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MORO. SH ER M A N C O U N TY , OIÎEOON, W E D N E SD A Y ,
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1898.
NO.
A R ID
SEMI-ARID LAND.
SUSPENSE
THE
P R E S ID E N T ’S
V IE W S
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
W a r W it h S p a in N o t I n e v i t a b l e , b u t t h e
Havana, Feb. 38.—The wreck of the
T r a d e C o n d it io n s In t i e L e a d i n g C lt ls e
From ail P a rts of the New Maine is siowlv but surely sinking into
S i t u a t i o n la G r a v e .
There is a work going on in connec­
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I
o t t h e W o r ld .
Chicago, Feb. 26.—The Tribune this
the mud.
Before the hull can be F rance Denies R ight of Free tion with the geological surveys of the
and Old W orld.
!
In
a
newspaper
interveiw Mr. Armour
m
orning
prints
tho
following
special
Due
to
W
arlike
P
rep
aratio
n
s
raised it will be necessary to move the
government that is of interest to the
Speech and Free Press.
from W ashington:
Condition
of
R
econcentrados
8
•» 9a';Lig that wheat will
nation at large, also to the world in
guns and deck debris. For lack of
T hroughout the Land.
•
" *1 50 if the Leither party do nothin?
•*"' a senator who called upon him
general. This is known as the hydro-
proper appliances, practically nothing
in M atanzas.
hut sit still. Assuming that the short
B R IEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS in this line has been accomplished.
yesterday in order to ask some serious
graphic department, and relates to rec­
—.
intereet in May is as large ag conjee---
questions as to the policy of the admin­
The cloudy weather and rain made MELINES OFFICIAL WARNING lamation of arid lands by means of
I tured, it is im|x»ssilbe to eliminate that
irrigation. V hat has heen known as STRENGTH GF NAVAL MILITIA istration, President .McKinley, with the
the work of the divers unsatisfactory
C o m p r e h e n s i v e R e v i e w o f t h e I m p o r t ­ today, and very little was done.
utmost frankness, uttered the following RELIEF FUND IS EXHAUSTED ,Dterest other than by delivering tin
the great American Desert, and so des­
It is
wheat or buying it back from tho
words:
.
said that a hole has been made by the S e v e r a l N e w s p a p e r s N o t if ie d t o C e a s e ignated on the maps up to a generation
a n t H a p p e n i n g s o f t h e C u r­
clique. If the latter sit still on their
M o v e m e n t o f U n ite d S t a t e s W a i s h i p s -
D i s c u s s i n g D r e y f u s C a m p a ig n
I
do
not
propose
to
do
anything
at
i
of
time
ago,
was
not
desert
in
the
nor-
divers
in
one
of
the
forward
hatches,
rent W eek .
Jeavd the shorts like
A U rged
I n te r v ie w s
W it h
—L a w y e r s D is b a r r e d .
all to accelerate war with Spain. Up F o n r t e e a T h o u s a n d P e r s o n s in t h e C ity " n 3 V D* 11
| mal sense of possessing no soil, but be-
it is hoped that a number of bodies
The steamer Elder plying between and
A b s o lu te ly
W ith o u t P o o d - T h e
*” “ trap- They plunge about
to the present I do not think war is
will be recovered.
cause
of
the
lack
of
water
to
make
its
P r e s i d e n t M c K in le y .
I
Paris,
Feb.
28.—The
new
dictator­
Portland and Alaska ports, reports an
A u to n o m is ts ’ L a te s t M o v e.
and one set of shorts may cover of!'
either necessary or inevitable. 1 would
The court of inquiry sat longer than ship has decided to suppress the free­ soil available. The object of the gov­
exceeding rough trip down. The sea
Washington, Feb. 26. —While there He lax in my duty, however, if I did
c
.
another set, but the shortage will still
ernment
is
to
make
practical
tests,
usual
today,
the
six
divers
being
exam­
dom of speech and the freedom of the
Santiago, de Cuba, Feh. 25— While remain. Mr. Lei ter an 1 his lieutenant»
was the worst the crew and officers of
has»! on scientific fact, to discover how is nothing to indicate that war with not prepare for the future. The situa­
the Elder hare ever encounter»!, and, ined more in detail than heretofore. press.
Spain
is
inevitable,
a
feeeling
of
sus­
me
united States cruiser Montgomery are firm in their belief that wheat
tion is grave, and tiie policy of the ad­
Ibis decision was announced by arid lands can lie mad»1 to produce har­ pense pervades all sections of the coun­ ministration will be determined almost was at Matanzas recently a lioard of ought to go much higher on its merits,
owing to her being without ballast, all At the afternoon session the examina­
vests
and
so
become
homes
tor
millions
control of the vessel was lost, and it tion of the divers was continued. A Meline in the chamber of deputies this of people.
try. The government, without a doubt, entirely by the course of events from officers was appointed to inquire into and as time goes on tb ;y are confirmed
the condition of the people in that in their prediction. O1 course the great
is preparing for a possible emergency.
was only owing to the vigilance of the civilian whose testimony is said to be afternoon.
In the states of Oregon, Washington I nusual activity is report»! at navy time to time. There is no necessity of province.
