Junction City bulletin. (Junction City, Or.) 189?-1901, January 24, 1901, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextAPlALUT BODERTS He Calls for Five Thousand More Volunteers. AUTHORITIES INCREASE THEIR EfPORTS British Offensive OperaHon Hm Ceased tor th fVtwnt-Msrtlsl Uw Proclaimed Throughont Cp Colony. London, Ha. 19. Lord Roberta, who wu entortalued pritvtely at 11 dinner laat evening by United Service (Hah, the guttata Including the Prince of Walo. the Duke of York, the Duke of Cambridge and some 800 officers, ha issued from the war office a stir ring appeal to the country fur a prompt response to the call for 6,000 yeomanry, whose past services iu South Africa he highly commends to the gratitude of the nation. The authurltWa continue to hold a hopIul view regarding the South Afrt oo situation, but they sowm to recog niM that vlgoroiiH measure are neces nary. The proclamation of marital law throughout the whole of Cape Colony, Lord Kitchener strong meas- urea aaglnat the population of the re publics, the placing on reduced ratlona of the 'wives of men In the field, aud stmlar measure, go to ahow that theie la heavy work. British offeniive operation have ceased (or tne present. It la anppoattd Lord Kitchener la collecting hia atrength for a final effort to crush or to ' mpture the commando by a repetition of the tactioe which caaaed the sor render of General Crooje acd (ieneral I'rlua Loo. It la alleged that the Itoera who are concentrating at Curo Una aud Krroole are preparing to do cwud into Natal. The casualty Hat Issued yesterday hows that the lioera have released 897 , British who were captured at Helvetia . and Belfast. The facta regarding the rapture at Belfast have not been al lowed to tranapire. It i asserted that more heavy naval gnu will bo landed at the Cape. In (urination aa to the doing of the in vader la bard to obtain, but It la clear that they are gelling very little help from the Dutch. Twice they attempted to capture Hark ley Fast, but both 1 tluiea they were repulm-d for three daya they occupied Sutherland, but they cleared, oat on the approach of the British. Home Mattered parties are reported optrating in different parts. Apparently the invader aban doned the idea o! attacking Clan Wil liam on finding the town well defend ed. A commando of 1,000 haa been active In the Richmond district, but there the Boer have aeoured only 100 Dutch recruita. Botrs Attacked Colvillc Standerton, Jan. 19. Colivlle'e mo bile column, marching from New Den mark to Vladlaagte, waa attacked by 1.000 Boer, divided nto two force One force made a determined attempt on the baggage and the other on the ravalry constituting the rear guard. The ravalry wai compelled to retire until protected by four companies of r I Ilea, hidden by a riifge, who were waiting with bayonets. The Hoe re tnado aspeody retreat, leaving aeveral dead and wounded f tun the heavy British fire. Eventually both attack , were repulsed, the Boers losing heavily. Tho BritlHli were not able to purine the Itoera, owing to the necessity of pro tooting their burgage. The casualties were one killed aud 18 wounded. TO PROTECT WALRUS. The Indians' Pood Supply Endangered by ' Wanton Destruction, Port Townaend, Jan. 19. Reports of the wanton destruction of walrua have reached the treasury department at Washington. Walrus come from the Arctic on the Ice flow during the early portion of the open aeaaon to points be tweeu St, Michael and Cape Nome, and thousands ot passengers on early ateamera plying between those placet eboot into bauds, killing ana wounding rnaur. Captains of whalers have re ported that thousands of carcasses are, aeon floating in Rehiring sea aud the Arctio ocean. Walrus flesh is the main subsistence of Alaska coastwise Indians, and their wanton destruotiqn. threateua starvation to them. The law relating to' fur-bearing animals does not not apply to walrus, but Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Spanlding baa issued instructions to Collector of Customs lleustis, at this port, ' to nrge masters of vessels visiting Alaska waters to prevent the killing of walrus by persons on board of their vessels. These instructions are issued with a view of protecting the food supply of tho Indians, many of