-third the distance
of the accustomed route from San Fran
cisco to Jupan and China ports, from
San Francisco to Australia, from ports
of British Columbia to Australia and
British India, and about half way from
tlie Isthmus of Panama to Yokohama
and Hong Kong. The construction of
a ship canal across the isthmus would
extend this geographical relation to
the ports of the G u lf of Mexico and of
the Atlantic seaboard of North and
South America. A glance at the map
w ill at once make clear the fact that no
other point in the North Pacific has
such a dominating relation to the trade
between America and Asia as a place
for coaling and a depot of supplies for
vessels.
From a naval standpoint H aw aii
is the great strategic base of the Pacific.
I nder present conditions of naval war
fare, created by the use o f steam, as a
motive power, Hawaii would secure to
the maritime nation possessing it an
advantage as a depot for the supply of
coal. Modern battle-ships, depending
absolutely upon coal, would be enabled
to avail themselves ot their full capa-
city of speed and energy only by having
some half-way station in the Pacific
where they could replenish their stores
of fuel and refit.
A battle-ship or
cruiser sarting from an A siatic or Aus
tralian port with the view of operating
along the coast o f either North or South
America, would be unable to act effec
tively for any length of time at the end
of so long a voyage, unless she were
able to refill her bunkers at some point
on the way.
“ On the other hand, if the United
States possessed Hawaii, she would be
abie to advance her line o f defense
2,000 miles from the Pacific coast, and
w ith a fortified liarlior and a strong
fleet at Honolulu would be in a position
to conduct either defensive or offensive
operations in the Nortli Pacific to a
greater advantage than any other
power.”
MARKET
LE T T E R .
o f T ra d e.
fully TWO Hundred of WeV-
■ ,
„
„
ler s Men Fell.
IN SU R G EN T
LOSS
W AS
SM ALL
There was a large and rapid a-l vance
in the prices o f wheat during the past
week with prospects of a higher range
of prices tlie rest o f the year. Spot
wheat is difficult to get, even at a pre
mium and tlie demand is pressing for
old wheat; 1,046,000 bushels have been
taken in Chicago thia week for prompt
and future shipment on foreign orders
— tlie bulk o f which was taken at tlie
advance early in the week.
T h is general advanoe il more tlie out
come o f the hand-to-mouth consump
tion of tw elve months overtaking the
small stocks both here and in Europe,
as w e have ptunted out tim e and again,
than o f short European crops now being
reaj-e-i. Prosperity is coming, in tlie
fact that the European consumer is pay
ing the Amerioan farm er a better price
than the m ajority of speculators put
upon tlie wheat.. Tlie actual value o f
tlie new crop is 20 cents higher than
the professional short seller made it ill
June, when they w ere selling Septem
ber freely at 63 cents, and the farmer
pa to be congra ulated that thisadvanoe
conies before the grain leaves his hands.
, And so long as the legitim ate demand
keeps the spot w heat at a premium, no
combination or monopoly ot.n profitably
depress the futures, as the experiences
of the past six months have proved.
So, for the near future, it w ill be safe
1 to buy wheat on each decline, as the
speculative market is broadening and
outside buying increasing, and w ill in
crease as the state o f the country im
proves.
Although the sensational press tried
to show local manipulation in July de
livery, Chicago is still the lowest mar
ket in the country, w ith spot wheat
this week 10 cents over the highest
price in July, and we would have seen
a much higher price during this month
had not holders o f wheat been frigh t
ened in June by sensational rumors of
large receipts; now the cash demand far
exceeds, in proportion, the speculative
demand. As in the M ay ami July de
liveries, the September speculative
price is steadily advancing to the price
o f tlie H|-ot wheat, which, as in those
months, w ill finally fix tlie value in tlie
latter end o f this month.
W e are now having large receipts of
wheat from an ample crop of fine qual
ity— this week 5,348,406 bushels at the
nine primary markets, compared with
3,217,382 bushels for the same last year.
