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LED INTO AMBUSH
MAJOR SCOTT DECEIVED BY MORO
LEADER IIASSEN.
Three llundrel Natives Killed Major
Scott and Plvo Private! Wounded on
the American Side-Forces Under
Oeneral Wood Completely Rout Rebels
Further Uprising Not Probable,
Manilla, Nov. 25. Threo bundled
Mores are known to havo been killed
and many others wore carried off dead
or wounded, as n result of five days' se
vere fighting in Jolo between thoAmerl
can troops under General Leonard Wood
and tho insurgents. Major II. L.
Scott, of the fourteenth cavalry, and
five American privates wore wounded.
General Wood landed near Stet Lake,
in Jolo, November 12. Tho Moros
were soon located, and lighting began
immediately and continued until No
vember 1 1 .
Major Scott was taking Panglinm Han
sen, theMoro leader, who had been tak
en prisoner, to Jolo. Whilo en route,
Hasten asked to bo allowed to seo his
family. His appeal was granted, and
ho thereupon led Major Scott into an
ambush, where tho American ife tacit-
ment was fired upon. Major. Scott was
shot in both hands. Hassen succeeded
in escaping during this unexpected at
tack, but is supposed to have been
killed tho following day.
The fighting took plica in a country
covered with swamps and rocks. Tho
Moroa were driven across tho country
from Sict Lake to tho town which lias
sen had made his headquarters, and
where it was reported the Moros were
2,000 strong.
Tho rebel position was attacked in
the flank by the American troops, who
occupied the town and inflicted a Iocs
of 60 killed on the Moros' side. Has
pen with a small party, was sur
rounded. Tho rest of tho Moros went
into the swamps out of which they
were driven on November 10, leaving
7G dead behind them. On November
17 tho American forces renewed the at
tack on tho retreating Moros, of whom
40 mora were killed.
Tho rebel forces have been literally
destroyed by these operations. Gen
eral Wood says the indications are that
there will bo no extension of tho upris
ing which was bandied without diffi
culty. On November 18 General Wood
started on an expedition against a body
of 2,000 Moros who are in the moun
tains back of Tablibi. No news has
yet been received as to the result of
this movement
STONUS PILL Tllll AIR.
Chicago Street Car Strikers nnd the Po
lice Ungage In Battle.
Chicago, Nov. 2(1. Fierce lighting,
in which tho police used their clubs
freely nnd t'wlco their revolvers,
marked the opening of tho Statu street
cable line by the Chicago City railway
yesterday. As far as can bo ascer
tained, nobody was seriously injured,
although there were many' broken
heads among tho rioters who vnnio in
contact with tho clubs of tho police.
While the fighting was going on In
tho streets, tho usual conferences were
in progress nnd propositions and counter
propositions were passing back and
forth. Late in tho afternoon, it was
said by Mayor Harrison, President
Mahon, of tho street car men, nnd the
attorneys for both sides, that on agree
ment had been reached, but little defi
nite information was known concerning
its nature.
All day long on State street tho com
pany was hampered by the work of tho
mob, which piled obstructions upon
the tracks, drove pegti nnd spikes into
the cable slot und cut trolley w Ire In
many places. Tho Archer nvcnuo line
was badly damaged earlier in tho day
and required several hours' work by a
strong forvo of Tepnlr men, who were
heavily guarded by the police. No at
tempt has been made to run curs on
this line since thu commencement of
the strike.
In policing the four branches opened
last week, as woll as tho State street
line, patrolmen were stationed only at
street intersections, except where
trouble was most likely to occur.
Fewer policemen were detailed to ridu
on tho stlreet cars yesterday than 'dur
ing last week.
Five trains were put into operation
on tho Stato street cable line. After
removing spikes from tho cable slots at
Fifty-seventh and Hfty-flrat streets, tho
first train was blocked at Forty-first
street by iron rails placed across the
tracks. Tho crews began to removo
tho obstructions, when from behind
fences a volley of stoned cnine. Tho
police charged the rioters with revol-
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
vers drawn. A running fight ensued.
the police firing upon the- mob. ity
this time A mob collected about the
cars, and another charge by the police
was made upon them before tho ob
struction could bo removed.
JAPAN IS BOLD.
Will Try to Intercept Two Russlaa War
ship Bound for Port Arthur. -St.
Petersburg, Nov. 50. A semi
official Russian agency has received
from Tokio a report to tho effect that
Japanese warships have been dis-
naff-fiA.1 fi hrnVi.nl tA lltiaafar. vi.
