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Newspaper Page TextUKVLKLI ULPUKILU American Editor at Manila Must Leave the Islands. A SERIOUS MENACE TO THE SITUATION ' '" . U-orjeT. Kiel Mad Serlow Charfti Ajilmf Captain of the Port, Which War In. veitljated and Disproved MauII. Jau 26. General MacAr thnr haa ordered the deportation to the .United States of George T. Rice, editor of the Daily Bulletin, a marine lour nal. Hlca will sail on the Pennsylvania Monday. The order characterise him ae "dangerous incendiary and e menace to the military aiioatiou." Rice' ofienae ware pubHshlng a state , went that Lieutenant ttraunemewther, captain of the port, had charged exces sive pilotage - fee, a, percentage of which he bad kept for himself. The report ot Major Hill, inspector general, who Investigated the allega tion, completely exonerated the cap tain of the port, end contradicted the editor and the merchant who had given him information, who bad been mWled by figuring the rate upon the ut't instead of the grove tonnage, the latter being apecified under the Hpan lh law. lcioe was oiuroontd to the office of tbegwvernor-general'a military secretary, end waa called upon to lromie tlmt be would publish no more euch article, lie declined to give each ft pledge, bnt Initiated that the ar ticle waa tiuthful, end took up a deft' ant attitude when threatened with de portatlon. Th deportation oruer waa then issued, and Hice 1 now awaiting the departure of the Pennsylvania. When aeen in jail today he reiterated bla statement that the charge were true, and declared that in any event the tevcrity of the entente wasunmer Ited. It ice came originally from Red Wing, Minn., waa formerly a member of the Minnesota volunteer. The bearing of the municipal govern nient bill todity develojred an attempt on the pert ot prominent Filipino to eecure e delay of two year before tax- ing land where the owner are nimble to cultivate on account of the danger na aituatton in the fighting territory. The bill originally deferred taxation foi year. The commissioners adopted en amendment providing that landowners who are not implicated in the immr rection after March, and prove tlmti the unaettled condition prevent work in j laud, be exempted from the second . : year. ,i Lieutenant Steele, with 10 men of the Forty-third regiment and aeveu ha tive soldier, fought a fierce half hour engagement with a large force of Fill pinoa at Tenaguana, Island of Loyte, January 0, which resulted in the kill lng of over 10U insurgent. Private Kdward McGogle, of cotupauy M, waa killed. The condition of the laland of Pamar tince the arrival of the troop hit beoa oulet. Lukbeii' foro are hiding Capture, arrests aud selxure of Arm continue in the unpadded dia trict of the Island of Luzon. Deportation of Filipinos. Washington, Jan. 20. A cablegram received today at the nsvy deportment from Admiral Remey, at Manila, an nounce the departure of the nhip So lace for Ouain, with 10 Filipino politi cal pilsoners, deported by order o General MacArthur, and charged with having agitated and Abetted the move ment in the Philippine. CREEKS AND CHOCTAWS. Th Indian Uprising Is Becoming Serious The Town of Brlstow Is Threatened. , Muskogee, I. T , J-o. 26. The Creek uprising is growing to dangerous .' proportions. Marshal Bennett has just received e telegram from Brlstow, I. T., announcing that COO armed Creek, Dtrioned two mile from there, are pre paring to attack the town, And plead ing for protection from the marshal. Marshal Ifennett and Agent Sboeufelt are swearing in large numbers cf depu ties, whom they are lorwardiug to the scene of the trouble, It is now fonred that they will reach the town too late, and the mayor of Bristow has been in structed to swear in all the men neces sary to protect the town. Soldiers Are being hurried from Fort Reno to the sent of trouble, but they will not renoh Biistow before tomor row night, as they will arrrive at Hen rietta first and go overland. Indian Agent Shoenfelt will auk for more help, as it is fouud that one company of cavalry cannot hsodle the situation, for the Indians are dividing up Into bands of 100. Marshal Bennett, with six deputies, are about to leave