A « « P ‘ • . gels were si* kd " t ? few oi the passen-
D ea p e ra te
but
In e ffe c tu a l
A tte m p ts
ex-
W e r e M a d e to C a p tu re »u d
K ill
* - • - KnforCe
,nJuM“ 0"-
» « ® « l y well ' N o u l r t l i ! “ was 1 in
t h e C 'a p t a in - G e n e r a l.
pittsburg, Aug.
16-— The much-1 7 ° r®^ in the slightest, and ali were
„Iked-of injunction against the «Jnit- landed in safety.
N ew York, Aug. 16.— A special to
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^¡¡neworkers
was filed in the county
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hen the Elder arrived at Skaguav
the Herald from Havana via Key W est
¿»art
tooav
oy
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mew
...r toilav by counsel for the New ''«T men immediately came ahoanTanH
says: Further details have been re
fork & Cleveland Gas & Goal Com- offered fabulous prices for horses. An
ceived o f the battle near Aguacate,
i -ny. The defendants are named The imals such as are lieing canned at Linn-
which is near the Matanzas line. T h e
pnitsd Minneworkers o f America, ton ar> selling for from $600 to *700
fighting, it was first reported, was in
Patrick
Dolan, president; W illiam but none could he purchased from the
Matanzas provinoe, but it was just on
H'arner, secretary and treasurer, and Alder s passengers. One of the passen-
this side. There is no doubt o f the re
gers had a large bull, for which lie was
others.
sult of the battle, however, and a con
The plaintiff company sets forth that offered $600. Tne offer was refused.
servative estimate places the number of
it is a corporation under the laws of
here is plenty of grass to feed the
Spanish killed at 200, w h ile the rebel
P e nnsylvania, with a capital of $1,000,- livestock, and horses are greatly in de
loss was com paratively trifling.
000 invested in coal lands o f Pennsyl- mand
Preparations for General W eyler’ s ar
The
^da. Three of their mines, employ
rival at the palace were made on M on
men were charged 25 cents per
ing 1,200 men, are the Plum Creek, 100 pounds to have their luggage taken
day, but he lias only just returner! from
A ll the baggage was landed
Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek. The ashore.
the field.
He left Matanzas on Sunday
The late for taking stuff over
bill then recites the conditions prevail safely.
and reached Aguacate the next day.
It was there that a rumor came that he
ing at their mines since the strike was Lbilkoot pass is 25 cents a pound.
that -------
there is ahso-
was wounded in the big fight near
begun and alleges the strikers h a ve. The officers state ------
there, but the statement bus proved to
naid no attention to the sheriff’s warn-1 *nte*y no truth in the reports that men
be false.
ings. and that the lives of miners and ' are
their outfits at Dyea. They
The excitement in Havana is intense.
pro|*rty of the company are in danger. 8ay that every one who can possibly get
The uncertainty regarding the new
Judge Collier granted a temporary over the passes is going. The weather
ministry in Spain is partly to blame,
injunction, restraining and enjoining at , vea is al* C'ut could be desired,
anil on top o f this there comes news of
the defendants from assembling, march- a," ‘ , little difficulty w ill be experi-
a big insurgent victory between A gu a
ingor encamping in proxim ity to the en”e'* in making the trip.
cate and Madruga, and also of a pitched
¡nines and houses o f the miners, for
1,1081 important item of news
battle in the vicin ity o f Sagua la
the purpose by intim idation, threats ( “ fought by the Elder is to the effect
Grande.
snd opprobrious words, of preventing t*iat White pass is being placed in a
The advance guard of General Gom ez
the miners of the plain tiff from work- Paf8a'’Ic condition. One hundred mi
lias crossed into Matanzas. W hether
ing. lt further restrains the defend-1 n.ers’ who were delayed by the condi-
ne is close cannot be ascertained, but it
ants from inducing or compelling any ! tion of the road, handed and agreed to
is reported that he declined the fight
employe or m iner to quit work.