General Wood had under him two ,!,. TVirvlrli an.! Itnl.n rMh.
battalions of tho Twenty-clghth In-1 tR rort Arthur t0 joln tho KUMian
fantry regiment, one of the Twenty- .nnanlnn thnm.
t.ti :... 1.. - r -i '
Georgo Sat ley's battery, two troops of
the Fourteenth cavarly, and a detach
ment of engineers. Major Scott, assist
ed by a force composed of threo com
panies of the Seventeenth infantry, a
platoon of Captain D. J. Runibough'a
battery, and a troop of the Fourteenth
cavalry.
SHIP DISCOVGRY LOST.
Regarded as Significant.
London, Nov. 20 The "alarming re
port from Tokio that Japanese war ves
sels have been dispatched to intercept
1 two Russian warships cannot bo- con
firmed here.
I It is possiblo this report is connected
with the statement of the Japanese
Journal, the Nagasaki Shimpo, which
announced yesterday that a Japanese
squadron of 12 vessels had left Sasebo
for an unknown destination.
Tho fact that sucli a statement should
bo issued by the Russian semi-official
STATU WILL LOSU HUAVILY.
It Rejection of Claim to Swamp Land
Is Affirmed.
Salem The rejection of the claim of
tho atato of On-iron to 55,000 acres of
tho swamp land In Klamath marsh
will, If Blllrmed by the scerotnry of the
Interior, cut a big slice off tho turn thu
stato hoped to reallie from tho sale of
this land. Tho state's claim was for
100,000 acres, and of this all but about
7,000 acres had been declared by tho
surveyor-general to bo swamp laud.
Tim state's claim was based tiou tho
swamp laud grunt of 1800. Thu Klam
nth Indian recervutlou was created in
1804 und the alottmenta to tho Indians
were made within tho last ten years.
The 65,000 acres probably comprises
tho liest of the swamp lands and if the
titlo of thu Indians should Ik) finally
confirmed, the remaining !I8,000 acres
which the stato would receive, would
be rendored practically worthier.
Whether an appeal will bo taken to
tho secretary of tho Interior has not
been determined. General W. II, Odell
was attorney for tho stato in tho pre
sentation of tho "tale's claim to thin
land, llo docs not know tho grounds
upon which the decision of tho assist
ant commissioner of tho general land
olllco was bafed, but is very firmly of
tho opinion that the state's right to the
land js superior to that of tho Indians.
The value of the swamp lands on
Klamath marsh has been estimated nil
tho way from 1100,000 to f 1,000,000
NI1C115SARY MONIJY PUT UP.
Plnanclal Troubles ot Oregon lllectrlo
Company Are Over.
linker City Thu Oregon electric
company, which has been in financial
trouble, will restimo oHirntloiiH at once.
Tho Kastern capitalists who are back of
the enterprise have put up thu necea
snry cash to dlschargo all tho debts nnd
dismiss tho attachments suits which
havo been filed by creditors., Tho
money for this purpose has been re
ceived by Olmstead A Stayer, tho cor
pomtlon attorneys.
This company was organized by A.
It. Frame, of Portland, who secured
valuable water rlghfs on Eagle creek,
Considerable work was done last sum
mer, but early In tho fall there was
trouble over financial matters, nnd
Fraino resigned us general manager.
Klne then creditors havo attached the
lumtier, Humes and other projHirty nnd
nil work Ceased. Several hundred
thousand feet of lumber hnd ln-on tie-
llvered along tho Hue of tho Hume and
work on tho power house was under
way when the work censed.
11. II. Andrews one of the officers of
tho company, who rcprenonts the Kast
ern capitalists, Is exited In n few
lays, when ojieratloiis will lo resumed.
Begins Werk on the Ditch.
Echo Tho ljtitter creek irrigation
company has tcgun active work on tho
construction of an irrigation ditch to ho
20 mllesong, beginning a short ills
tanco below Kcho. Harry Rogers, an
extensive cattle man and wheat grower
who resides on Hatter creek, was elect
ed president of thn'cotnpany and will
tako personal charge of the work. The
company has large tents for thu housing
of employes and teams. There are
nearly CO teams at work with nearly
twice as many men. Water will make
this land very valuable. "
Wreckage Feund la Northern Waters
Scat Fate of Crew and Passengers.