Four newspapers tonight were noti­
officers that she was saved from going of importance, was a'lso examined.
mass of traders believe that wheat if
alarming the people, but congress must
Although the exact terms of the re­ already too high, and that it never
with a crash on one of the thousands of The name of the witness and all partic­ fied that unuless they cease discussing and Idaho are wide areas that are cap­ yards, barracks, ami recruiting stations, he ready to assist the administration
able
of
development,
if
water
can
be
ulars
of
the
evidence
are
withheld.
port are not known, it may be said
the Dreyfus campaign tomorrow thev
small islands in this district. She was
had to stimulate the soil. We may and where war material is being manu­ without making too many inquiries a s that in substance it sets forth that would have been selling at present
Late today, the paymaster's safe, will l>e rigorously prosecuted.
forced to remain at sea for 86 hours.
factured, orders have been received to to the course of current events.”
prices hut for the Lei ;er manipulation.
that sagebrush land is worth­ ptwl. the work with all speed. As a
there are 14,000 people absolutely It must be conceded, however, that
The gale, while it lasted, was terrific, with $33,500, and his papers, was
A number of correspondents of for­ supjHise
There
is
no
doubt
ot
the
fact
that
ti
e
aud attained a velocity of at least 100 taken from the wreck. Beyond this, eign newspapers were warned that un­ less, but wherever sagebrush grows the result of the tension, stocks and bonds government of the United States is without food and clothing within the Leiter is now more strongly intrench»!
soil is good and generally deep. There
About 3,000 of these than at any other time since he began
miles an hour. The vessel’s propeller no statement is made as to the value less they abandon their hostile dis­ is so much of what wo call desert in an tho New York exchange dropped j actually preparing for war with Spain. city limits.
and
nature
of
the
contents.
A
large
patches they will be expelled from
from 1 to 12 points, and the New York It is not inevitable that war will follow, live in small huts of palm branches. the deal. At one time he was deserted
blades were broken and she was com­
the North Pacific region that the citi­
The other 11,000 unfortunates live in
pelled to lay over at Nanaimo for quantity of water ran out when the safe France.
zens
of tiiese states are specially inter­ and Chicago wheat markets were affect- but the activity is too unmistakable to the streets of the city and are absolute­ by hig allies, they having sold out on
was raised above the surface.
repairs.
It is even assert»! that Blowitz, the
»1
sympatheticallly.In
the
London
stock
him almost to a man. The market
he concealed. The president and his
ested in the subject of irrigation. In
The complaint is still made that the
At Philadelph'a the birthday anni­ electric lamps are of little use to the correspondent of the London Times, regard to Oregon half the area of the market, American shares sold at de­ cabinet unite in the belief still, in spite l y without home or shelter. These reacted about 4c on this selling, but it
cline*. The senate fortunately .lid not , , of all evidence to the contrary, that the 14.000 people are of the laboring class soon became stronger , ban ever, and the
versary of George \\ ashington was com­ »liters, as the light is faint and uncer­ was also warned.
Because of his courageous action state is arid, and two-thirds of all east add to the excitement yesterday, the j explosion of the Maine was an unfortu­ who have been driven into the cities young speculator now has a firmer grip
memorateli with appropriate exercises tain, and to hold them takes one of the
of the Cascades. Whatever will re­
at the Academy of Music. The feature diver’s hands. They have assuredly as au officer in the war department deem our arid lands will a,Id greatly to jingoes doubtless being absent, in the nate accident, but they recognize tl.e from their country homes, which have on the situation than at any time since
of the day was an address to the stu­ prove! of little value in the present and in the Zola trial, Colonel Picquart, the future wealth and prosperity of the house, an increase In the appropriation fact that the contrary may prove true heen destroyed by the war operations. his famous campaign was begun. A
by a decree issue,! tonight.was expelled state.
for caring for the Springfield, Mass., at almost any hour, and that if it is Most of them are women and children, good many able and experienced com­
dents of the university of Pennsylvania, investigation.
from the army and placed under three
arsenal,
was accepted without protest.’ shown even inferentially that Spain and they are emaciated, sick and al­ mission men think he will ultimately
deliver»! by President McKinley. Thè
From Mr. Bobb, who has lately re-
So far as reports made public go,
most beyond relief, unless they can
president paid an eloquent tribute to workmen on the Right Arm with the years of police surveillance.
had a hand in the catastrophe there have the benefit of regular treatment come to grief, but ai he has success­
T h e N a v a l M IIII h .
The lawyer who advised him has turned from a season in the North Pa­
the memory of the Father of Our assistance of the naval divers are labor­
cific state», It is learned that at the re­
Washington, Feb. 26.—The navy will be but one thing to do, and that in the hospitals. As it is, they are fully overcome many seemingly insur­
been susjamd») from the bar.
Country, and from his life and deeds
mountable obstacles er counter»! in the
will tie to seize the island of Cuba by
ing hard to recover the bodies under
Esterhazy has received official per­ quest of a local engineer he investigat­ department today gave out figures show­ force of arms. At no time since the dying in the streets for want of food.
drew a lesson as to the duties of the the hatch which led to tiie tireroom
past six months, perhaps it is as well
ed
the
water
supply
of
the
Dungeness
ing
the
strength
of
the
naval
militia
up
According to statistics gathered from to concede that he is apparently not in
American people of today. At Chi- platforms. It is hoped the bodies will mission to prosecute Mathieu Dreyfus. district, on tho Sound, where there is to 'late. This shows a total force of war of the reltellion has the military
the best official sources, the number of
The announcement was made that
CAgo, ex-President Harrrison deliver»! be taken out tomorrow.
of a guardian and may worrv
shortage of water for crops in June, 4,445 officers and enlist»! men, which branch of the government been so active deaths in tbe province of Matanzas
more
rigorous
measures
of
the
r
panie
through
to the end as well as he has in
an address before the Union League
as
it
is
today.
July
and
August.
He
plac»l
stations
is a gratifying increase from the 3,703
The Havana pajiers print long ex­ high-hand»! policy will soon be proni-
from starvation is 69,000, and the
Club, choosing as bis subject, "The tracts
It is a significant fact that within the number of starving people at present the past Even if he should drop a
on the Dungenness, Elwha and Soldeck, shown by the former report.
from the American papers but of ulgated.
