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been imprisoned for s’everaT^m'"tl“8
»ml sailed todav l.v ih ,
t o r Cadiz, his homey
8teUU1,irC0,0n
boa he
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(l ° '0n al#0 «•»■riee back to St.aitt
AT
THE
STAK E.
Terrlbl« F a te A w a it in g T h r e e N eg ro
F ie n d s.
Wesson. Miss., Dec. 13.— Full par
ticulars of one of the most atrocious
crimes ever recorded have just come to
hand. Almost the entire family of
Brown Smith, a respectable white
farmer, 85 years of age, were brutally
killed with a club in the hands of
Charles Lewis, a black fiend. Smith
was working at a gin a few miles from
his home, which is situated about 2 b,
nn les from pearl river, on the east
hank in Lawrence county, a wild coun
try. The house is off the main road,
and no white family lives within two
miles of it, though several negro fam
ilies live near.
It was one of these negroes who, on
Wednesday, some time between noon
and dark, crept up to Smith’s house
ami most brutally assaulted Mrs.
Smith, then brained her, and to hide
bis crime, he tried to kill the children,
only sparing a babe, which he left un
touched. The fiend’s work was not
done us well as he thought, for one of
tiie children, a girl five years old, re
gained consciousness, and when her
father returned, told him the name of
the brute. The mother and four child
ren were found dead in the yard, their
condition showing how they bad strug
gled to escape the brute.
A posse was organized, and late yes
terday the negio was captured and
taken to Monticello, the county’ seat
of Lawrence county, and at 7 o ’clock
was carried back to the scene of his
crime, where he was fully identified by
the little girl.
The accused negro is being tried be
fore Justice Holmes. He has given
testimony implicating two other ne
groes, Will Powell and Andy Smith,
who are in custody. It is said the ne
groes will not be lynched tonight, but
that tiie recent lynching at Monroe
will he imitated, making it public, and
that every negro will bo made to carry
pine knots to burn the others. Tiie
trial is being conducted in a lawful
manner, and the company have charge
of the prisoners, and will not permit
them to be sent to jail. During the
trial, Lewis broke down and confessed:
“ It’s mighty hard for me to suffer
for w hit some one else lias done.”
Upon being allowed to talk further,
he said:
“ Get W ill Powell and Andrew
Smith.”
Lewis is a mulatto about 23 years ol
age and married. It is believed that a
general clean-up will be made in this
section, and a number of negroes will
be lynched.
ON
HER
BEAM
ENDS.
Th® U n lu c k y rotrlm |>o« T op p le® O ve r
in th * B rettkers.
dt
MARKET
LETTER.
[0(11 i-e of DownIn», Hopkins A <’ o., Chicago
Bnaril oí Trióle Urobi-rn, 7U-714Chamber of l oin-
luorc« Building. Portland, Oregon.)
Astoria, Or., Dec. 10.— The unex
pected lias happened.
For six months
Light speculation was the dominating
the Foard & Stokes Company, of this factor in the wheat market last week.
city, purchasers of the German bark
Its force was felt more keenly than at
Pr',r'iupos, which went ashore on Nortfi
any
time since prices left 84 cents tire
beach at 7:80 o’clock on the morning
The bear element is
o f December 19, 1898, have been lay months ago.
ing their plans and making strenuous working on the idea that all the bullish
efforts to float tiie unfortunate vessel. influences have been discounted by the
Expert wreckers were engaged, four or
five jumping engines, winches and advance in prices of 38 cents from the
Wheat that
other valuable machinery were placed low point in the spring.
upon her, and a few davs ago Lawrence cleared last week was all bought a
Foard, of San Francisco, brother of the month or more ago, and prices were ad
head of the firm here, arrived on the j
vanced at the time.
Now that the
scene and took charge of the salvage
stuff
is
moving
out,
the
bulls think
operations.
A short time ago every
preparation was made to float the ship ; that prices should continue to go np,
at tiie present high tides, but disaster ’ because the stuff is being delivered to
unexpectedly overtook their efforts.
the buyers. The latter are not taking
A special dispatch from the scene of hold as freely, but export sales during
the wreck to the Astorian from Captain !