whom are said to be almost in a starving condition. Admiral Casey's Flam. Philadelphia, Jan. 19. Immediately upon being relieved ot the command of, Lague Island navy yard, Admhal Casey, with his wife aud family, will proceed to Ban Diego, Cal., where he will meet Admiral Kaata, and assume command of the Pacific station, with the battleship Iowa as flagship. THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS. Ministers at Pekla Will Clear the Way of Minor Matters. ' Washington, Jan. 19. So far aa our late department can influence the ne gotiationa now about to begin at Pekin t will seek to clear the way of all minor matters and of points upon which there Is no disagreement what ever among the allies, before ondertai log the solution of the more difficult problem Involved in the settlement of the questions of indemnities, gnaran 4 tees and commercial treaties. It is fol ly expected that the Chinese represen tatives will offer opposition to almost every point, in order to secure more favorable terms, such as an nndertak ing to dismantle, instead of destroy, the Chinese forte between Take and Pekin; some abatement of the restric tions upon the Importation of arms, and a considerable limitation opon the alze of the legation guard to be main tained in Pekin. It is said at the state department that Mr. llockbill has signed an Inten tion to return to the United Btates in a short time. He has not retired, but returns voluntarily. China want Easier Term. London, Jan. 19. ."Although the United Btates government and the American papers accuse Mr. Conger of severity toward the Chinese," says the Pekin correapondent of the Morning Post, "the American had regarded blm as inclined to leniency. "The Chinese commissioners handed to the foreign envoys with the signed proctocele a dispatch from Emperor Kwang Hsu, asking a foreign occupa tion instead of destruction of the Takn forts The emperor's dispatch asked also of the filing of a definite period for the prohibition of the importation of arms, and requested that the punitive expedition be stooped, asked for oar tioulars aa to the amount of land to be j retained for the legatlona, the number! of legation guard, the probable cost of! tho military Oeratlon and the date Mhen the foreigners propose to restore the publio offices and records in Pekin to the Chinese. The emperor does not mention the demand of the powers for the punishment of the principal offend era. First Slttin j of Peace Conference. Berlin, Jan. 19. An official of the German foreign office iu formed a corremndent ot the press today that the Hist aitting of the peace conference in Pekin would be appointed immed tatily after the different foreign envoy bad convinced themselves that their copies of the jclnt note bad been prop erly algn)d and sealed by tho Chines plenipotentarle. A DESPERADO CAUGHT. Officers Located Marvin Kuhns, the Indiana Outlaw Logansport, Ind., Jan. 19. Marivn Kuhns, the desperado who bas terror iaed Northern Indiana for weeks and defied the officers of two states, was captured last night at Greenhill and is now in Logansport jail. Kuhns and bis brother, who was released from the Columbus prison shortly after Marivn escaped, were taken after a derperate fight. Before the outlaw was over powered he shot two men ami was him self shot in the bead, but not seriously. Knhns and bis biother and a confed erate stole a team at Plymouth Sunday night and started south. Ex-Sheriff Marshall and Marshal Cheuey traced them to La Fayette last evening and by telephoning neighboring towna located them at Oreenhill, near Otterhein. At Otterhein the posse surrounded the house and rushed in at midnight Marvin was awake and seised a re volver at his bedside. Before he could fire, Elmer Switsmer ahot him .in the face and the posse closed in. One man jumped from the second-story window and escaped, but the brothers were overpowered alter a straggle, in whioh a number of shots were exchanged. Wounded as he was, Marvin partially thook off the attacking party and shot I. V. Volt in the back and Lewis .lawklns in the arm. Neither waa fatally injured. Fir at Phoenix. . Phoenix, B. O., Jan. 19. Fire to night caused a loss of $30,000. It started in MoBean & Co.'a dry goods store, spread to the Imperial