A corduroy the road. Timber is plentiful
at Sagua la Grande.
in the vicinity, and the work should
hearing was fixed for August 18.
The largest battle that has taken
When this is
The injunction is regarded as the shortly be completed.
place in several months was the one
done
horses
can
easily
be
taken
over
the
most sweeping yet issued. President
fought at Aguacate. It is known that
Dolan expressed surprise when in trail.
the battle was the result of an attem pt
Two drowning» and a mining-camp
formed it had been granted and added:
to capture General W eyler and k ill
“ It w ill make no difference to ns. incident resultant occurrred at Dyea.
him. The captain-general had made
On
August
8,
Dwight
Fowler,
of
Seat
We will go right along as usual until
preparations to return on horsebaok
He was carrying a
the matter is tested in the courts. We tle, lost his life.
from Matanzas to Havana. A lo n g the
load
on
his
back
and
parcels
in
each
will stay there regardless of every
road he had posted three columns of
hand
over
a
log,
when
he
slipped
and
judge in A llegheny county, and if they
Spanish soldiers.
General C astillo
fell
into
the
Skaguay
river.
Fowler
is
attempt to enforce the injunction they
learned of his plans and gathered a
will have to bnild more jails to accom said to be the sou of well-known Seat
force o f fu lly 1.50C rebels. Th is force
S T I L L HAS F A IT H .
tle people.
modate the m en.”
he hurled against the Spanish lines
The other fatality occurred August 6.
Thomas Wall, of N. nairno, while at- I Captain W i n d r o w S a y » T h a t A n d r e » near Aguacate where General W eyler
was supposed to be. General Caatillo
WILL F O R C E T H E ISSUE.
W i l l Y « t R e tu r n .
tempting to ford Dyea river on a pack- |
commanded the insurgents in person,
horse, was lost. He left a wife and
Chicago, Aug. 16.— Captain John
P o r t la n d M a r k e t».
and the Spanish were under General
S tr ik e r s t o T o s t t h e L e g a l i t y o f J u d g e three children in Nanaimo, who are in Windrow, of San Francisco, does not
W heat— W alla W alla, 81c;
V a l
M
ilta.
The
insurgents
dispersed,
but
M c lll w a y n e ’ s O r d e r .
destitute circumstances.
believe the story that Professor An-
ley, 84c per buBhel.
:
later
accounts
are
that
both
Colonel
Two men named Young and Cleve dree’ s balloon was seen floating in the
Pittsburg, Aug. 16.— The striking
Flour— Best grades, $4.15; graham,
Aldea and General
M olino
were
miners at Cannonsburg have determined land are engaged in packing near where ocean by a ship’s captain. The oaptain
$3.65; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
wounded.
to force the injunction issue by contin the drowning occurred, and recovered is visiting his brother, Dr. S. W indrow,
Oats— Choice white, 88 @ 40c; choice
The battle began about 4 o ’clock in
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uing their d aily marches and meet the boilies. They took them to Dyea, of 23$ Lasalle avenue. H e has re- -
gray, 36 @ 30c per bushel.
7 ,
,
,
,
. .. . 1 the afternoon and continued t ill night,
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ings in the neighborhood o f the Mo- where they demanded $10 for their turned from Sweden, where he visited The e Spnnish
Barley— Feed
barley, $17.50® 18;
were ranked along the
The citizens immediately his rleatives among whom is the fa m -
trovem and Cannonsburg mines in services.
brewing, $18® 19 per ton.
open road and the rebels approached
spite of the order of Judge Molllwayne, called a mass meeting and served no ily of Profesaor Andree’s brotiier. The them from the rear, coming from the
M illstuffs— Bran,
$14
[-er ton;
forbidding marches on the roads lead notice on one of the men to leave town captain said:
hills. A body o f cavalry was stationed middlings, $21; shorts, $15.50.