For three
C. D. Stuart, from the Fort Can by life- [ the week were heavy.
saving crew, who was early on the months tho market 1ms backed and
scene, says:
filled aromul 90 cents for May, getting
“ The bark Potrimpos went on her 6 cents above it recently, and lias been
beam ends at 9:45 this morning.
She 1 2 cents below it. The bears have been
had been afloat for the past two days, j
unable to maintain a break for more
Yesterday she moved about 250 feet ;
further north on the beach. About 9:30 than a day or tvro below 90 cents. De
this morning she carried away the port cember sold 4»g cents to 17 cents
chock, tearing np .he bulwarks and | premium over May.
The position of
throwing the strain well abeam of the the bulls and their intention are as
ship.
This prevented tho men in
They stand
charge from keeping her head to the much of a puzzle as ever.
sea, and, there being no ballast aboard, ready to pay for 5,000,000 bushels of
at 9:45 she turned on her beam ends wheat, and are very liable to get it be
toward the sea, so that her spars strnck fore the first of the year.
Elevator
the land.
people, however, are not disposed to
“ At tjie time of the accident there
make any deliveries until navigation is
were 14 men aboard, including Mr.
Foard, Captain Drisko and the Chinese closed, as they want to keep the wheat
cook.
All reached shore safely by I in their houses. TheLeiter party have
means of shore lines attached to the j from 5,000,000 to 7,000,000 bushels
ship. Engineer James Carroll had a j bought. There are also scattered lines
narrow escape.
He returned to the
cabin for his coat and was wedged in. that will reach above 2,000,000 bushels
By breaking the cabin window fie man held by parties outside of the pool.
aged to get out, and reached shote The claim is made that there is no
safely.
Lifesaving crews from Fort shortage, except on the part of the ele
Canby and Long Beach arrived on the |
vator people.
The latter have been
scene shortly after the men got ashore, i
The vessel lies about 250 leet from the ' bringing wheat down from Dnluth. It
drift logs, and is pretty well sanded, is a deal that no one except rioh men
but Mr. Foard still has hopes of saving can afford to be in.
The bulls olaim
her. When the heavy surf subsides, that the wheat brought down from the
he will make an examination, and, if
she is not too deep in the sand, will Northwest by the elevator people has
not shown any profit. If such is the
try to right and float her.”
case, it seems rather strange that two
snch shrewd business men as Armour
A CUBAN R ESO LU TIO N .
and Weare should be so actively engaged
in it. Government report gives crop of
S e n a to r A lle n O pene fu r t h e C a u se o f winter and spring wheat at 860,000,000
th® S u ffe rin g I s le .
bushels. Visible supply of wheat de
creased 101,000 bushels, and now totals
Washington, Deo. 10.— Today’s ses
84,744 bushels.
sion of the senate occupied less than
P o r tla n d M a r k e t.
an hour, the time mainly being con
sumed by the members in the presenta
Wheat— Walla Walla, 72@78c; Val
tion of ■ memorials, resolutions and ley and Bluestem, 76@ 78c per bushel.
bills.
Four— Best grades, $4.26; graham,
Davis of Minnesota, reported from $3.40; superfine, $2.26 per barrel.
the committee on foreign relations a
Oats— Choice white, 34 @85c; choice
bill for prohibiting the killing of fur gray, 32 @33c per bushel.
seals in the North Pacific ocean. He
Barley— Feed barley, $19@20; brew
asked immediate consideration of the ing, $20 per ton.
bill, but Hale of Maine, objected on
Millstiffs— Bran, $17 per ton; mid
the ground of the importance of the dlings, $21; shorts, $17.
measure, aud asked that the bill bq
Hay—Timothy, $12.60@13; clover,
printed.