Seattle. Nov. 25. A special dispatch
to the Poat-Intelllgcncer from Juneau, , agency is, however, regarded ns slgnlfi
Alaska, announces that J. Bent, a pas- cant. Curiously enough, thu Russian
scnger on the steamer Excelsior, Cap- newspaper, Svct, n few days ago, ex
tain Moore, arriving today, reports that , pressed thu belief that communications
a mass of wreckage from the steamer j between Port Acrthur nnd Japan had
Discovery has washed ashore at the already been interrupted,
mouth of Seal river, 30 miles below! In Cardiff yesterday renewed activity
Yakutat. Bent's Information makes: was reported on the part of tho Russian
practically certain that the Discovery
is lost, and leaves little hope for cither
pasbengers or crew. It is believed, In
fact, that everybody on board perished.
Tho wreckage found, Bent says, con
sists of pieces of life boats, lifo pre
servers and largo pieces of her hull.
Ho states that a terrible storm pre
vailed for a week prior to November
10, on which date he boarded the Ex
celsior at Yakutat, having walked 00
miles from 8eal river to catch the
steamer.
Tho Yukatat Indians were watching
the beach for bodies and they claim to
have found a largo piece of aiast and a
man's coat.
Ships Ordered to Colon.
New York, Nov. 25. Orders to pro
ceed to Colon nro reported to have been
received by the commmandors of tho
battleships Kcarsargo ami Massachu
Mtts, which are now at tho Now York
navy yard. All tho ofllcera havo been
summoned by telegraph, and those
who nro hero havo been told they ara
to remain on board. Tiie Kearsarge
coaled last week and nearly all her
stores are now on board. Sixty ma
rines havo been added to her company.
Tho Massachusetts is in dry dock, but
will be out in a few days.
Robbers Try to Cut Rings Off.
Marion, Ind., Nov. 25. Burglars
entered the homo of John Shippey, a
lumber merchant, last night, and at
tempted to cut off tho fingers of his
daughter, Edith, to eecuro her diamond
rings. The girl's screams caused the
burglars to flee. Threejmen havo been
arrested on suspicion.
and Japanese agents, with a view to so-
curing further shipments of coal.
Becoming Angry With Russia.
Seoul, Nov. 20. Tho tension be
tween Russia and Co'rea has becomo
more tenso by reason of a treaty mado
by tho latter in connection with tho
opening of the port of Yong Ham Pho
to foreign trade. Tho Run-Ian minis
ter is reported to havo notified the em
peror that if the port Is thrown open to
foreigners, Russia will tako drastic ac
tion against Corca. To this end the
emperor is reported to havo declared
that he did not consider It any of Hus
sia's business what ho did with his territory.
Carter Becomes Governor.
Honolulu, Nov. 20. Governor Car?
tor took thu oath of ofilco and was for
mally inaugurated yesterday at tho
capitol . Tiiero was a largo assembly of
federal and territorial officials and
members of tho army and navy. Ed
ward S. Boyd, commissioner of public
lands, tendered his resignation, and it
will bo acceptod. All tho other mem
bers of the governor's official staff will
bo retained, except Henry K, Cooper,
superintendent of public works, and
Aleaxnder G. Hawcs, Jr., private sec
rotary to the governor.
Sultan Suffers Prom Cancer.
New York, Nov. 20. Tho sultan of
Turkey, frequently reported to bo ill
from one cause or anothor, is now al
leged by tho Vienna correspondent of
the 'World to bo suffering from a cancer
of the intestines. Ho is said to havo
refued to undergo an operation,
Logglag Camps Close Down.
Astoria Thu Pelton-Armstrong com
pany closed down its logging camps on
tho Etokomin river, near Cathlnmct,
for tho season. .Benson has shut down
nearly nil his camps, but has one at
Bunker Hill still in operation. Besides
that ono tho only camps on the nortl
shore of tho Columbia river that are
running ara those of tho Skamoknwa
logging company nnd the Haldrun camp,
on Grays river.
Re-Elected State Veterinary Surgeon.
Salem Dr. William McLean, of
Portland, has been re-elected stato vet
erinary surgeon for a period of two
years from July 1003. Tho power to
fill this portion rests with tho Domestic
Animal commission, computed of tho
governor, secretary of stato and presi
dent of the state Iward of agriculture.
The salary is 1 1,600 per year and neces
sary expenses.
Snow Discourages Stockmen.
Heppner Tho first general snowfall
of thu season in Morrow county oc
curred last Saturday, and tho ground
is covered to a depth of from una inch
on the low 'lands to 30 inches on tho
foothills and mountains. The unus
ually early appearance of snow on
frozen ground causes rather a depressed
feeling among stockmen.