Jpties of Mealth. ” At numerous other course only of delay»! news. All the
million or two the fam ly would not be­
Aside from this, new brigades are last two days there has been a remark­ in the province is estimated at 95,000, come
Concluding his official warn ing, Me- to ascertain what supply can at that
objects of char ty, and as it is
«ties the occasion was appropriately Americans are anxiously waiting the
season he depended on for irrigating in process of formation, which promises able change ot opinion in the navy de­ out of a total population of 253,616 in
line said:
observed, with street parades and liter­ arrival of tomorrow’s mail.
the
Leiter
money tin t would be lost
partment
in
tegard
to
the
explosion
on
ditches,
in
case
private
capital
desires
to swell the total to much larger figures
December, 1897, and the number of others need not sit np nights and bor­
"1 trust it w ill be understood that if
ary exercises.
to make such investment.
at an early date. The organization of the Maine. W hen the first news arrived starving people is rapidly increasing.
Consul-General Lee says he has re­
row trouble over the impending cal­
The senate has passed a bill to add ceived no news of importance from the the agitation continues after yester­
last week experts at the
In Eastern Washington gauge sta­ this auxiliary arm of the naval service « here
day’s
verdict
we
shall
l>e
in
the
pres­
«
"•
«
o
„
™
„
,
divided
o
'
¿
z
:
1
'
’
amity.
As soon as it »ras known that
two artillery regiments to the strength state department.
ence of a party issue. Enough evil has tions are located as follows: One each is under the immediate direction of accident
Leiter had
of the army. This measure has been
on
the
Spokane.
Natchess.
Wenatchee
Lieutenant
Gibbons,
U.
R.
N.,
whose
The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII has
urged for many months by officials of been towed to a buoy further within already been done internally. The and Palouse, and thiee on the Yakima. energy has accomplished much is se­ studi
the war department, who foresaw that the harbor to make room for the cruiser life of the nation has heen checked. He also made mountain surveys for curing state organization and in the photc
while congress of late years had taken \ iacaya which is expected here tomor­ A part of tfie foreign pre-s denounces reservoir sites to save water through harmonisingof the bodies into one com­ out of ten ol tiie officers of the depart­ reports
at the cemetery.
The in- concerned to govern themselves accord­
us. This must be stopped, in the in­
measures for the protection of our row or the next day from New York.
terests of peace, of the army, and of the rainy season for use in summer, as pact force, capable in emergency of co­ ment express the belief that the Maine creased death rate is due to the fate ingly. Ever since the market has been
coasts by additional appropriations for
was
anchored
over
a
submarine
mine.
ia
done
in
the
San
Bernardino
The wounded are reported as doing our foreign relations. The government
moun- operating with the regular navy.
that the distress is no longer confine! rushing upward, and there is no indi­
extensive work end great guns, it had well today.
tains in Southern California.
In his last report, Assistant .Secretary The only difference of opinion seems to the laboring class, most of whom cation that it is anywhere near the top.
must
deal
with
the
wound
it
tlesires
not provide»! the men necessary to
In Oregon the work has but com­ Roosevelt said that the state naval mil­ to lie as to whether the mine was ex- have already perish»!. It is now ex­
The wrecking tug Right Arm is to heal, and it will impose silence
In fact Leiter says it has just begun
operate th e n engines of war. Should
in removing such parts of the upon everybody. It will take such dis­ mence!, though there is far more arid itia, in the event of a sudden emer­ P»oded by Spanish officers acting under tended to the people who before the to advance. Though n ore than two
the hcuse pass the bill, it will enable wreck as it is possible to handle in ad­
orders,
or
by
some
enthusiast.
The
land
in
that
state
than
in
Washington.
gency, could be utilized at once for
the department to carry out plans it has vance of the arrival of strong tugs and ciplinary measures as the circum­ A station is established at Gibbon, on manning the smaller cruisers. It could latter opinion is generally held, hut it war were in moderately comfortable months away the May deal is now as
circumstances. Those now Legging in
stances
deman
1.
Nobody
can
continue
as the Decembir was near its
long had in view. Criticisms lately derricks from the north. It is believed
the Umatilla, not far from the hot be depended upon mainiy, he said, as a is said that this does not lessen in anv the streets were in large part well-to-do ! erratic
culmination.
passed upon the state of the army anil the divers from the fleet and Right the agitation in good faith, and after springs; another on the Malheur; one second line of defense, ____________„
degree
the
resjionsibility
of
Spain
for
„
and also la? used
people or children of the well-to-do.
Northwest receipts 'are still falling
our fortifications have caused increased Arm will remain at work when the tomorrow the government will M ir on the Owyhee, in the extreme north- in P,acinf «nines and the establishment the horrible catastrophe.
The citizens of the city of Matanzas off, being 163 cars less than last week.
press
all
attempts
to
cominue
it.
The
activity in military matters, and to Mangrove leaves. The Fern will be
If
the
Spanish
officers
allowed
the
east Mr. Bobb expressed much inter- of ii,gnal stations for coast defense,
themselves are begging for the actual
some extent this is responsible for re­ the only Untied States vessel in the government is applying the laws at its est in Hood river valley, where is a
The appropriation of 150,000 that is warship to be raoor»l to a buoy which necessities of life, having exhausted
disposal,
and
if
the
weapons
are
insuffi­
P o r t la n d M a r k e t.
ports arriving from various quarters of , harbor after the Mangrove goes.
was attached to a submarine mine,
cient, it will ask for more.’’ (Great station, for he saw its wonderful fruits; to aid the work of the naval militia will they thereby became responsible for their resources in order to supply the
movements at army posts.