$10@11; California wheat, $10; do
Allen of Nebraska, presented a reso oat, $11; Oregon wild bay, $9@ 10 per
lution declaring it tho sense of the ton.
senate that congress should with all
Eggs— 18»4@25c per dozen.
due and convenient speed accord by an
Butter— Fancy creamery, 60 @ 56c;
appropriate act the political independ fair to good, 40@ 45c; dairy, 30@40c
ence of Cuba. If necessary this recog per roll.
nition should be backed by the presence
Cheese — Oregon,
11 >¿o;
Young
of an American fleet in Cuban waters. America, 12)fcc; California, 9@10o
Allen expressed the belief that Pres per pound.
ident McKinley’s statements in his
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $1.76@
message, that recognition of the bellig 2.50 i» r doezn; broilers, $2.00@ 2.50;
erency of the Cuban insurgents is geese, $5.60@ 8; ducks, $3.00@4.60
now unwiBe, and therefore inadmissa- per dozen; turkeys, live, 1 0 @ llc per
ble, would be a great disappointment pound.
to the members of the Republican party
Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, 85@46c
throughout the country. The national per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental.
platform of that party had declared in
Onions— Oregon, new, red, 90c; yel
favor of the independence of Cuba, low, 80o per cental.
going farther than the simple recogni
Hops— 8@ 14c per pound for new
tion of belligerency. He thought the crop; 1898 crop, 4@6o.
president was under obligations to
W ool— Valley, 14@16c per pound;
carry out the pledge which the party Eastern Oregon, 7@ 12c; mohair, 20
had made— a pledgo which had been @22o per pound.
made to 73,000,000 of people. The
Mutton— Gross, best sheep, wethers
president, Allen thought, had been and ewes, $3.00; dresaed mutton,
lulled to sleep by the declaration of 6c; spring lambs, 6)¿c per pound.
Spain that she could give Cuba a semi-
Hogs— Gross, choice heavy, $4.00;
political existence. He expressed the lightand feeders, $3.00@ 4.00; dressed,
belief that the president’s neglect to $4.60@5.00 per 100 pounds.
take such action as would insure the
Beef— Grose, top steers, $2.75@ 3.00;
political independence of Cuba was an cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 4 @ 5 ){c per
exhibition of “ rank hyproorisy” and a pound.
“ flagrant disregard of public duty,”
Veal— Large, 4>^@6o; small, 6>4@
which would be corrected by the all 6c per pound.
ruling power in its own good time.
Maattla M a r k e t.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
Butter — Fancy native creamery,
Hoar presented a resolution expressing
the regret of the senate at the news of brick, 28c; ranch, 16@18c.
Cheese— Native Washington, 12)^o;
the death of Representative Ashley B.
Wright, of Massachusetts, and provid California, 9 ^ o .
Eggs— Fresli ranch, 33 @ 32c.
ing for an adjournment as a further
Poultry— Chickens, live, per pound,
mark of respect.
At 12:56 the resolution was adopted hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.60@
• 00; ducks, $3.60@ 8.75.
and the senate adjourned.
Wheat— Feed wheat, $22 per ton.
Oats— Choice, per ton, $19@20.
I a th® Horn®.
Corn— Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
Washington, Dee 10.— The session $22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
of the house today lasted only 16 min
Barley— Rolled or ground, per ton,
utes. Btone, Republican, reported the $22; whole, $22.
pension appropriation bill, the first of
Freah Meats— Choice dressed beef,
the appropriation bills, and gave no steers, 6c; cows, 5 )fc ; mutton sheep,
tice that be would call it up immedi 7c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 7.
ately after the reading of the journal
Freah Fish— Halibut, 4 @ 5 c: salmon,
tomorrow.
t@ 4 c ; salmon tnmt, 7@ 10o; flounders
The committee on elections and the and sole, 8 @ 4 ; ling cod, 4 @ 6 ; rock cud,
committee on banking and currency 6c; smelt,
@4c.
waa given leave to sit daring the ses
Fresh Fruit— Applet, 50o@$1.26 per
sion of the house. A t 12:16 the bouse box; peaches, 76@80c; prunes, 86<l,40o;
adjourned.
pears, 76c@ $l per box.
11.— The
senate
y ,jngtl>n, Deo. • **•
•>■« nrntutl
In tiie skirmishes of the last ten davs
r^nsideralho amount o f husinees
9 although no very
important 5 000 nriT,” “ haV“ 1,“ t 113
«ml
was considered or passed, cers and M
, Elght
and offl.