for Enfatrla. where Crazy Snake was seen todav. and will Attempt his oaptuie. The Snake band Is within three miles of Brlstow, and is reported to have whipped two white men. The Dawes commission is fearful lot the city wheie the party is, headed by Representative Uackbutd, of Leaven worth, Kan. Nothing has been heard ; from the party for two days. BIG FIRE IN MONTREAL Nearly Thru Million Dollar' Worth of Prop. erty Lett Montreal, Jan, 25 One of tbe moot destructive fires from which this city .has ever suffered began at 8 o'clock last night, and, notwithstanding the effort of the entire fire department, 1 the oroitre of the flame waa not checked until 1 o'clock this morning. I By that time it had destroyed property 'estimated at between $2,600,000 end $3,000,000, end was still burning, though the Appearance waa that the firemen have At lait got it under con trol. Included in the property burned ) la tbe plendld board of trad' build ing, which ooMt $600,000, end honaed over 100 tenant, half a dozen large buiinee house and two eoore of mail er building. Tbe weather wae cold end the firemen were greatly bumpered in tbla respect. Outsk.0 of the board of trade building there waa not a mod em structure Among those burned Crowd of people jammed the nar row streets, end the police could not control them. Women fainted end their olotbeey were torn end a few aligbtly Injured in roibe for aafety. The fire tar ted to the promisee of M. f'Axe & Co., wholes-ale clothier, At Letnerne end St, I'eter itreet. Tbe street la tbe locality were deerted At the time and tbe lire Apparently bad good headway before tbe fit it Alarm waa tent In. Tbe firemen found tbe building a three-story itone structure. A mas of flame. FATAL HOTEL FIRE. Thru Men Were Burned te Death and Several Injured at Kewsnee, III. Kewanee, 111., Jan. 25. -Fire early thi morning destroyed tbe Commer oial boose aud camel tbe death of three men. Tbe dead are: C. C. Cot ton, aged 22 yeara, Terre Haute, Ind., Advance agmt of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company, suffocated ill bed; Elmer i'etereou, Galesburg, HI., brick mason; James Fischer, Walnut, HI., auction eer. ' John C. G ruber, of Fort Wayne, Ind., A contractorend Martin Jacobs, ot Chicago, an expert mechanic, jumped from the third atory windows and were badly hurt. : ' An explosion in the kitchen aent the flame Into every corner of the house end cut off escape by means of tbe stairs. The irantlo guests rnshed to tbe windows, wbeie some hurled them selves to the ground. Other bad to be carried out by tbe firemen. The loas Is $1,000. ROCK ON THE TRACK. Trstn Robbers Tried to Hold Up the Overland Express Near Kearney. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 25. Informa tion was teceived heie today that a desperate attempt was made last night by a gang of train robbers to hold op the overland express near Kearney, Neb. The bandits placed a large pile of rocks on the track in or der to wreck the train, which is re ported to have bad a large amomtt of money. 'The robbers secreted them selves behind a hill near the railroad. A pedestrian traveling along the track came upon tbe obstruction, was pounced opon, severely beaten, and robbed of all bis money, amounting to $160. He got away from them and ran to Kearney, where be gave the Alarm, and A posse was at one organ ized and orders given to hold tbe train. The pos-e came upon the bandits and captured one, the others escaping. Tbe ollloers are still in pursuit. His Naturalization Was Postponed. New York, Jan. 25. A man who gave tbe name of Henry Zimmer ap plied to the naturalization bureau in the county court heme for his final naturalisation papenj. Zimmer said he was an Euglisuman. Clerk Loos started to Administer the usual oath to Zimmer, end bad gnt so far as for swearing "allegiance to All foreign power or potentates," and especially to the queen of Great Britain end Ire land, when a messenger rushed in end Announced that the queen was dead; Zimmer's naturalization waa immedl ately postponed until tbe naturalize ion bureau is officially informed of the queen's denth and the successor to the throne of England formally announced. The last British subject to