“ I was in Stockholm when the news
ing to the mines. The purpose is to within 24 hours. He applied for pas
H ay— Tim othy, $12® 12.50; clover,
about a quarter of a m ile down the road
have the men arrested in order to test sage on the Elder to Juneau, nut as she arrived tiiat Andree had left Spitz- to cut off W eyler if he should be there $10@11; California
wheat,
$10@
was not bound for that port, he was bergen in his balloon. His fam ily,
the legality of the injunction.
11; do oat, $11; Oregon wild bay, $ 0®
and attempt to seek safety.
Patrick Dolan stated it had been de compelled to leave town until he could that is, liis brother’s— Andree is not
The details o f the actual fighting are 10 per ton.
married— fu lly believe that he w ill fie
termined to keep up the marches, and secure transportation.
Eggs— 11 @ 12c per dozen.
meager, hut many reliable persons who
The day the steamer left citizens call beard from. Andree told them that if
as fast as one group was arrested an
Butter— Fancy creanierv, 35® 40c;
passed near the place, which is beside
other one w ill take its place until there ed another meeting for the purpose of no news was received from him in tw o the railroad station, say that from tlie
fair to good, 30c; dairy, 25@30c per
will he so many o f them in jail that considering the advisability of serving months, probably nothing would be carriage windows they could see many roll.
C heese— Oregon,
ll% o ;
Young
opinion w ill he aroused on the question a like notice on the other man. The heard fur a year, as be then would have dead soldiers along the road. The
partners were making from $200 to $300 landed in such a locality that it wonld rebels use-1 rapid-firing guns.
Am erica, 12*£c; California, 0 ® 10c per
o f urging a new form o f injunction.
When
In these movements the support of a week each, carrying freight, but require months for him and his party darkness came the Spaniards retired, to pound.
P ou ltry— Chickens, mixed, $3.00®
all the leading trades unions of the their demand for pay for bringing in to reach a locality where they could return the next morning with heavy re
country are said to have been pledged the bodies of the men has lost them communicate with the outside world. inforcements, but the iusuregnts only 3.50 per dozen; broilers, $1.50®2.75;
“ M y own belief is that Andree has
at a secret m eeting in Columbus during fortunes.
opened fire for about half an hour and geese, $3® 4; ducks, $2.50@3 per dozen;
On August 8 a man was shot and struck a southwest wind, as these are then disappeared. They divided into turkeys, live, 10® 11c per |>ound.
the lust 10 days, presided over by
killed for stealing freight on Chilkoot the winds that most usually prevail at small bands and subsequent pursuit
Potatoes.— Oregon Burbanks, 85®
Samuel Gompers.
a | this time of the year in the northern
46c per sack; new potatoes, 60c per
was futile.
Information has been received by P®»s- One of the men . in charge of
latitudes, and that he has been carried
the Pittsburg operators that the miners pack train caught him in t e ac . am
Information has also been received of sack; sweets, $1.90®2.26 per cental.
Onions— California, new, red, $1.25;
■of the B ell, L -w is & Yates Company his life wus the penalty. Hia na,ne into Siberia, and it may be months be the big,tight near Sagna la Grande. It
have struck in R eynoldsrille. and the could not be learned -v t le o.icers or fore he w ill be heard from.
is said the town was attacked and that yellow , $1.50 per cental.
“ As to the story of a vessel having
H o ;* — 1 0 @ ll*».o per pound for new
rest of the mines o f the company are passengers of the hb er.
a portion of it was burned, but this has
passed a balloon floating in the sea,
not been verified.
Correspondence crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c.
idle. The company is one of the heav-
A t Dyea, aecon ing to a letter re
that is a good yarn for landsmen.
from C. K. Scovev, * of * this city,
W ool— V alley, 14® 15c per pound;
from the field, however, proves that
iest tonnage producers in the northern . ceived
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m. _
There is not a captain so inhuman, so
of revisions.
provisions
there has been a battle there, Gomez Eastern Oregon, 10® 13c; mohair, 20c
field. Abb,it 8,000 men are employe-1. there is a scarcity of
The
he
writer save that the stores were orowd- absolutely without senses that
in person, it is said, directing the in per pound.