[»»every little debate. Senator dere, to f “ rT
PrlVate8 liav« 8l'rren-
I ,
to .'he Spanish. The Spanish
nscontl ' «r, chairman of tho committee
ian P|
1,1 “ r 8aiUe I’erio‘ l> has lost
Lions, called attention to the five
live officers and 2 2 soldiers killed, with
of 15 (
L ng demand for private pension
t »'lain
U officers and 110 soldiers wounded.
kioii and requested senators in
Juan Cossio, who was in charge of
the ol
tare to he careful to see that their
the insurgent dynamite corps in the
iVestei
L private pensions were nioritori-
he pr< Wore they were, introduced. An province of Puerto Principe, is dead at
‘t deci Pt was made by McBride to secure
Evan
rgf ma
nt Cossio. Ho vaa 8 couain
Evangel
f 1«X)| jpropriation for the relief of the j
o fro
Lg miners, but the net result inf1 ''. ! i „ Bnrf ut8 bred a cannon shot
into the machinery of the plantation of
ow tW
»resolution calling on the secre-
Bacilli
r.n
iH '8br an Amer'°*ni in the Man
¿war for all information he had zanillo
district, destroying tl.e ma-
ie mat
M
t
subject.
i chmery. The insurgents liave forbid-
uake
Ibour was devoted to the consider- | < en grinding in that neighborhood,
oralid
T„f private pension bills and 45 under ihreat of burning the fields.
l’acifil
•seed.
resolution of the Paoific rail-
T he F igh t In Plimr <l«| R|0 .
ninittee asking information re-
Havana, Dec. 13.—Latest reports of
the sale of the Kansas Pacific the late fight in Pinar del Rio province
i which gave Gear and Tliurs- show tiie Spanish loss wab more than
portunity to make sliort speeches claimed. The dead or wounded includo
plating the country upon the one colonel, one major, seven captains,
lent of the Pacific railroad ques- II subordinate officers and 74 privates.
Most of tiie wounded will die.
The
worfc was laid out for next rebei loss was 14. The rebels used ex
Carter securing the right of way plosive bullets.
Lr and Tuesday for his census
a n t I)e L o m e R e c a ll e d .
Lodge hail the immigration
New York, Dec. 13.—The Spanisn
niethe unfinished business dur-
colony in this city has been divided by
sweek.
_____
a petition sent to Madrid at tho time
In th e H o u s e .
of the assassination of Premier Canovus,
(house today entered upon the asking for tiie ap|iointmeiit of a strong
(ration of the pension appropria- successor to !4enorde Lome. According
,|| and stirred up a debate that to the \\ orld the petition was drawn so
to continue for several days. as to attack Senor de Lome without
Southern Democrats offered mentioning his name, and among tiie
sof various classes o f pension 40 prominent Spaniards who signed it
ed Private John Allen, of Missis- were several friends of the minister
[iho led the assault in a speeclt who did not see any attack upon him
(with his characteristic humor, in tiie apparently harmless recom
I a series of amendments de- mendation. The result is a bitterness
|,uhe said, to correct some of among the factions almost as strong as
|fliig evils. They prohibit the their hatred of the Cubans. The peti
gof pensions to widows whose tion says:
“ For Spain to succeed in her rela-1
ions were not filed during their
Jhood, and the granting of pen- tions with the United States .lie must
a widows whose applications were have in Washington a representative of
d marriages contracted after the ability and firmness, whose iieart w ill'
PENSION BILL PASSED .
• of this act, and to permanently beat with the pulsations of our mother
country,
and
with
a
head
balanced
to
|or idotic minors who had readied
T h e F irst M eanure D isp o se d o f b y t h f
ujority. The Northern Derno- base all his diplomatic relations on an
L o w e r H o u se .
wever, vied with the Rcpubli- indisputable right, and not allow the
Washington,
Dec. 18.— The lions«
right to be curtailed in the least by un-1
ile.l ^tbeir professions of friendship
today passed the pension appropriation
»Idiers, and one of them— Nor- founded demands or unjust pretensions bill withont amendment. The amend
■deelared that the Republi- from the opposing party."
ments offered by Democrats to correct
■ld not make the bill too large
alleged existing abuses were all ruled
In su rg e n ts N ear H avana.