Wheat—Walla Walla, 77@ 79c; Val­
there
is
also
a
station
on
the
Deschutes,
<U««buted
among
the
states
in
a
needs of the tailoring class who have ley and Bluestem, 80@8lc per busheL
tumult). ‘ The vote of this house will
A TRANSPORT SERVICE.
the result, whether the mine was ex­ been quarter»! upon them.
The Bethlehem Company's steel
Idaho offers greater opportunity for few days.
prove
that
when
patriotism
is
involved,
Flour—Best grades, <».75; graham,
ploded by official orders or not. The
mill, giving employment to 1,000
The citizens of Matanzas have an
there are no parties. Everybody ral­ irrigation than Oregon, as she has
FOUND BY DIVERS.
placing of the Maine in an ex)xte»l organized system of relief for the starv­ <3.30; superfine, <2.25 p?r barrel.
hands, has resumed work, after an idle­ I P la n t L in e S a id to B e P r e p a r e d t o L a n d lies under that flag. ’ ’
mountain
rang««
and
various
rivers.
T r o o p s in H a v a n a .
Oats—Choice white, 3il@37c; choice
ness of some months.
Stations are on the Weiser, Boise, Pay­ E v l ' l m r e T h a t t h e F ir s t E x p lo s io n W a t place in the harbor if it was done at all, i n g people, but it is entirely inadequate
gray,
33 (8 34c per busheL
Tampa
Fla.
Feb.
88.—
Although
die
wag
done
by
Spanish
officers,
and
if
ette,
Port
Neuf,
Bear
river,
and
at
The Carpenter Steel Company, of
B e n e a t h t h e ."»hip.
and is daily becoming more glaringly j
A CUT AT SAN FRANCISCO.
the mine was exploded by anybody at so, for the resources of those who were j Barley—Feed barley, <19(9 20; brew­
Montgomery’s ferry, on Snake. As
Reading, Pa., is working a double turn officials of the company have not so
Washington. Feb. 26.—The Evening
— on order* from the navy dèpanmèut . fo r !
everybo,i-v h e »
this work is comparatively recent, re­ Star has received the following cable­ all, they were directly res|xmsible. and well-to-do are rapidly diminishing, ; i n g . <20 per ton.
r if lr M a k e s L o w R a to
Millstiffs—Bran, <19 ler ton; mid­
steel projectiles.
i Dcder6tan‘l9 that die Plant system has T h e C a s t o l s n t I’a
sults have not as yet been so clear and gram from Charles Pepjier. its staff cor­ will be so held by President McKin­ while the demand for food is constantly
o t h e E a s t.
dlings, <24; shorts. <20.
W J Kcanl.n » . „
»
completed arrangements for the trans-
ley’s
administration.
certain as at other districts.
increasing. At one of the stations the
respondent in Cuba;
San Francisco, Feb. 28.—The Cana-
Hay—Timothy,
<12.50; clover,
board of officers found 190 persons <10(2 11; California wbsat, <10; do
R E L IE F F O R M A IN E V IC T IM S .
At this writing divers are developing
dian Pacific threw a bombsh.'n’intoThe of
‘ area
and
know
that,
not
in­
camp of the American railroad agents cluding Alaska, one-third of the important results. From the examina­ B i l l fu r T h a t P u r p o s e I n t r o d u c e d I n t o starving, this being the actual number oat, <11; Oregon wild hay, <9(910 per
of people for which the citizens had ton.
L u t h e r r R II-
'
for an emergency. Shouldw arbe.le- this morning by announcing that tick­ United States remains still public do­ tion of the inner wreckage they have
th e H o u se.
been able to provide relief there.
secur»!
evidence
which
seems
conclu­
ets
would
be
sold
from
San
Francisco
Egg®—14 <9 15c per dozen.
Ihe r n .t
ln^ ’ Puy '? rector in blared it is said that the company i.»s
Washington, Feh. 2«.—Representa­
main, and that the greater portion of
the United States navy, has been found perfected plans to land a large body of to New Nork via Vancouver at <40 this is arid land rich in soil, but with­ sive that the explosion came from un tive Boutelle. of Maine, chairman of Pans of rice and fish were arranged in
Butter—Fancy creamery, 50(955c;
rows ready for distribution among the fair to good, 45@50c; dairy, 85@45c
derncath the ship. Sonieof the smaller
guilty of falsehood and scandalous con­ iroops in Havana within 36 hours after first-class and <30 second-class. The
the
house
committee
on
naval
affairs,
____________
out
water
supply,
the
immense
import­
magazines may have exploded. Tiie
p»iple who were waiting in another
duct by a court maitial at Washington, their arrival at this place. Troops can lowest first-class rates by tiie Central
introduced a bill this afternoon provid- part of the house But this relief does per rolL
and_ sentenced to dismissal from thè be transport»! from Washington and and Union Pacific are <79. Agents ance of this work is apparent. The in­ main.lO-inch magazine did not explode. , 1I)K
lor
,
ne
relI.
Cheese — Oregon, 12 ^c;
Young
ing for the relief of the victims of the not begin to supply the 14.000 people
terest these gentlemen take in
service.
America, la ^ c ; California, 9 ,9 loc
New York to this port in from 24 to 30 here say that east-bound business bv work
ne.
It
follows
generally
who are starving in the streets, for the per pound.