The usual march of miners was made
the flour was sold. wonld not at once send a boat to inves surgent operations.
Mutton— Gross, best sheep, wethers
at Turtle Creek at 4 o ’olock this morn- ed, and that a
■
There will lie no difficulty in securing tigate the thing, and, anyhow, the bas
anil ewes, 2 '^ ® 2 ^ c ; dressed mutton,
A
fte
r
the
fight
at
Aguacate,
General
ing, but more men went into the pit to
The demand was created by ket and provisions that Andree carried W eyler fe ll back upon Guanabacoa,
4 ‘ io ; spring lamb«, 61^ per pound.
day than yesterday.
Fiimis from ail '
h " ¡ ¿ t with money instea.l of with him weighed six tons and would
Hogs— Grose, choice heavy, $4; light
just across the bay from Havana. The
sections are com ing to the rescue of the men win e
j sink the balloon when immersed in
rebel chiefs, Colonel Arnagnara and and feeder«, $2.60®8; dressed, $3®
strikers. A certain cereal company at t provisions.
returning passen- water. N ever fear, Andree w ill be General Rodriguez, were in the district 4.25 |>er 100 pounds.
Akron, O., sent a dispatch offering to
There w* 8 UT 0n^ who sailed on the beard from, depend upon it .”
B eef— Gross, top steers, $2.75® 3;
and W eyler expected a raid.
donate two tons o f corn meal. The g r -
with rheumatism
W eyler arrived at Guanabacoa w ith cows $2.25; dressed beef, 4®6,t^c per
-offer was accepted.
The l ishermen a JJder
bi> outfit ami return.
F ille d th e B a b y W it h W in d .
4,000 men. F iv e miles from Guana pound.
Protective Association, of Astoria, Or., »on rone
, ._ ----
Pittsburg, Aug. 16.— Mrs. George bacoa he was attacked by a rebel force
The passage down was made in good
V ea l— Large, 8@3>^o; small, 4Jf
has started East by fast freight 100
•
time, the steamer being but 71 hours Ruthman, of Beaver F all*, heard a pe under General Rodrignez. Rodrignez’ s per pound.
«ases of canned salmon for the miners
from Sitka. She left up for Portland culiar noise on the back porch o f her plan was to force General W eyler to
B r a t tle M a r k e ts .
residence. She found her tw o sons, give battle and pursue him into the
at 7:15 tonight.
T h e In ju n c t io n E x te n d e d .
Butter— Fancy
native
creamery,
The route from Skaguay via >V bite one aged 7 and the other one year jI j||8( where the captain-general stood a
brick, 18c; ranch, 10® 12c.
W ashington, Pa., Aug. 16.— J. H pass is more level and easier traveling, older, in a corner. The balie waa on
chance o f being either killed or
Cheese— N ative Washington, 10®
■Cook, a coal operator o f McGovern, though 26 miles farther. But the pros- I his back. The elder brother had in
capture-1. The rebels fire-1 several v o l
l i e ; California, 9>^a
came into court this afternoon and com pector is landed on Lake Bennet, the serted the tube o f a bicycle pump in
leys from the hills along the roadside,
Eggs— Fresh ranch, 20o.
plained that the strikers were again second lake aoove Linderman, where the baby’s mouth and was fillin g him
k illin g 17 and wounding a large num
Pou ltry— Chickens, live, per pound,
trespassing on his property, that A n -1 travelers by Chilkoot pass are landed. with wind as fast as be could work the ber o f the Spanish, but W eyler refused
drew Savage, leader, already enjoined, Besides, there is plenty of timber on pump.