forswear rdlegiance ' in this city is John J. FalloflT ' Big Washington flop Contract. Taooma, Wash., Jan. 25. Pier Bros., hop dealers, of New Yoik, have closed a contract with eller & Mc Cowan to operate three large bopyards in Puyallup valley, aggregating 60 aores, on the basis of advancing 8 cents A pound on an estimated crop of 110, 000 pounds lor cultivating and deliver ing crop free on board cars. All above eight cents is to be equally divided. A Consumptive Quarantined. San Francisco, Jan. 25. J. W. Thompson, a consumptive,: who ar rived here from British Columbia on the steamer City of California, was not allowed to land, on the ground that be Was Afflicted with a contagious dia- ease. Jms is tne nrst instance wndro a person afflicted with consumption has beon denied a landing. IK5 Of THIS Willii STATES Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. OREGOff. Canyon City has a new fire bell. Jefferson trill levy no tax for tbe year 1901. Tbe Toledo tax levy ha been fixed At 6 mill. The Eugene Military Club baa in corpoiated, The Southern Pacific tie plant at Latham i running again. Baker City school electors have voted in favor of a 10-mlll special tax. Tbe 9-year-old eon of II. S. Filton, of Lost Valley, was killed by A falling tree. There were nearly' 600 mining loca-' tion recorded in Josephine county last Tr--- :V.'. Tbe receipts of the Cenyon City post office last ear AuaouuteJ to $27, 181.99. Tbe bridge Across Traik river at tbe Ftillwell place wae washed out by tbe freshet.'" r . Lumber is being delivered on the gtoundforthe new hospital building at Eugene. .:;"'':.? The SUndard mill at PaVer City, with a capacity of 40,000 feet per day, is nearly finished. James Yates has sold hi farm of 80 acres, near Irving, to Mr, Ilord, late of Iowa, for About $3,600. Local miners are einkiug a shaft on tbe Watt bills east of Amity on the site of a supposed gold mine. Free-milling gold ore has been dis covered in tbe mountains just west of Lostine. Test show the ore literally filled with black suphurets. Miss Elisabeth Giesy, sn Oregon pioneer, aged 75 years, died nt her home in Aurora. Deceased wae a sis ter of Dr. Martin and Jacob Giesy. A large amount of drift lodged Against the railroad bridge, north of Lebanon, end 15 men have been At work All week dislodging it. A telephone line is being , built by the Sunset Company from Jacksonville to the Upper Applfgat, country, end will probably be connected with the Grant's pass- Williams Hue. ' J. W. Parker, who ha a rich Ap pearing quarts ledge near Leland, un der bond from Burnett As Hudson, is making preparations to equip the prop erty with en eleotrio plant. O. A. PftTker and James Buchanan have secured a contract to cut and de liver poles for the telephone line which is to be built from Pleasant Hill via Jasper and Natron to the main line at Springfield. The long looked for English par tridges arrived at Independence end were taken to the O'Brien farm, a few miles north of that city, and turned loose. The birds Appeared, very wild. Apparently owing to their long journey. Reports from the country surrcind ing Albany are geueral that tbe fall wheat is in excellent conditiou, with out any indication, at tb's time, of an enemy of any kind Notwithstanding th poor crop of last year, the acreage is large. After an illness of several years, James A. Cautboru. at one time a prominent grain dealer of Corvallis died at his home in that cltv. His Ailment waa rheumatism, and under its effects the deceased had been an invalid for several year. An effort is being made to have tbe mail route changed between Long Creek and Pendleton so that the route will go over tbe Yellow Jacket road from Pendleton to Ukiah and via the lower gulch road from Ukiah to Long Creek and supply Bitter from Long Creek. . ' ' A deal of considerable magnitude was consummated last week At Tula mook between C. and E. Thayer and the Beals Land Company. About $10,000 worth of agricultural land and town pioperty was transferred to the company, And will probably be placed on the market. Owing to the recent high water on the Coast Fork which caused the loss of many thousand feet ot logs, Messrs. Geer and Rouse, the saw mill