The Great Commonwealth Develop­ hours. The company has also made ar­ the Canadian road is slight at this sea­ with which they furnish information.
citizens are only able to issue food
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, <2.750
ment and Mining Company has applied rangements it is said to land promptly son, and they don’t fear demoralization,
Take the North Pacific states and
once daily at each place and then to
to the Dominion parliament for a rail­ men and arms at Key West and ail but they recognize the danger to Klon­ estimate the area of arid lands, and
eral u«,„ wmcrence in committee, only alxiut 100 at a time. Consequent­ 8.25 per dozen; hens, <3.00(9 3.50;
geese, <5.00(9 6.00; ducks, <4.50(9 5.00
road charter from Edmonton to the strategic points on the coast of Florida dike business if these rates are enforced the result is surprising. In Eastern
and embodies the views of the admin­
in the East. In fact, the Southern Washington there is an area of fi.OOO,'- which the Spanish government adduced istration. Boutelle had a conference ly only about 900 of the destitute peo­ per dozen; turkeys, live, 10®12c per
Alaska line by way of Peace, Laird and and at Mobile.
Pacific will have to meet the cut or see 000 of acres requiring water supply to to show accidental cause. It is evident with President McKinley today, at ple receive food in a day. It should be pound.
Pelly rivers.
added that a large number of the citi­
the Spanish case will be based on the
B A T T L E S H IP S T O BE L A U N C H E D all Klondike travel go to Victoria and
Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, 40050c
become productive. Eastern Oregon cljlm ,h .,
The board of directors of the Eastern
,he
zens of Matanzas have fed the starving per sack; sweets, <1.760:1 per cental.
Seattle. Everything depends on the is
yet
larger,
and
has
a
much
greater
Oregon & Washington Firemen's Asso­
in the streets in front of their own
Chicago meeting. If the Canadian Pa­
Onions—Oregon, <2.2502.60 per
ciation have met in Walla Walla and A n I m p o r t a n t E v e n t t o O c c u r a t N e w - cific cannot lie placated then the South­ proportion of what ia called desert,
homes, but the citizens themselves are sack.
p
o
r
t
N
e
w
s
S
o
o
n
.
save
that
flocks
ami
herds
graze
over
it
selected La Grande as the place for
feeling the pinch and privation, and
ern Pacific will be compelled to cut the when water can be had at all.
Hops—4 016c per pound for new
Richmond, Va., Feb. 28.—The offi­ present rates nearly in half.
holding tbe next annual meeting and
unless assistance soon comes to them, crop; 1896 crop, 4 06c.
Idaho
has
vast
areas
to
the
south
and
cers
of
the
Newport
News
shipyard
an­
tournament of the associations,June 14.
they will be compelled, in self protec-!
p»lo float producing the explosion.
C ru n h ed to D e a t h .
15 and 16.
some on the north, but facilities for Said one diver, who had oeen engag»] b i l l p r o M d e e f o r the payment of 12 tion, to cease the work of charity in I Wool—Valley, 14016c per pound;
nounce that the double launching of
Eastern Oregon, 7012c; mohair, 20
San Francisco, Feb. 28.—Charles'
months' pay to the widows or child­
A sweeping reduction of over <8,000,- the battleships Kentucky and Kearsage Lapan, sni*rintendent of construction water supply are present in its various in the work of getting bodies out from ren, or, if there be no such, to the which they are now engaged and which ! 022c per pound.
is seemingly the only salvation for the
000 from the amount carried by the will take place March 24, and will be on the Call building, was instantly -trearas. The two states—Idaho and under the hatch:
Mutton—Gross, best hh«p, wethers
parents, or if neither of these, to the
current law is made in the sundry the first double launching of first-class killed this afternoon, in the freight Oregon—must have 15,000,000 ..f acres
“ God may he merciful to the men brothers and sisters of each of these starving thousands.
and ewes,
4c; dressed mutton,
battle-ships
in
the
world.
arid,
making
a
total
of
over
29,000,000
The only public relief at Matanzas is ic; spring lambs,
civil appropriation bill, reported to
per pound.
elevator on the Third-street side of the in the three states, that can be trans­ who blew those poor fellows into eter­ killed in the Maine disaster. In addi­
Governor
Bradley
ami
staff
will
come
that given to the sick children bv the
____
_____ choice heavy, <4.00;
nity, the United States should not.”
the house Tuesday, the aggregate ap­
building.
Hogs—Gross,
tion,
the
legal
heirs
of
each
ol
the
vic­
formed
to
homes,
if
water
can
work
its
propriation carri») being <44,749,893. from Kentucky, and Miss Christine
This was before Long's order pro­ tims shall receive any arrears of pav »h,n»iig? “ent| ° f l? e
hospital, light and feed«», U . 0 0 g 4 00; dress»!
Lappan was at work in the base­ magic there.
whuh is under direction of the volun- <4.50(95.00 per 100 pound«
hibiting officers from talking had been
The total is <13,234,541 less than the Bradley will christen the Kentucky ment. and stepp»l on the freight eleva­
due
at
the
time
of
death.
It
is
pro­
There
are
also
extensive
natural
with
a
bottle
of
water
taken
from
the
teer fire department of Matanzas.
~ ' *
issued. This diver evidently thought
regular and supplemental official esti­
Beef—Grose,
top steers, <3.00 0 3.25;
tor. It is heiiev»l he pull»! the wrong
vid»! also that any allotments previ­ T!uve fare o lX!Ul 80 chi,dren Seated rows.
COWS, <2.50; dressed - - beef, 41-tA c Dei
mates made for the fiscal year 1899, spring from which Abraham Lincoln rope, and when the elevator started up, basins where water can lie had by bor­ the explosion was not an accident. He ously
made
by
any
of
tiie
deceased
to
ing
artesian
wells,
by
which
mes-is
drank
when
a
boy,
while
Mrs.Winslow,
daily, furnish»! witn nourishment, un- pound.