The infant was unoonscious to give fight and kept on his march to hens, 1 0 ® l i e ; spring chickens, $3
was there, and he thought they had Bennet to build boats, while there is and its little stomach was inflated like Guanabacoa, d rivin g 300 head of cattle @ 8.50; ducks, $2.50@8.75.
Wheat— Feed wheat, $38 per ton.
instructions to go where they pleased in
a balloon. The mother pulled the tube that he had collected along the line.
none on Linderman.
Oats— Choice, per ton, $33.
disregard o f the injunction. At his re
Every day, hundred« are arriving from the ch ild’s mouth and the air fo l General Rodriguez followed in W eyler's
Corn— W hole, $28; cracked, per ton,
quest the court made another including there, and scows and small steamers lowed with a sharp sound like the ex rear to within sight o f the town. A f
the United Mineworkers of America, are making fortunes in lightering goo<l§ haust o f an air brake on a railway ter the rebels withdrew the Spanish $23; feed meal, $32 per ton.
Barley— Rolled or ground, per ton,
train. The baby recovered conscious troop« commenced a heavy fire, tlie
President Ratchford
and Secretary
I from steamers.
$22; whole, $21.
Pierce, and the Pittsburg district mine-
ness.
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noise ( f which awakened and frightened
U tters from Astorians who went on
Fresh Meats— Choice dressed beef,
workers, President Dolan and Secretary the Elder advise others not go this fall,
the residents o f Guanabacoa.
C ig a re tte M a k in g S to p «.
steers, 6c; cows, & % c ; mutton sheep,
Warner, in the injunction.
A
train
running
from
Mariano
in
1 as they cannot get through except at
N ew York, Aug. 16.— Tw enty-five
6c; !>ork, 7c; veal, small, 6.
great expense and hardship.
hundred men and women who made to Havana provinoe was fired upon recent
Fresh F ish — Halibut, 4 ^ c ; salmon,
W o r k o f T r m ln w r e c k e r * .
The Am erican vice-consul, Mr,
bacco cigarettes are out of work be ly.
4 ® 6c; salmon trout, 7 ® 10c; flounders
T o p N o tc h fo r W h e a t .
Dallas, T ex ., Aug. 16.— The north
cause o f the failure o f the internal rev Springer, was on the train. Bullets and sole, 8 @ 4 ; lin g cod, 4 @ 6 ; roev
bound M ., K . & T. train was wrecked
Walla Walla, Aug. 16.— The top enue department in Washington to struck neat him, but he escape-1 unhurt. cod, 6c; smelt, 2j^@ 4c.
this morning near Caddo Mills by some
rheat market for the season was supply the deputy collectors in this
G o ld D U e o v s r le * .
one rem oving the fishplates and bend- note i J todav.
Man F r a n c i s c o M a r k e t s .
The market opened city with the new $1 revenue stamps,
N ew Orleans, Ang. 16.— A new gold
cents provided for in the new tariff.
ing the railp. Every car but t the rear
Lt 75£ n ts for blnestem, 73 ce
W ool— Choice foothill, 9 ® 12c; San
Messenge firm at .Seen
were 8ol(,
field has been discovered, but this one Joaquin, 6 iron ths’ 8 ® 10c; do year's
sleeper was turned over.
club
Several lots were sold at
T h » President W ill Attend.
is in the tropics. Report« have come staple, 7@0o; mountain, 11® 13c; Ore
Rawlins was instantly killed. Several for
„„res,
when
the
price
jumped
these figures
Colnmbus. O., Aug. 1«.— President to this city lately that big Ards o f gold gon, 10® 18c per pound.
passengers were injured, but how sert-
rent and several thousand bush-
This after M cKinley has accepted an invitation have been made in Nicaragua, and
Hops— 7 ® 9c per pound.
ously could not be learned. The in-
™ere Bol(| for 70 cents
jured w ill be taken to Greenville. A noon
el
M illstuffs — M iddlings, $18.50(222;
the price dropped back to 75 to attend the Ohio fa ir at Columbus, steamer« from that section have been
bringing in gold dust in proof of iL
opening August 31.
wrecking crew has reached tlie scene. cents, at which figure it closed.