men At A mot, are Arranging to erect a tern porary saw mill at Cottage Grove and will drive the logs there. The boilers end engines of the new light plant may be used. The owners of the Red, White And Blue mine, at Malheur, will push de velopments as rapidlv as possible There are two parallel ledges, one measuring 13 feet aud the other three feet, and the owners believe that de veloimient will prove tnat tney come tocethcr. The mine is equipped with a three stamp mill aud a steam hoist lng plant, ine capaoity ot tne mil j la to be inoreased and a pump installed I At once. WASHINGTON. There Is Islk of a new national bank At Elleueburg. Work on tbe new Seattle Labor Tem ple will begin witbio 60 deys. Iloquim will soon bare night tele phone service. A creamery with a daily capacity ot 2.000 pounds of butter is to be built at Everett.' j Charles Neymeir has moved bis mill from Machine to a site sear Woodin villa Junction. j Mrs. Julia Paden, a resident of ! Rosalie since 1880, is dead ether borne in that city. ;, It is Announced that A foundry and machine shop to cost $50,000 will be erected t Everett. The bank of Harrington received last week time , lock aefe which Is sup posed to be burglar proof. Tbe Harrington Flour Milling Com pany ha finished ad order for 2,500 barrels of flour, wbicb is to be sent to China.: .,!;iH Ex-Sheriff F. W. DeLorimer, of Ten Mile, has been appointed state land in epetcor by Land Commissioner S. A. Callvert. ..- . J. M. Hall has resigned tbe office of Yakima county surveyor, and the com missioner have appointed 11 F. Mar ble to succeed him. , George Pangburn, A pioneei of Wash ington, dropped dead from heart fail- ore At Endicot, 20 mUes west of Col fax lie was 66 years old. W. P. Dsmon was knocked down in frout of his residence by a tough, who struck him on the bead with club, rendering him insensible. " ' Men engaged in working on tbe T. J. Hewley road, south of Kent, discov ered a vein of coal while blasting on the side of Crow hill. It is about four inches in diameter. Fred Lymsn who had been working railroad. on the steam shovel on the north of Arlington, was instantly killed, A landslide occurred and he was warned, but did, pot have time te get out of the way. 't' A third interest In a group of five claims located on lion creek, eight miles from Keller, has been sold to A. A. Redmond, of Republio. Tbe claims are the Mary Mack. Luckie Four. Last Chance, Copper King and No. 5. and are owned. uy if. r. Mcuartny ana Fred Beaudreau. The terms ere kept a secret. , . , .. The West Coast mill, at Ballard, which bas been closed for tbe past four weeks, bas resumed work. During '.he time the mill waa closed many im provements and repairs were made to the engine and machinery, bv means ! of which the output of tbe plant will j be greatly increased. I The mill build ing was also repaired and a new foun dation put under part of it. , The O R. & N. engineers, who have been making surveys along the line- of the Hwaco Railway & Navigation Com pany, have finished their labors and a force of men ere expeotd to begin work . . . . m on the coutempiaiea improvements. Besides th repairs to the track, A new trestle is to be built At Hwaco and docks to be put in at each end of the line. It is alio stated that cars for hauling logs from Willapa harbor are to be put on the road.. IDAHO. Hog cholera bas made its appearance in tb vicinity of Moscow. , James Judge, of Couer de'Aleae City, one of the best known men of the state, 1b dead. " George W. Hunt and Frank Pettlgo, of Oro Fino, arrested on a charge of cattle-stealing, have been discharged. George R. Lubkin, a Boise mail car rier, bas filed a homestead entry on a valuable piece of land near that cltv, which had been overlooked. According to reports from Delta, the scene of recent the placer strike, pros- sects are excellent. ; Nuggets bave been picked up worth $7 aud $8 and theie are said to be lots more of them there. . Eight cows burned to a crisp, Jacob Hauaer almost fatally burned, 25 tons of hay and a fine , barn totally con sumed, are the result of a fire on a ranch owned by David Locke near Cal ispell. The loss is estimatsd at about $1,000. The result of a disputed road