It was admitted on both sides
New York, Dec. 13.—A dispatch to ont on the point of order that they
t during the discussion that
the
World from Havana says: An im were new legislation. As passed, the
1000,000 carried by the bill
portant battle is expected hourly. The bil' carries 8141,283,830.
pons would not cover the ex-
The debate today covered a wide
insurgents have planned the most for
, but as congress would be in
midable demonstration against Havana range. It touched not only the ques
fCannon said it would be easy
of the year. General Parrados has tion of our pension policy, but that of
• good any deficiency that might
started from this city with a strong civil service reform and the teceipts
column of troops to meet the insur and expenditures of the treasury under
gents. Senor Caneljas, tiie confidential the Dingley law. On the latter ques
HOUSE PRO GRAM N E
agent of the Spanish government, went tion Dingiey made an important state
with him to ascertain the real condi ment, in which he expressed the opin
> Ufl ilM tl nn W i l l N o t B e U a -
ion that the receipts wonld eqnal the
tions in Havana province.
d.ruken I m m e d i a t e l y .
General Rodriguez, with the com expenditures before the close of the
kington, Dec. 11.— Although no bined Cuban forces under Juan Del present fiscal year, and predicted a sur
■action has been taken, a pretty gado Ladarez and Rafael Zeckardinas, plus of $10,000,000 next year.
The civil service law was savagely
JoniJerstan ling lias been reached is encamped about 20 miles south of
■ in the house as to the course here. He has fully 1,000 men, who attacked by several members, notably
in the near future. It in- are well armed and is said to have a by Brown of Ohio and Linney of North
Carolina, and was warmly defended by
disposal of appropriation Hotchkiss rapid-fire cannon.
Johnson of Indiana.
d as they are ready,
Lmio Consalo lias hanged Antonio j
inkrnptcy bill will be reported Rivera and a negro named Osman. | Just before the close of the seesion
holiday recess, but will not They went to Consalo from Blanco with Hitt attempted to secure unanimous
fop by the house until after money and a proposition that lie lay consent for the passage of the bill to
prohibit pelagic sealing by American
down'his arms and accept autonomy.
tdontood that for the present A note was pinned on tiie breasts of i citizens, but objection was made. It
“ be no effort to take up finan- the hanged men announcing that any | will, under agreement, however, be
Mation on the floor of the one coming on a similar mission would j considered Tuesday.
[Ihii is due mainly to the im- meet a like fate.
REGISTERED MAIL ROBBERY.
r'batthe committee on bank-
S t a r v in g C u b a n . In N e w Y o r k .
T ®rrency w ill not be able to
*a»ny conflicting interests in-
New York, Dec. 13.—The Journal I A m o u n t ItiYolvod I t in th® N e ig h b or«
hood o f 9 1 0 0 .0 0 0 .
fwnmittee. When it becomes and Advertiser says: Wevler’ s policy
New York, Dec. 13. — It was learned
committee on banking and of extermination, which lie called re-
Mat standstill, then the ways concentration, has resulted in an enor today that one of the biggest robberies
'•eommittee w ill frame a bill mous influx of Cubans into New Yoik. in the history of the New York post-
Inline*, calculated to meet the Hundreds if not thousands of them are office occurred on November 9. The
mcial requirements.
The dying of hunger hero. The number o amount involved is said to be in the
■of house leaders will be te these refugees is variously estimated neighborhood of $100,000, and was
from 12,000 to 20,000. Perhaps tiie taken from registered letters in the
hi legislation to the rear.
great majority are absolutely without railway mail service on that section o|
|h< Aided R a llro i.d e «
means. There are men and women the Central raiiroad, of New Jersey,
n, Dec. 11.— In the house among them who were worth thou known as the New York, Somerville &
f Renting, of Georgia, intro* sands of dollars before the war l*gan, Eastern branch. On N ovem bc 9, it is
^11 authorizing an investiga- but are now penniless. Some o these stated, two packages containing $30,-
|books, accounts and methods are working as waiters, porters or 000 were taken. How long the defal
cations had gone on before has not
which have received aid seamstresses.
,
[United States. It provides
Emilio Agremonte, president of the been ascertained. Major Charles F.