Reduction ol Wages.
Eugene Tho employes of tho Booth
Kelly company havo been notified of n
new scheduluof wages which will go
into effect December 1. Tho sclioriulo
makes a reduction of 25 cents per day
on all men receiving $2 or less, nnd 60
cents per day on all receiving mora
tliuu $2 per day,
Hiked Ilananee.
Tear a narrow strip of peeling from
one side of each banana. Lay tho ba
nanas, open side up, In a baking pan,
cover closely ana doko ror uair an
hour, or until -very tender, but not so
tender as to break when bandied. Peel
nnd send to table nnd servo as a vege
table, or with hot cream sauce as a
dessert
Potato floafflee (Ch.flng-Dlsfc).
Mix a pint of mashed potatoes with
half a cup of thick cream and tho
whites of two eggs, beaten stiff. Put
two tnblespoonfuls of butter in the
chafing dish, and when very hot put
in tbn potatoes in large tablespoonfuls.
When brown on one side, turn, brown
the other, and serve Immediately.
Articles of Incorporation.
Salem Articles of incorporation
have liven Med In thu olllco of Secre
tary of State Diuilmr as follows:
Oregon Traction company, Portland,
1,000,000. Tho object of this corpor
ntlon Is to acquire riuhtsofwnr nnd
construct n railway from Portland to
iillisiioronml rorcst Grave.
Hotel Mouopole. Incornomted. Jor-
dan Vulley, 116,000.
Western Oregon Conference annota
tion of seventh, day adtoutlsts, Salem,
Or., 110,000.
Brewer Drug company, Stayton, $ 10,-000.
Land Sells at CI20 per Acre.
Milton Tho high value nt which Ir
rigated land of this district Is held Is
shown by a deal just closed. Alfred II.
Dun nnd John Hunter havo sold to A.
Fuller a 10 acre garden, located six
miles north of hore, for 11,200, Mr.
Fuller gets full use of tho Irrigation
ditch which runs by tho projiorty, but
only under the agreement that Mr.
Fuller doc his art In maintaining tho
ditch. Whenever n deal is mado in
this district It Is practically the water
which Is sold, as thu land Is worthless
without a projier supply of water.
Preparing Its Annual Report.
Salem Tho statu board of agricul
ture is In Hnlctn, preparing its annual
rejKjrt to Ins submitted at the annual
meeting which wilt bo held December
16.
SHOULD TAKIt PARI UP bllllT.
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America's Influence With Panama Will
tie llxertrd to This Hnd.
Washington, Nov. 26, Thu British
government is showing an Interest lu
the Into of tho bonds Issued by Colum
bia and taken up by foreigners, mostly
British nnd Dulch holders. Mr.
Rntkes, thu British churgo hero, hnd a
hnlfhour's talk today with Bocrotnry
liny nt tho state department, nnd it Is.
believed this subject was touched
upon,
Tho position oL tho department In
brief is that it cannot dictate to the
new republic of Panama what dispo
sition shall be made of the money
which Is to bo paid over by the United
States lu consideration of canal rights,
but it certainly holds it Is only right
and just that Panama, In concluding a.
treaty of peace with Colombia, shall
make provision for thu assumption of a
fair share of thu national debt. So It
Is expected tho moral forco of thu de
partment will ho put forth in tills di
rection. Tho stato department bus not yul
lieen Informed olllelnlly of tho result of
General Reyes' mission to thu Isthmus.
It Is bolluvcd heru that tho principal
purpose of the visit of General Reyes Is
to try to effect an adjustment of hl
country's troubles by securing for the
Colombian government some share of
the money which tho United States,
under the new treaty, will pay to Pan-
SHIR.
WANT CUBA TO WAIT.
Senate Leaders Agree to Defer Vote
on Reciprocity.
Washington, Nov. 25. The Repub
lican and Democratic leaders of tho
senate wore in conference much of the
time today over tho question of fixing
a time (or n vote on the Lillian reci
procity bill, and, so far as they wore
ciiiK)wered to do so, entered Into an
agreement to take tho final veto on De
cember 10, or a little mora than a weok
after the convening of the regular ses
sion of congress. There was no oppoi
tunlty to consult some of tho Demo
cratic senators who desire to speak on
tho hill, but It Is not doubted that they
will assent to the arrangement.
Tho treaty for tho cession of tho
Island of Pines to Cuba was todsy fav
orably acted upon by the senate com
mittee on foreign relations, and It will
tie favorably reported to the senate at
the next executive session.