**
bad an expert's capacity and oppor-
and <8,861,880 less than the appropria­
attempt»! to jump out. His body was
any relatives of the men mention»! der the direction of the city physicians. pound
tions made for the current fiscal year. wife of Lieutenant Wilson, U. S. N.’ caught between the floor of tho eleva­ much land can be made productive. tunitv for judging.
Veal—Large,
505>ic;
small,
60
shall be continued for three months,
While the government does not practic­
will stand sponsor for the Kearsarge.’
These statements are the conclusions, 7c per pound.
Tbe Havana public is not permitted the amounts so paid " to lie deducted
A Port Townsend, Wash., dispatch The ships could be put in commission tor and the first floor ami was terribly ally experiment by boring such wells,
facts
and
figures
arrived
at
by
a
board
to
know
tbe
intensity
of
public
senti­
says: As a consequence of the unfa­ in six months if necessary, but the con­ crushed. Death must have been in­ its agents study the results attain»! by
from tho 12 months’ pay otherwise al­ of Unit»! States naval officers. When
S e a t t l e M a r k e t.
stantaneous, for his whole chest was private enterprise, and have maj«, as ment in the United States. Only low»!.
vorable criticism that has follow»! the tractors have no hurry orders.
the officers landed, they were constant­
meager
details
are
permitt»l
to
be
Butter — Fancy native creamery,
crushed
to
a
pulp.
sinking of the steamer Clara Nevada
for instance, of the Pueblo district o f known of what happens in Washington. T H A T S U B T E R R A N E A N P A S S A G E . ly followed b .» clamoring crowds of brick. 27o; ranch, 22 0 23c.
The Illinois, the third hig battle-ship
and the trouble that attend»! the de­ building at Newport News, is only a
W lll N ot S e ll C u b » .
Colorado—to show how great an area
starving men, women and children,
Congress is watched with exeo. sive
Cheese—Native Washington, 13c;
parture of the North Pacific for the month or two behind the others.
London, Feb. 28.—The Standard’s surface has an underflow that can anxiety by palace officials, but the S p a n ia r d s C o n f e s s T h e r e I s a M in e who importuned them in the most California. 9ts c.
I
n
tle
r
t
h
e
H
a
r
b
o
r
E
n
t
r
a
n
c
e
.
¡th, carrying goldseekers, Colonel
Madrd correspondent says that he lias come to the surface; also where water populace know nothing of what is
heartrending manner for a little food,
Eggs—Fresh ranch, 23c.
itis, collector of customs, has de­
S p a n ia r d s E a g e r fo r W a r.
Havana, Feb. 26.—In connection for the want of which they were slowly
found by an exhaustive canvass that all j supply can lie had for pumping.
liable to happen. Evidence of ill-feel­
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
termine! to oonqiel vessels hound for
W hen we know that a quarter-section ing toward the American people and with the claim made by the Cubans dying.
_
w
London Feb. 28.—According
to a a parties are amazed and indignant at
hens, 12c; spring chickens, <2.50(9
Alaska to carry only the number of special dispatch from Madrid ”reports
of
land
will
make
a
home
for
a
famil“
the 8n<»’Sesl'°n that Spain should sell
— --------- j ,
3 00; ducks, <3.5008.75.
passengers allow»!'by the federal i er- t receiv»! there from the Unit»! States Cnba’ 8:D’ing that it meant that the t " ' ,ta.ke the aril1 »croage of the three anxiety over the Maine disaster does
not lessen.
Wheat—Feed wheat, <28 per ton.
mit.
to the effect that public opinion in the Iuonarcl|y would be menaced by an ir- _ ° r?_1 “aclfi<1 st»tes for a basis of esti-
Oats—Choice, per ton, <23.
The Maine inquiry dwarfs interest
The new wharf at Tampico, con- •*“ <'’' country is becoming more ex- rea*8t,,bl® Popular movement support»! mate; if one quarter of this area can bo in Cuban politics, hut recent develop­
¿ j
e -» g h
C-om—Whole. <23; cracked, per ton
struct»! by the Central railroad, under cite<1 owing to the impression that the by th(‘ army al"1 navT- T1,e financiers redeem»!, it will furnish homes for ments carry an official confession of
rations remaining to last about two <23; feed meal, <23 per ton.
Spaniards explain that for over a cen­ weeks.
government supervision, was totally Maine disaster was not due to accident lnake; 11,0 Poetical objection that, as 37,500 families and support a popula­ the failure of autonomy.
Barley—Rolled or ground. per ton.
tury, a subterranean passage about two
destroyed by fire Sunday. The cause are ‘‘restirring popular feeling here (in ,lle ( ,'lban ,lubt ia almost entirely held tion of 250,000 people. Take the arid
—i-
<22 023; whole, <22.
miles
long
and
eight
feet
wide
at
its
portions
of
Oregon
and
Idaho,
and
it
of the fire is unknown. The construc­ Madrid) and the conviction is increasing *’y ’’l,aniar>Is, the price suggested
W o r k Mt L e a g u e I s l a n d .
W a r P r e p a r a tim i« in P e n n s y l v a n i a .
Hay—Puget sound, new, per ton
narrowest diameter, capable of giving
tion of the wharf was commenced in in ministerial circles that the worst would not satisfy half the compensa- means that from 500,000 to 750,000
Philadelphia, Feb. 23. —Imperative <12013; Eastern Washington timothy’
Philadelphia, Feb. 26.—Major-Gen­ passage
to a column of troops, has ex­ orders were issued today to the painters <18; alfalfa, <13.
