KILLED A BURGLAR.
ira or mis 1 nil m
SPRING TRADE IS FAIR.
Taft Commission Passed Munici
pal Government Act.
. i -mm nm a t m "
PROVINCIAL BILL MAS BEEN COMPLETED
I'h BUI Provide for t Governor, a Seer.
Ury of the Treasury, Super,
vlior and a Fists!,
Manila, Feb. 2.-Tii net organizing
municipal government in Hie Philip.
luw wm paased by the Taft MmtiiU
ion today, after the adopt lou of
amendment. Including 11 provision cli
qualtfylng from voting and holding
office any pernou who a(tr April 1 i
in arm against, or aiding thoe opM
ing tha United tSates authority. The
power to revls election irroulriii
in transferred from tha governor ot the
lrovluc to the election jtiug.. A
provision in added for ruturus itud rec
ord of birth, rtuirrlago d death.
Tha president' symbol of office U dec
iguated a gold-headed tassid chin,
Prior to tl paM.'e of tha act. Judge
Taft, president of tha tommishian, Mid
tha great nut pain had been taken iu
tha preparation of tha t.
The provincial government bill haa
!e completed. The public consider
ation will begin tomorrow. Soon niter
it enactment tha commiitMlouer VIII
visit the Luron province and wltuti
the organization of the provincial gov
eminent and the election, Later tha
will visit tha southern islands. The
provincial bill provide for governor,
h secretary of tha treasury, a super
visor ami a fiscal. The officer may
1 Americans or Filipinos. The gov
at nor is to be elected by the joint bal
lot of the councillors of orgaulied
pueblo (townships) and hit election
fount he confirmed by the Philippine
commission. The other provincial of
ficer will be appointed by the com
tnittee under the restriction ol the civil
eervlce rule. The governor may sub
pend any ruunioipal officer fur miseou
duot, reporting the fact to the com
mission. The treasurer in required to
upervlse hi asistanta in all the pueb
lo aud collect all taxes. The oper
iT will have charge of the road 1
and public buildinga, Tha fiscal will
be the legal adviser of the provincial
government and the pnbtio proeecutor.
The law i to be first applied to the
province of La Union an. I rampagan.
Captain Cameron aud 60 Philippine
cavalrymen had n fight Ttteed with
Insurgents at Bimdocpnray and routed
them, killing two and capturing
quantity of arm, Gerouimo was pre
nt, but escaped.
Minor capturea and surrender con
tintm in the Maurt of Luzon. Many
Filipino are taking the oath of alleg
iance to the United Statea.
The cabled statement that the move
ment toward Protestanti'in in the Phil
ippioea 1 growing with astonishing
rapidity ia exaggerated. The Metho
ilW, Presbyterians, Episcopal iau and
Itritlsh and American societies have
worked in Manila and its vicinity for
two year aud ' the membership of the
Methodist mission ia 400, mid in
constituency of a thousand the i'resby
terian mission has a nntive membership
of 80.
DEWET LOCATED.
Th Botr Usdcr Is Still In the Orsnje River
Colony.
London, Feb. 2.General Kitch
ener, telegraphing from Pretoria to
lay, artys:
"Dewet's force croasod the Jiloein
fontein-Ladybrand lino, near Israela
poort, during the niht of January 30.
Hamilton' men, at the water works,
were unable to get in touch with them.
"French, with cavalry aud mounted
infantry ia (weeping the country east
of the Pretoria-Johannesburg railroad,
between Delagoa bay and Natal as far
a Krmelo. He engaged about 2,000
of the enemy at Wilge valley. The
enemy retired with four killed and
nine wonnded. O jr cAtuulie wore
one killed and seven woundod.
. "Knox report that he engngsd De
wet'a force soutU of Welcome, Janu
ary 29. There wa continuous lighting
for five hour. The finer' dead were
burled. They removed many of their
casualties in cart. Our casualties
were one officer and one man killed
aud 13 wounded."
, Jamaica Wants Reciprocity.
Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 2.- The
Jamaican government and pulilio are
ranch concerned about Anm-loun in
action in the case of the reciprocity
treaty. The prospect of Jamaica re
maining outside while the other West
India colonies get preferential treat
ment 1 regarded with alarm. ,
Explosion In a Mine.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 2. A small
keg of dynamite, whloh was to be used
for blasting purposes, exploded this
morning in the Fernwood mine, at
Pittson, owned by the Erie Hallway
Company. Joseph Suntluo's arm was
blown off and one of bis eyes destroy
ed. Anthony Santiuo (Detained a frac
tured skull. Both men will die. -
Ssa frinclico Barber's Strujjl With
Desperado.
Pan Frattclcco, Feb. 1. Edward H,
Hall, a barUr shot and killed a burg
lar here tonight in a lodging house at
123 Taylor syeet. Hall, who Uvea in
the house, went to bis mom, which
wa opened by one of two men who
were eugngnd iu rifling the apartment.
The burglar instautly drew a revolver,
placed it muzzle against Hall' body
and pulled the trigger. The cartridge
failed to explode and Hall grappled
with the man. 4 desperate atroggle
ensued, resulting in Hall getting pos
session of toe pistol. The other burg
lar then rushed toward him in an at
tempt to escape. Hall fired at him a
be reached the door. The bullet en
tered bl biain and be crashed bead
long down the atairs, falling dead at
the bottom. Not until then did Hall
release hi grip on the other man, who
at orce '00k flight, jumping over the
dead body of hi companion, and
reached the street. He was captured
by 'ft citizen 11 block away from the
scene of the tragedy. He waa identi
fied a Fred Keefer, alias Wilson, who
tm served term in the honso of cor
rectloa. He refused to give the name
of his dead companion.
TO INTERCEPT ANDRADE.
Vcneiuclsn Cunbost Gxi to Head Off the
Supply Psrty.
Fan Jusn de Porto Illoo, Feb. 1. It
I reported here that the Venezuelan
gunboat llestaurador, formerly George
Gould' yacht i Atlanta, is on her way
from Prooklyn with order from Presi
dent Castro, to intercept iu the Girl
bean aea, potior Audrada' filibuster
lng expedition. Passenger on board
the ' jted D" line steamer Philadel
phla, from La Gnayra, January 2, ,
which left for New York today, asvert
ed that Caraoa wa in a state of op 1
pressed excitement whet the tteamer,
left Venexuelau waters; that President.
Castro' ttoops had defeated the lnsur- J
gent near Cuotiiaua aud that a com ,
paratively unimportant mutiny among
the troop in the barrack at Caraca
had been quelled. They also reported ,
that the Venezuelan congreea would
meet February 20 to legalize the act of
President Castro, rvno, since the expe
dition of Anarade, has been a dictator,
acting without electoral sanction. It
waa farther gathered frrtm the p me ti
gers that general uprising might
take place about the time of the as
sembling of oongiess, hut that the Na
tionalist party, a promiuent organisa
tion In Venezuela, hnd offered it erv
ice to Castro to maintain peace.
field Up by Drunken Ysquls.
Tucson, Aria., Feb. 1. La Ca
nanea, the mining camp of the Green
Consolidated Mining Company, in So!
nora, wa held for three day by ft '
band of Yaqui Indiana, and the people
of the caiup were at the mercy of the
Indian. It seems that a large number
of the Indian who are employed at
the camp got drunk when paid and pur ,
chased all the mescal in the camp.
The Mexican police were driven from
the camp and held outside by a nom- j
ber ol Yaqnia. Their guns were taken
from them, and the Yaquia also took '
gun from Americana who attempted
to interfere with them. There were a
number of serious cutting affrays, but
no one waa killed. The Americaua set
about to quiet the Indiana and sober
them, and, with the assistance of the
Mexican cavalrymen, were successful
in qoellicg the drunken rebellion.
Creek Trouble Ended.