J president’s judgment the Marti Charity Association, says that Lewis, of the Philadelphia branch of
[Jj the treasury shall redeem many of them have actually died from the government secret service, was in
clear off the paramount starvation, and that the majority have this city today investigating the rob
bery, which has been kept secret until
or other encumbrance
J S S 3 » I»«
jwnt-aided railroads by pay* rather than let their desperate wants now divulged by the postal anthoritiea.
lawfully due out o f the be known to those who could help
In d ia n , for L « ( ( l . | C a m p ».
hid and purchase for tlem butwho have in the past known
Ashland, Wia.. Dec. 13.—The g o v
States the property, subject !ie m to be people of wealth, influence
ernment is about to make the experi
hotnbrance, at any sale or and refinement._____ _
ment of making loggers ont of its In
Binder any order of the court
dian wards on reservations in Northern
nt or decree of foreclo-
Minnesota. The plan, which is ap
^encumbrance, or of any-
proved bv Land Commissoner Her
ge or interest o f the
I « ;,h
b i mann, is ' that contracts for catting
dead and fallen timber on the WhiW
■»Al.n A ffa ir s.
Earth and Winnebago reservation« will
Dec. 11.— The house
be let to the Indians themselves and to
°* Indian affairs today be*
no other». _________________ _
- *'k*ti°n of the problems
A D ra w a la«: a t T !• * • » !a.
C b r l.t ia a a M o a e j O rd e rs.
fwrdtory. it was a long ses-
Victoria,
Dec- « - W . J- HendHn
New York, Dec. 10.— In the mail
l"e nwolt was a call for the
present iO^rnmenCi
(‘ n0 waa drowned off Beacon Hill thia bags which went out on the St. Paul
■ion and all others inter-
news is now official i.
u
ai morning. He and a friend were out in today were $.000 foreign money orders,
*r before it next Tuesday.
, fl,t-bottomed boat, which rapa.sed in amounting to £24,544. These orders
are for Christmas preaenta, and most
a
s q u a ll.__________________
.
9.— The dead body
of them go to Norway and Sweden.
T
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A
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k
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B
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lla
f
B
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lls
.
.¡T eJ> known as the king s K s r n c s t - -
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The money-order business in th# New
Washington,
who several days .cceptance orautonomT____
York postoffice this year is about doa
tive
Bill*
haa
introduced
in
tha
honaa
J** sm.ther Chinese, was
ble that of the last holiday season.
e
_
n*:
1
8
—
A
wreck
oo-
the
bill*
tor
transportation
of
relief
• lB a room in Chinatown,
Beno, -SeJ ” ,c‘ £ o. r»ilw *7 »b®0* ¿ ¡ p l i a . U, Alaaka, whi^i hav. b - n There were 20,000 money orders han
'he attempted robbery enrred
on the
•
.. ^ ¡g morn- presented in the aannta by Senator m » dled yesterday, m against 10.000 on
nt each other, and a
ay last year.
Jf*' by Loo Fook, while
i showed that he had ported to have been
ntial (
3 Caid
a on t|J
WEEKLY
S a a F r a a e U e a M a r k e t.
Wool— Nevada 11 @ 63c; Oregon, 19
@ 14c; Northern 7@ 8 c per pound.
Hops— 10@14<- per pound.
Millstnffs— Middlings, $20@ 29; Cal
ifornia bran, $17.50@ 18.00 per ion.
Onions— New red. 70(9$0c; do new
•ilverakin, $1.40® 1.60 per cental.
Eggs— Store, 28@28c; ranch, S7®
8 0 c ; Eastern, 14® 90; duck, 9 0 0 9 6 « per
O REGON
STATE
B r ie f R e v ie w o f th e W e e k
t h e S ta te .
NEWS.
T k r e a g h e g fe
Thirty-four marriage licenses \rerw
issued by the Marion oounty clerk in
, November.
Fishermen on the Umpqua are sh i^
piug sturgeon overlaud via Drain to
; Portland.
Four panthers were killed near Marah-
ti-ld last week. One measured 7)^
feet from tip to tip.
Manager Dorwin increased the form
at the Jewett mine and will hereafter
run night and day shifts.
Samuel Henry, a veteran of tho oivil
war, celebrated his 94th birthday an
niversary at Jacksonville last week.
It is estimated tiiat over 20,000 boxen
of apples have been shipped from the
Coquille valley this season, and them
are several carloads yet to be forwarded.
The owners of the Oregon Bonanaa
mine contemplate running a blind tun
nel, to begin on the Powell creek side
of the mountain and extend westward
a ^¡stance of 800 feet.