Thu senate committee on foreign re
lations today authorized a favorable re
port on the bill giving effect to tho
Cuban reciprocity treaty.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
blue-
Wheat Wnlln Walla, 73ej
stem, 78c; valley, 77078c.
Barley Few I, 110 kt tori brewing,
2020.60j rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, 13.7693.85 cr bar
rel; hard wheat straights, 13.0034.10:
clears $3.6503.76; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.2004.60; graham, $3.76;
whole wheat, $1; ryo wheat, $47,606,
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07: urav.
VI. un er cental.
Mlllstuffs Bran, $10 per torn mid
dlings, $23; shorts, $20; chop, $18;
linseed, dairy food, $10.
Hay Timothy, $10 per ton;. clover,
$13; grain,-$12; cheat, $12.
Vegetables Turnips, 05o per snek;
carrots, 76c j beets, DO; parsnips, ,600
76c; cabbage, 101 He; tomatoes, 600
00c per box; cauliflower, 76c0$l per
dozen; beans, 406c; celery, 35(!?06o;
pumpkins, leper pound; onions, Yellow
Danvers, 76c0$l per sack.
Honey $303.25 jor case.
Potatoes Oregon, choice and fancy,
00076c per sack ; common, 60c; sweet
potatoes, sacks, 2c; boxes, 2c.
Fruits Apples, 76c3$2 jwr box;
crnbapples, $1.26. per 1kx; pears, $13
1.60; cranberries, $UQ 10.60 per barrel,
Butter Fancy creamery, .'J0(g32ja
per pound; dairy,. 20Q22jtfc; store,
lOffllGWC
Cheese Full cream, twins, 15
16Kc; Young America, KlGJlfUtfo:
Tillamook, ll14)cj Ifcistorn eheOso,
16c.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, Oo per
pound;1 spring, lOe; hens, 10c; tur
keys, live, lHopor pound; druHN-d. 20
022 o; ducks, $07 per dozen; geese,
iigno per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 32j36ci
Eastern, 2027)tfo.
Tallow Primo, por pound, 4Q6o;
No. 2 and grcaso, 201)0.
Hops 1003 crop, 1221o per pound,
according to quality.
Wool Valley, 17018c; Eastern Ore
gon, 120 15o; mohair, 3537Ko,
Beef Dressed, 6Q0)jic per pound v
Veal Dressed, small, 88 Itfc; largo,
fl7o per pound, .
Mutton Dressed, 4(850 lambs,
0c por pound.
Pork Dressed, 0K7o per pound.
UVimV COUNTRY AT PAIR.
Press Parliament at St. Louts Will Be of
.Intensive Scope.
St. Louis, Nov. 25. Tho executive
committee having in charge tho world's
press parliament to lie held In St. Louis
during tho week beginning May 10,
1004, lias announced plans for tho par
liament. It will include representa
tive nowspaer men from every country
where newitpopors are published. Ar
rangements already perfected Indicato
that It will Iki tho largest and most
notable gathering of newspaper workers
over held.
Tho traffic bureau of tho exposition,
has Issued n book, compiled by O. L,
Hllllary, t radio manager, contalning
full Information regarding railroad mat
ters pertaining to the fair. One jiolnt
stated is that all exhibits transported,
to tho Louisiana Purcliatto exposition
from points in tho United States will
bo returned free of charge to the point
of shipment by the railroads which car
ried them to the exposition.
Tho contract was lot today for tho
Indian building, which tho government
will erect at a cost of $25,000.
Wholesale Cancellations.
Walla Walla, Nov. 25. Wholesale)
cancellation Of homestead entries in tho
Walla Walla laud olllco district by tho
department of the interior Is In pros
pect, over 00 claims being now recom
mended for cancellation. Notices for
several of these wore served today,
thus revealing tiio fact that a wide
reaching investigation has been In
progroHH, Most of tho claims involved
are in Krnnklln county, whore n homo
stead rush two years ago drew out
clerks, school teachers and all kinds
of people.
Another Cotton Mill Cuts Wages.
Fall Itlvor, Mass., Nov. 26. Tho
cotton mills known ns tho Fnll Rlvor
Iron Works, ownod by M. 0. I). Bor
don, of Now York, will follow tho othor
local mills In tho reduction of wages.
Nearly 10,000 operatives will bo affect-
ed, Kvory mill in Fall Rlvor is now
included In'the reduction.
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