hotel and thence to the buildings of the Phoenix News Company. Giant powder was used to blow up bnildiuge in the path of the flames. MoBean & Co. lost on their stock $12,000. Tho loss on the building waa $3,000; Imperial hotel loss, $10,000; Phoenix News Com pany, $2,000; T. A. Hicks, dry goods store, $1,800. There waa partial in surance on some of the buildings and took. ' .y Would Develop Danish Islands, Copenhagen, Jan. 19. The leaders of the syndicate of merchanta who an petitioning the government to make the investment of Danish capital profitable in the Danish WeBt Indies, , declare tbey have no Intention ot agitating against the Fale of the islands to the United States. Their idea Is to de velop the islaud in the eveut ot their not being sold. tV5 OP THIS AliD Interesting Event, and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From ' Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. :, OREGON. The Dalles lias levied a 6-mill tax. Burns ha leoeived a chemical fire engine. The Southern Pacific Is stoting ice at Ashland. The Dalles will purchase 600 feet of fire, nose. The Oregon legislature deficit foots op $00,000. Machinery or the new laundry at Eugene bat arrived. The Grant county tax levy as been fixed at 25i mills. ; - s . ' ' Coyotes are numerous In Coles val ley, Douglas county, j , ..The Douglas county Ux levy bas bean fixed at 20 mills. j The Pendleton school district has levied a speoial ux of 8 mills. Several herds near Montgomery have been visited by coyotes of Jate. It ia reported the Dallas organ fac tory mar be moved to Albany. The approach to the Upper Calapooia bridge was carried away by the flood. Baker City bas rescinded street lighting contract, and is in darkness. The walls of the first story of Mal heur county's new court house are fin ished. ,' . j Collision of a train and handcar near Woodbnrn, Or., was narrowly averted. . . ": , Famous Uncle Ben group ot mines in Idaho has been sold to a New York synif'cate. The coal shaft being sank by W. A. Maxwell of Coos City, fs now down about 800 feet. f Plans for the new creamery at Sum merville are taking shape. It will oost bout $4,000. I Athena has inveaetd $1,600 in school warrants. The city, bssides, has a balance on band of $1,104. Lincoln county . bas awarded the contract lor building the depot bridge to George MoCuulou for $335. The old Coos Bay read is aald to be in better condition than for several years at this time of the year. Henry Zuti, Jr., ft 17-year-old boy, of Vale, Or., accientally killed him self while examining a revolver. I. J. Straw, of Klamath county, rode off a bridge into a snow bank last week, and had to dig hia hone out. Contract for building the Wheeler county court house haa been let to A. F. Peterson, of Corvallia, for $9,025. Sixty-five thoroughbred sheep belong ing to O. F. Knox were drowned near Cottage Grove by the recent irethet. Howard & Stearns are feeding 600 cattle on Crooked river and about 600 bead at Silver Lake, In Lake, couuty. A petition is in circulation askiug that the public roal from Cottage Grove to Lorano be widened to 60 feet. J. W. Walters & Son, proprietors of the Elmtra mills, have floated their logs into the Long Tom from the Noti river,' Several oar loads of Weston bricks have been shipped to Mission station. They wilt be used for government LaUdlngs. An acetyl Ine gas plant belonging to J. P. Williams, of Long Creek, ex ploded last week, and slightly injured Mr. Williams. . A petition is being circulated asking an appropriation of $1,000 to repair and improve the state buildings and property at Sodaville. A herd ot 110 sheep was shipped from Huntington to Salt Lake City by the Baldwin Sheep & Land Com pany, ot Crook county. It is reported that Ed Lambson, of Willamina, has leased a large' tract of land on Salmon, river, whioh he in tends to stook with, cattle. The sale of land belonging to the Leonard Lang estate in Pine valley, which ef cheated to the state ot Ore gon recently, has been confirmed bi Judge Eakiu, of the oirouit court. A meeting was held at McMlnnville in the interest of the woodcutters ot the county. Every precinct waa well represented. They advanced the price ot cutting oak wood from 75 cents to 90 centa a oord, and fir from 70 to 