July, 1892, and it was to he one of the mnst be expected. ”
, tion required. None of the ministers people can find productive farms if the eral Snowden, commander of the na­
‘ ’
arid lands of these states can be re­
isted
from the
to Castillo
del i working on the cruiser Minneapolis in
finest on the Spanish-American coast
Continuing the dispatch says: ‘‘The W0ldd entertain the suggestion,
o
.
,, navy-yard
-
-------------
Fresh Meats—Choice dreesed beef
tional
guard
of
Pennsylvania,
has
issued
claimed. The towns, cities and in­
Its length was 2,573 feet, and all is government has no choice if the United
ro|nt.
general orders to every officer in the Principe. But, tbe Spaniards further the drydock at League island, that thev steers, 7c; cows, 6 ’«c; mutton sheep
burned. The custom-house nr.der con­ States adopts a threatening attitude for
Ottawa Feb 28.—The Canadian dustries naturally pertaining will sup­ state to recruit his command up to the assert, the existence of this passage was must finish her so that she can be float- 8S,c; pork, 6t»e; veal, small, 8.
port 1,000,000 total.
struction and nearly completed, was the prospect of war is popular with all
Fresh Fish—Halibut, 607c: salmon,
full quota required by law. The or­ ; not known to the present authorities, ed at high tide tomorrow. The force of
This work is furnishing valuable ders were iasu»l five days ago with in­ or to those who have been in power for men has been enlarged an? thev 3c; salmon trout, 10c; flounders
damaged to the extent of about <800,- parties and the more excitable newspa government has decided to permit Can­
adian
goods
to
be
shipped
from
Van­
facts on which to base reclamation of structions that they he kept a profound many years past. The entrance and | work»! until dusk tonight and will re and sole, 804; ling cod, 4 0 5 ; rock cod,
000. The total loss on wharf, custom­ pers are already urging the government
house and merchandise is nearly <2 - to take measures to enable Spain to couver and Victoria in American ves­ the arid lands of this continent, which secret. The officers wore instructed exit, it is added, have heen closed for some at daylight in the morning The 5c; smelt, 2 ^ 04c.
sels free of duty by St. Michaels to tbe is one of the most important questions
000,000; fuilly insured.
strike the first and decisive blow.”
Fresh Fruit—Apples, 6Oc0<1.75 per
to liavj their men ready to march fully years past, by thick walls now covered navy yard was crowd»! today with
N ukon for the coining season. An or­ for our statesmen to consider.
with debris, and their exact location is men desiring to enlist, but only a few box; pears, 250 75c per box; oranges,
T o w n N e a r ly D e s t r o y e d .
armed and equipped at 24 hours’ notice. said
Hon. Sanford B. Dole, president of
der to this effect has been sent to the
to la lost. At the same time, it is were accept»!.
navels, <2 02.75 per box.
ihe republic of Hawaii, was tendered a
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 28.— Floods customs office on the coast.
-- Tho
........
.....
order
P r ic e le s s B o o n to O ur F o llo w e r s .
H<imittc<i tlnit tin? mutter rej^urtlin^ the
public reception at San Francisco at the and avalanches have partly destroyed aPPlie8 to the Yukon route by St. Mi­
New York, Feb. 26.—A Tribune subterranean passage can be found in
Of course all this vast extent of arid dispatch
A n I r r e v o c a b le D e r is io n .
S a n F r a n c i s c o M a r k e t.
from Havana says: The out­ old documents in the archives of Ha­
chamber of commerce, and met with a llie town of Monte Cristo, situated in cbaela. a»d Joes not include Skagway
territory
cannot
be
made
available
for
New
York,
Feb.
25.—A
dispatch
to
Wool—Nevada
11013c; Oregon, 12
cordial and flattering recognition on the the heart of the Cascade mountains, i
look
iii
Luba
does
not
grow
more
prom­
----------------------
vana. Finally, the Spaniards insist
farms and homes, but very much of it
part of the crowds of people.
The railroad connecting the place with
Tacoma, Feb. 28.—The Midnight can be, and the work of experiment ising. Tho exact siuation is that the that this passage does not go under the Herald from Madrid says: As the 014c; Northern 708c per pound.
question of tho purchase ol Cuba is
Hops—12 la 0 16c per pound.
has been wash»! out, and the s «n is the name of a tiny craft about and discovery that goes on so constant­ government officials were never so the harbor at any jx»int.
Secretary Gage points with a good Everett
,-vl
again being pushed in Washington it
Millstuffs—Middlings, <22025; Cal­
much
disturbed
as
today.
This
is
part­
lack
of
railroad
connections
has
caused
to
sail
for
Alaska
from
Tacoma.
The
deal of interest to the fact that the cos- the
ly may discover more means for such
may be of interest to state, on tho ifornia bran, <20.50021.50 per ton.
concentrator and the part of the bPat is flat bottomed, 24 feet long, 6 reclamation. Tho rapid growth of ly due to information from Washington
W a r« hl|>« I le a lie d fo r H a v a n a ,
toms receipts for this fiscal year at last
highest authority, that Spain will
and
Madrid.
News
from
these
places
Monte
Cristo
mines
which
John
Onions—silverskin, <2.5002.75 i»er
D.
feet
wide
and
2
feet
deep,
provided
Las
Palas,
Canary
Islands,
Feb.