: California bran, $14® 15 per ton.
N o further particulars are obtainable.
H ay— W heat,$12® 15; wheat and oat,
T w o C h ild r e n D r o w n e d .
Denver, Aug. 16.— A special to ths
NO M ore F I « Brnn-ly.
$11 @14; oat, $10® 12; river barley,
Crete,
Neb.,
Aug.
16.—
W
illie
and
News from Del Norte, C o la , says:
$ 7@ 8; I test barley, $0@12; alfalfa,
W ork In the Field»-
San Francisco, Aug. 16. — Acting
A messenger just arrived from Sum- Mary Vogel, aged 4 and 10 years re $ 7 ® 8.50 clover, $7.oO@0.
has retceived a rul-
Spokane, Aug. 16 .— There is an un- i ’nllcetor Thomas
treas- m itville, bringing news o f a powder ex spectively, w ere drowned in the Blue
Potatoes— New , in boxes, 40@60e.
preoedented demand for harvest ham s ■ f rom Secretary Gage, of the I
river to lay.
Th ey fe ll from a narrow
Onions— New red, 70®80o; do new
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e
'relating
to
the
distillation
o
f
cer- plosion, which occurred in the lower
throughout Eastern Washington an-i
walk,
and
were
carried
over
a
mill-lam
silverskin, 8Sc@ $l |ter cental.
’ fruits partieniarly m California. working o f the L ittle A nnie mine at
Northern Idaho. Fears are expresse.1 *"7
trtln fruits. P
TennV Vm it Packing Sum m itville, by which four men lost to the rocks below.
Fresh fruit— Apples, 40® 60c per
that enough men cannot be foounu to
their live«.
Foreman Robert Jones is
small box; do large box, 40@65c Royal
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harvest the large crop.
ï ï p . n . / the
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’ d ÌtÌ,W department
*°n,e
one
---- of the -lead. The name« o f the
apricots, 2 0® 85c common cherries,
Manchester, Conn., Ang. 16.— T h e
The
brandy, mi*
ü)e distillation of figs ; others have not been learned,
16@25c; Royal Anne cherries, 25® 40c
T h e cells in the ja il at Dover, N. IL , lias deci le-
^ bready in question explosion
o»T,lo«ii>n occurred at 4 o ’olock and Peter Adam « paper m ill, in Buckland, ner box; currants, $1.00® 1.60 per
are arranged in a circle and rerolre, **o
Loss, $35,- . « le s t ; peaches, 25® 40c; pears, 2 0®
caused a cave-in and the men were auf- waa burned this morning.
that the inmates can successively® • j
> » * ■ , b*
000.
«cated before they could be reached.
, 40c; cherry plums, 20® 30c per box.
the country at all points of the • °m will be strictly enforced.
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RECENT GOLD FINDS
D o w n i n g . M o p k ln a M C o m p a n y * » R e v i e w
R E P O R T S FR O M S IB E R IA T H A T
E Q U A L C A L IF O R N IA IN ’4 » .
M arcu s R a k e r, o f th e O » o l o g l e » l S a r T ty *
T a lk s o f t h e R e c e n t G o ld
D e v e lo p
m e n ts H e r e a n d A b r o a d —N a w
M e th
o d it N o w 1’ s e d In M in in s »
E. F. P arsons , special t or respondent.
Washington, D. C .— The Russian
government is to send an expedition to
Kamchatka, the extreme eastern pen
insula of Siberia, to look into the devel
opment of extensive alleged gold fields.
This announcement creates considera
ble interest here,es|>ecially uinong the
who are following closely the enormous
gold developments o f the world w hidx
have recently occurred.