90 cents, v The farmers and stookmen of Malheur county feel confident that the coming season will be a prosperous one tor them. While the winter thus far has been an open one compared with those generally experienced here, the indi cations are that there will be plenty ot water for Irrigation during the coming summer, and that the feed on the range will be good. IlEIfjiiDORIIId STATES WASHINGTON. Tacom butchers have formed an association. ' r A petition is being circulated to have the postofSce nam of Guy changed to Albion. The Simpson Lumber Company, of South Bend, baa accepted plan for a pony band saw mill. Fire partially destroyed the ship chandlery store of J. G. Todd & Co., on the water front, Tacoma. Loss $t,000, folly covered by insurance. Mr. If. P. Marrineton. a crominent citizen of Rosalia, died of pnenmonia. Ills remains were taken to the home of hia parents In Monroe, Mich., for interment. ; V During the recent snow 80 tons ot ore waa hauled from tho Cedar Canyon district to Davenport for shipment. Had the sleighing continued good, still more would have been brought out. Lark in' hotel at Garfield, leased by J. W. Keown, was entirely destroyed by fire, together with most of the con tents. Loss on the building, $1,500; insurance, $650; loss on contents, $1,000, with $650 insurance. While fording Toppenish creek, near North Yakima. Will Carrat was nearly drowned, lie was on horseback and the swift current of the stream carried horse and rider several yards, when they lodged in some willows, from which, with difficulty both succeeded in landing safely on shore. . Owing to technical error in writing the boundaries of a small atrip of land, amounting to nearly three sections, lying on the ' east side ot North Bay, between Mason and Pierce counties, is left out of the jurisdiction of both counties. An attempt will be made to have the neutral strip incorporated with Pierce. Oscar Bates, ex-sheriff of Stevens county, received fatal injuries at the Drummer's, mine, nearCurliew. lie had set three shots in the 125-foot level, and started to climb the ladder, but missed bis footing on the second landing and fell back 20 feet. The shots exploded before he could regain the ladder.: Hopkins D. Jones, until recently hotel porter at Wilbur, Wash., who was arrested at Spokane on a charge of borae . stealing, haa been releaed. Word came from Wilbnr that the man Chance, whose horse and saddle Jones had appropriated, would not prosecute Jones. The Wilbur man said he owed Jones money, and that be would be satisfied to have him keep the horse and aaddle to settle the bill. IDAHO. -A free ferry at Weiser ia proposed. Caldwell merchanta have made an' early closing agreement. John Hunt was arrested at Oioflno, on cnarge ot cattle stealing. A publio meeting waa held at Lewis ton to protest against division ot tsea Peroea county. The postofSre of Led no, Blaine county, haa been moved two miles southeast, without change of post master. At Weiser's regular city election in April, the citizens will vote whether or not they want the city bonded for $60,000. V It ia announced that shipments of crude ore and concentrates from the Coenr d'Aleue laat year aggregated 175,000 tons. There were several snow slides in Bear gulch lat week, but no damage is reported except that the Orofino blacksmith shop was swept away. Several carloads of steel raila have been unloaded in the Weiser yards. They are to be used in extending the Pacific & Idaho Northern next sum mer. , . Meetings have been held and resolu tions adopted by several G. A. B. post protesting agaiust the proposed plan o moving the soldiers' home from Bois to Fort Sherman. ' ' ' . .' ' H. M. Merrln, of Spokane, haa taken a .". bond ' on the Father lode and two claims adjoining in the Coenr d'Alene district. It ia understood that work will commence immediately. Lew Granger, who ia charged with stealing eight bead of cattle out ot a pasture near Moscow, has been arrest ed. Granger bas a number of aliases, bnt it ia said his true name ia Lai-s. SPECULATION HAS LAGGED. Week of Ebbin Street ia Cereal Mirkets Bradstrccf Weekly Trade Review. , Bradatreet'a eaya,: Speculation haa lagged, bat trade on spring account baa on the whole improved this week. Southern and