26.
have overtaken the receipts for the
population will soon exhaust all lands
' with side paddle-wheels, a two-horse fit for homesteads. To add this arid which is permitted to reach the public —The Spanish armored cruiser Almi­ never, no matter what government is cental.
same period of the prior fiscal year. I Rockefeller owns to Bhut down.
in power, consider any such sugges­
Eggs Store, 11011t^c; ranch, 12
is so meager that better judgment can
power boiler and a steam engine. Only
The total receipts for this fiscal year
In 1897 Ohio furnished almost 37,- her two owners will go in her with area to our productive domain will be a ho formed in the United States than rante Oquendo left today for Havana. tion or any compromise in Cuba beyond 013c; Eastern, 18019; duck. 14c per
The
Italian
third-class
cruiser
Gio­
have reach»! <88,089,596.
priceless boon to those who are to fol­ here as to whether the fears of the
000 tons of grindstones.
tbe broad measure of autonomy drafted
their outfits.
lows U8.
vanni Bausaui is expected here Satur­ by the liberal government. This is an pozen.
The interstate commerce commission
officials are exaggerated.
Cheese—Fancy mild, new, lO ^c; fair
A r t i l l e r y B i l l In H o u s e C o n iln ltt e e .
day
next.
She
is
on
her
way
to
Cuba.
has suspended operation of the long and
irrevocable decision.
San Francisco, Feb. 28.—A party of
to good, 708c per pound..
The invention is announced of the
Washington,
Feb.
28.—There
was
but
G
e
n
e
r
a
l
lt
u
l
u
f
n
l
l
in
C
a
lir
n
r
n
la
.
short-haul danse of the interstate com- i
Citrus Fruit — Oranges, navels,
vote in the house committee on goldseekers bound for the Klondike phonodoscope, an instrument of won­
B a n k V a u lt B lo w n O p en .
San Francisco, Feb. 26.—Reports
merce act in favor of railroad lines in one
In F ig h t in g O rd er.
military affairs today against favorabi;
t h e ' S l sciZner0 '000“ 16' r, derful value in studying tho condition from
<1.0002.50; Mexican limes, <606.50;
all
parts
of
the
state
indicate
a
St.
Louis,
Feb.
28.—A
special
to
the
the United States in competition with I
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 25.—Although Lalifornia lemons,
Hattie I. of tho internal organs of tho body. It general rain has fallen during the past Post-Dispatch from Shipman, III., says
choice, <1.50
the Canadian Pacific road.
j reporting the senate bill providing for Phillips The voyage was made
in
129
reported
ready
for
sea
at
noon
today,
is.
declared
by
physicians
to
bo
a
tre­
01.75;
do
common,75c0<l.25
per box
Representative Lewis,of Washington. J ¿ w a additional
s delivered regiments
by Cox, of artillery, days. She made a stop of flvo days at mendous advance on the old stethoscope. 24 hours, to the great benefit of tbe that the vault of the Shipman bank tho monitoi Terror is still lying at the
Hay—Wheat, <16019; wheat and
.
.
Democrat,
of
growing
crops,
which
had
been
suffer­
was
today
blown
open
by
robbers,
who
who has just returned to Washington ~
7
Sandy point A heavy storm was en­ Ihe phonodoscope conveys to tho phy­
dock awaiting orders. She will not
<16018; oat, <14.50016.50; best
used nitroglycerin. The robbers ouiy leave tonight, possibly not for some oat,
from Ottawa, where he went to appeal Tennessee. The sentiment in the com­ countered in the Gulf" stream, and she sician sounds mado by the internal or­ ing from the long-continued drought.
barley, <13.50 0 16; alfalfa, 410.500
mittee
was
overwhelming
for
the
two
obtained
<10
in
pennies,
as
they
were
to the Canadian government for some
was hove to for 37 hours. Six stops gans, thus telling whether they are
days. It is Ixdieved tho change in the 11; clover, <11012.50.
M n o p te d P u lle n fo r H tle k e e n .
scared away before being able to break \ izcaya’s plans has result»! in a
modifications to the Canadian reguTa'. I
‘° PrOtDP‘ly ma° were made In the Straits of Magellan. healthy or not.
Fresh Fruit—Apples, 25c0<1.25 per
Vancouver,
B.
C.,
Feb.
26.—The
are being erected along the The men, who are nearly all artisans or
into the inner steel safe, which eon- change of those of the Terror The tor- large
tions requiring American miners bound coast.
box; grapes, 2.»04Oo; Isabella,
Canadian
government
lias
decided
to
tai
ned
thousands
of
dollars.
In order to raise church funds, a
the Klondike to procure their
fishermen, will ee!l their vessel here
' pedo boat Winslow will be ready for 60075c; peaches, 6Oc0<i; pears 75c-
station mounted police in the Stickeen
Georgia
minister
charged
admission
to
enses at Vancouver, Viotoria or
Infant schools began in New Lanark, and go north by steamer.
sea by Monday, and the Foote in a <1 per box; plums, 20035c.
river country. A small detachment of
Richard Allen and Tom Holmes were week. The Puritan will hardly be
an entertainment where tiie contest­ police
twsou, was unable to secure any con- Scotland, in 1815; in England not till
Butter—Fancy oroamerv, ;>6«( do
left
tonight
on
the
steamer
Dan­
Colorado has pass»l California and ants engaged in a ginger cake eating
lynched at Mayfield, Ky.
Allen
lion from the Dominion government. 1 8 1 8 ,
ube. They will be located at Glenoru, robbed a liouse, and Holmes killed his ready to leave the yard under 10 days. seconds, 22 4 028c; fancy" dairy, 22c-
taken first rank as a gold bearing state. ¡ompetitiou.
The number of men at the yard will good to choice, 200210 per pound.
Telegraph creek and Lake Tesliu.
wife six months ago.
probably be doubled by March I.
Potatoes—New, in boxes, 5O« 0<1.2O
A S tu d y
of
C o n d it io n s in
N o r t It « cat»
th e
P a c if ic