A n exam ii
tion of the map of North A m erica w ill
»how at a glance that the great gold
field o f Alaska which is now being de
veloped is a part o f the same general
line o f mountains which supplied thM
enormous gold production of California.
i indeed o f the »ame general line which
produced the gold of Peru, of Central
America, o f the United States and nosr
of Alaska. Take yonr map o f the wor!
and follow this mountain range and y
w ill find that it seems to cross from
North American continent to Aaia
the Behring straits, and that the exten
»ion of this general range across in
Asia covers the very country into w hl
; the Russian government is pressi
gold developments and the gen
i search for gold. The dispatch refer“
to above states that a Russian exped
tion has discovered 12 gold regions i
the vicin ity o f the Sea o f Okhotsk, >
it lielieves that the western peninsu
o f Kamchatka w ill develop gold fiel'
which w ill, as the dispatch pots
when opened, “ lie a second C alifornia.’
“ W hether the prediction of the R
sians that they are to develop
fields in Kamchatka which w ill ri
the early history of our California (
fields is to be realized or not,’ ’ said M
Marcus Baker, of the geologial aurv*
talking on this matter, “ certainly tf
can be no doubt that the gold of
world has enormously increased, and
now increasing wonderfully,
ure tw o distinct gold fields today wh'
are producing gold in very great q "
titles— South A frica and North Am
oa. The Alaskan fields are o f con
a part o f the same general line of me
tain which developed suoh wonder
gold deposits in our own territory
than h alf a century ago, and w be
the mountains o f Kamchatka and
beria arc a part o f the same general
tern or not, it would not be surpri
if these reports o f large gold de
there should also be confirmed,
fact is there is a greater incentive
the production o f gold today than
before. There are two or three
sons for this: First, that silver
cheap that there is less inoentive for
production und the people who had
merlv given their attention to the
ing o f silver are now looking for
gold fields; second the gold m ining
gold production becomes easier e
year us new methods develop and
discoveries are made. Take thk
gold fielda of California which
supposed to be worked out years
tlie cyanide process now gives p~
of making them again productive
it is quite probable that it w ill be
able to work over all the rejected
terial which was thrown away by
men who covered that great gold
and to produce from it by this cys
process great quantities o f gold,
is not unlikely to be the case fu
south in Mexico, Central Am erica
Peru, where suoh quantities of
were mined years ago. Add to th
gold developments oi South
Australia, North Am erica and
ive Siberia and it is not surprising
the gold production of the
more than keeping
pace w ith
growth o f business.
A s every
knows the gold prodnotion o f the
has steadily increased during tba
few years, that o f last year
been greater than any in the
history o f the world, w hile all
tions now point to a still grea
creased production for 1897.”
Mr. Baker’s remarks that the
production of the world has 1
w ith such rapidity, suggests
qniry upon this subject. Th at 1
shows that the gold o f the world
is nearly or quite three times as
as it was 50 years ago. M nlhal
Las lieen w idely quoted in th*
of the United States in the [
weeks indicates ih his latest dl
of statistics tiiat the amount of
tlie world, coined and uncoi
years ago amounted to le
and a half billion dollars.
Ta'
figures for 1890 and adding the
tion since that tim e it would
that the gold of the world today,
and uncoined is over seven b ill'
lars, being nearly or quite th l
as much as it was 50 years ago.
there been no increase in the
tion meantime there would
three times as much gold for
son now ns there was half a
ago. But the population o f $
lias increased 50 per cent in
so tiiat tlie amount o f gold for
dividual is therefore about
it was at that time.
This,
relates to the gold in bulk,
gold money. F ifty years ag<
per cent of the gold in the
coined; now 06 per cent is col
it appears that w h ile the
gold in the world for each i
has l>e«n doubled in 60 years,
portion of that gold which
turned into coin has also b e n
thus making the gold of the
times as much per each indie
was 50 years ago.
T h e last week in Jnly,
long lie remembered as the
under the new tariff law.
every direction show th
lias been instantly effs
manufacturing and be