Another shipment of Wallowa coun
ty beef cattle was made from Elgin the
latter part of last week by a Chicago
dealer. He paid 3 l-» cents for the
steers weighed at Joseph.
A lot of cattle were recently bought
on Smith river, in Lane oounty, and
driven to Harrisburg. The average
weight'of 16 of the band waa estimated
to be 1,750 pounds each.
A three-foot ledge of bituminous coal
has been found in the south end o f
Jackson county, as good ns that pro
duced in eastern states.
Indications
are that the vein is very extensive.
The judgment in favor of the state of
Oregon and against Baker county haa
been recorded in Baker City, and a tax
i levy will have to be made to raise tho
amount of the judgment, $10,928.60.
It was blowing a gale when the Chil*
kat crossed the Coos bay bar Monday,
and two tremendous seas boarded the
little steamer. Her stern was stove in,
and she is at Nurth Bend, undergoing
repairs.
An old store building, a landmark,
at Utter City, Coos comity, collapsed
during the reoent storm. As many sur
veys started from the old building as n
corner, some trouble will be caused in
running lines.
It is a foregone conclusion that wn
will be treated to the operations of B
first-class English mining company»: to
the Ashland district very soon, as on«
of the best and largest quartz mines in
now being Hsted on the London mar
ket.
A t the Clackamas hatchery about 1,-
000,000 young fish have been turn«id
ont so far this Beason. There are now
about 6,000,000 eggs in the troughs In
all stages of hatohing. The eggs were
obtained from the Little White 8almon
river station, in Washington.
There was a heavy run of salmon in
the Siuslaw thia year, and at th«
Florenoe cannery 3,600 cases of canned
salmon and 600 barrels of salmon wer«
recently shipped to San Francisco.
Mr. Hurd saya that 10,000 cases could
have been put up had the market prio«
justified.
During the last two months one man
haa shipped from Brownsville, to out
side markets,
1,160 turkeys, 650
chickens, 71 geese and 96 ducks, m at
ing a total of about 16,000 pounda o f
poultry shipped by him alone. There
are several other poultry buyers in
Brownsville, who have shipped a large
amount also.
There have been shipped from Med
ford station this season thus far about
40 carloads of apples, and there re
mains to lie shipped yet 20 carload«
more of merchantable apples. Thia
includes fruit hauled from the Apple-
gate and surrounding oountry. Two
carloads of dried fruits of different
varieties have been shipped eastward
from that station, too, and about eight
carloads more remain to be shipped.
The Alabny Fruit Company haa
shipped to Davenport, la., 600 boxes o f
Oregon winter apples. The oompany
is also arranging to ship a carload o l
winter apples to Missouri. There is •
good demand for Oregon apples in th«
East, but they must be salable. Thia
oompany has dried 8,000 pounds of
apples, which were not good keepers.
It is also now arranging to carry out
the experiment of drying vegetablss
for the Alaska trade.
W hile workmen were exoavating •
ditch in Elgin, at the interesection o f
Front and C. streets, last week, at a
depth of two feet or a little more they
began to uncover human bones, and in
a short time almost the entire skeletoa
was unearthed. A few feet further om
they unearthed portions of another
skeleton. From the shape of the skull
found, the remains are undoubtedly
those of Indians, buried long befor«
the whites settled there, says the Elgin
Recorder.
There haa been received at Astoria a
fish from the life-saving crew at Fork
Canby that no one seems to recognise.
Home pronounced it a devil fish, amt
others are certain it is an ootopua. ik
is about three feet long and of dark
brown color. Its girth is probably 10
•r 12 inches and from ths tail to the
gilla varies hut little in siae. T h«
head ia attached to the body with a
sort of swivel, and the mouth ia hid
beneath a clump of tentacle« about •
| foot long.
A Lake county man who left laek
June to assist in driving 8,000 head of
sheep to Amadee, Cal., has returned.
He saya that the sheep were bought be
fore «hearing or lambing for $1.7$ to
$2 a head, and that Flanagan 4k Dunn,
the purchasers, have made a little for
tune on the speculation, as the culls o f
tho band are worth $9 a head at Amu-
dee. Ho thinks their profit will b*
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