Southwestern trade ia ' opening op satisfactorily, and there are bettor report received even from the Northwest aa to the outlook, for spring business. As to retail distribution, conditions are hardly so favorable. Lumber appears to have been active at the West, and wholesalers have done more at the East, hot the export trade lass in this line, as in others. , It haa been a week of ebbing strength In Alt A fn.r.t!n. vAtwrtm Aim. piay an inoia rnotier consistency, ami thia week haa been devoted to stretch ing estimates of the export surplus from that country. Northwest wheat receipts have also been heavy, and the so-called Wall street interest has been reported tw have been liquidating. Flour la doll, bat the deoline of 10 to 20 cents per barrel haa tended to help export business. The textile situation is notjtltogeth er clear. Cotton has weakened on in creased stock at the South. War, or rather rumors of war, have " been the chief subject of discussion in the iron and steel trade thia weeek, and to some extent have exerted a de pressing effect on sentiment. New demand at tnis time, however, ia never very large, and conditions aa a whole are healthy and even promising. Tho labor outlook in iion does not promise as well. Wheat, intending floor, shipments for the week were 8,336.054 bushel against 3,061,095 bushels last week. Business failures in the United States lor the week ending number 290. again n 322 last week. Canadian failures for the week num ber 50, as against 86 last week. PACIFIC COAStTrADL Seattle Market Onions, new yellow, 8o. Lettuce, hot house, $1.60 per oaae. Potatoes, new. $18. Beets, per Back, 85c $1. Turnips, per sack, $1.00. Sqnaah 2c. Carrots, per sack, 75c Parsnips, per sack, $1.00(3 1.2. . Celery 50o doz. Cabbage, native and California, 2o per pounds. Batter Creamery, 30c; dairy, 160 18c: ranch, 16c 18o pound. Cheese 14 c. Eggs Ranch, 28c; Eastern 23c. Poultry 14c; dressed, native chick ens, 15c; turkey, 16c. Hay Paget Sound timothy, $15.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $19.00. Corn Whole, $24.00; craoked, $25; feed meal, $24. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton $20. - ' Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.40; blended straights, $3.25; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; era ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffa Bran, per ton, $15.00; ehorte, per ton, $16.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal, per ton, $29.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beet steers, price 7c; cows, 7c; mutton 7?4, pork, 7?4c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 11 12c. - ; '-; Hams -Large, 11 c; small, 11 i breakfast bacon, I3c; dry salt aides. 8 He. -'; ' - ' A f? Portland Market - Wheat Walla .' Walla. 5455o; Valley, nominal; Blueetem, 57Ho per bushel. Flour Beet grades, $3.40; graham, $2.60. Oats Choice white, 42c: choice gray, 41c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.60 brew ing, $16.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $15.50 ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per ton. Hay Timothy, $12 18.50: clover.$7 9.50; Oregon wild liny, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 50955c; . store, 82,4c Eggs 25o per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c; Young America, 14o; new oheeae lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.0 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, $2.00 3.60; geese, $6.00 8.00 doz; ducks, $5.006.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, I lo per pound. Potatoes 6060oper sack; sweets, l&o per pouna. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c; per eack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, I Ho per pound; parsnips, 85o; onions, $1.602; carrots. 75c. Hops New crop, 1214o per pound. Wool Valley, 13 l4o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 12c; mohair, 93 per pound. , Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 8'c; dressed mutton, 6 HQ 7o per pound. lloga Gross, choice heavy, $5.75; light and feeders, $5.00; dressed, $5.60 6.60 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers. $3.50 4.00; cows, $3.003. 50; dressed beef. 6 7o per pound. Veal Large, 77H'o; small. ,8X 9o per pound.