ebotion in Kootenai county has been deter mined by lot. James Graham and Noah Washburn, both of Port Hilt, were the claimants. The com mi don ers flipped a coin to determine the result. TRADE IS SATISFACTORY,, Paclle Coast snd the South Show Up Best Slijht Diminution of Exports. Bradstreet's says: Despite some ir regularities la reports from different section and industries, trade, as a wbole is of satisfactory volume for tbis time of year. Relatively the best reports come from tbe Pacific coast, tbe Sooth snd the Southwest, where the spring demand is opening well. Unseasonable weather in some sec tions, notably the East, has been a bar to activity in retail trade. Special ac tivity has been noted in some branches of tbe iron trade end sentiment bas been, on the wbole, belped by a clearer . view ot tbe possibilities contained in tbe recent "war talk." The quieting down of business Abroad naturally points to some diminution of our ex . port trade, in tbe tedder form of iron and steel, copr- and lumber, but for finished products of these end other staples, tbe ontlook is declared to be still satisfactory. A feature in the export line tbis week was the shipment of 8,000 tons of steel billets to Glas gow from Birmingham, Ala., the largest shipment of tbis material ever sent abroad from the South. Ilevya quantities of railway material to re place that destroyed in China may be placed in this country. Among the metals copper is weak end fractional ly lower, in sympathy with a break in prices abroad, but tin is higher, on -news ot excited markets And higher price in London. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 4,838,678 bush els, against 3,336,054 last week. Business failures in the United States for tb week number 281, against 290 last week. Canadian failures number 84, a de crease of 16 from last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market Onions, new yellow, 2c. Lettuce, hot house, $1.60 per oaao. Potatoes, vnew, $18. Beets, per sack-, $1 1.25. Turnips, per sack, 75o. Squash 2c. Carrots, per Back, 75c Parsnips, per sack, $1.0001.25. Celery 50o doz. Cabbage, native and California, 2o per pounds. Butter Creamery, 80c; dairy, 16(9 18c; ranch, 16c 18c pound. Cheese 14c. Eggs Ranch, 28c; Eastern 23c. Poultry 14c; dressed, native chick ens, 15c; turkey, 16o. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00; choice . Eastern Washington timothy. $ 19.00. Corn Whole, $24.00; cracked, $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; Bra bam, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00; shorts, 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 beef steers, price 7c; cowb, 7c; mutton 7?4l pork, 7?'c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 11 ,12C. Hams Large, 11 Mc; small, 11 H; breakfast bacon, 13c; dry salt sides. 8.lc. Portland Market Wheat Walla Walla. 6666!c; Valley, nominal; Bluestem, 68o per bushel. - . Flour Beet grades, $3.40; graham, $2.60. Oats Choice white, 42c: choice gray, 4lo per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew ing, $16.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $15.50 ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per ton.: Hay Timothy,$123 12.50; clover,$7 9.60; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60 55c; store, 82&C. Eggs 25o per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, ISo; Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.75 per dozen; bens, $3.75; springs, $2.003.50; geese, $6.008.0O due; ducks, $5.00 6.50 per dozen; turkeys, live. Ho per pound. Potatoes 60 60o per sack; sweets, IHo per pouna. Vegetables Beets, $1; tunips, 75o; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, IHo per pound; parsnips, 85c; "ons. l-0: earrots, 75c. Hops- New. crop, 1214o per pound..- ,. . . ..k Wool Valley, 13Q14e per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1012o; mohair, 25 per pound. Mutton Gross, best eheep, wethers And ewes, 8 Ho; dressed mutton, 6 7o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.75; light snd feeders, $5.00; dressed, $5.50 6.50 per 100 pounds. Beef GroBS, top steers, $3.504.00; cows, $3.00 3.50; dressed beef, 6 7o per pound. Veal Large, r7so; small, 8Xa 9o per pound.