Henrietta, I. T., Feb. I. Peace
among the warring Creeks has appar
ently been reached, and all that uow
remaiua to be doue is to give Chitto
Hatjo, the chief Snake, who ha caused
ail the trouble, a pnlimiuary boariug
and send him to Muskogee for trial for
treason. In the meantime a few more
of the minor leader will he arrested
and the troop of cavalry ondery Lieu
tenant Dixon will probably remain
here few day longer, until the last
vestige of an uprising haa disappeared.
LaBt night the Indians burned signal
fire on the hill surrounding the
town, and, fearing an attack, the sol
diers remained up until daylight,
armed and ready for instant action,
but the Indians attempted no depreda
tiona. ' ' -
New German Warships, j
Berlin, Feb. 1, According to the
Berlin Poet, eight new German war
ships will be placed n commission this
year, lnoluding the battleship Wil
helm der Groase, with a displacement
of 1U152 tons: the twin vessel Kaiser
DrabaroBsn and Kaiser Karl der Grosse,
the cruiser Prina Heinriob, with a dis
placement of 8,081 tons, and four
small cruisers, each of 2,600 tons.
Five battleships, one armored cruiser
and one gunboat are building, and two
battleship, one armored cruiser and
three proteoted cruisers will be placed ;
under contract during the present year.
Jap Soldiers Killed by Explosion.
Shanghai, Feb. 1. The North China
Daily News asserts that while a quan
tity of Chinese gunpowder was being
destroyed at Shan Kal Wan there was
an explosion and 40 Japanese soldiers
were killed.
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Interesting Events and Gossip of
Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho.
OREGON..
The nine Mountain Ice Company of
Perry, I storing ice at the rate of 600
ton day.
An old man of the nam of Webster
was found dead In bis cabin on Dead
wood a few days ago.
Ilalnler school district baa levied
special tax of 13 mill. The total tax
in Rainer district i 41 mill.
O. W. William ba sold the Vender
tnulen farm, near Island City, contain
ing- 157 acre, to ft Mr. Stein, ft late
arrival from Utah, for f 9,600.
J. Ponner' grocery store at Paker
City wa burned. He bad an insur
ance of $400. The stock waseoiall.
The machinery in Clayton Pros
broom-handle factory at Coqullle, is
iieine moved to ft place eight mile be
low Candon.
Malcolm McFarlane ha resigned a
Jostle of the peace at Westport pre
cinct, and David West was appointed
by tbe county court to succeed him.
The breaking of the boom on the
Sloalaw during tbe late flood caused
heavy loss of logs belonging to loggers
on that stream, but the Lake creek log
gers report their losses were sojal'.
Tbe Astoria Box Company is mak
ing preparations to increase the cspae
ity of it box factory. Tbe old ma
chinery ia being replaced by the most
improved kind, and several new ma
chines are to be added. . ,
A fine team of horses was killed at
a logging camp near Perry. A tree, in
falling knocked another tree down,
which felt in an unlocked for diiec
tion and struck the borses, killing
the a almost instantly,
Sara White, an old and vell kown
resident of Kerby, was drowned in the
Illinois river. He bad been at Kerby
and started home iu an Intoxicated
condition. He succeeded in crossing
the river, but after landing walked
about dated and fell into the river.
Andrew Hook, miner was acci
dentally killed near Rre valley. He
was working alone at the time and
was in tbe act of placing a Jift of tim
bers when a cave-in occurred. One of
the timbers struck tbe unfortunate
man on the side of bis bead, breaking
hi neok.
Mr. George F. Eglin died at Cor-
vallu of pleuro-pneumnnia. She was
native of Dallas. Or., and waa united
in marriage to George F. Eglin at Al
abny, October 20, 1884. Her maiden
name wa Cynthia Ellen Mount. She
wa aged 84 year. Tbe aurvivor are
ft hnibaud and four children.
Jacob L. Myers, a Mexican war vet
eran, died at the Soldiers' borne at
Poeeburg, aced 79 years. He was one
of the oldest members of tbe home.
having entered the institution soon after
its opening. Tbe remains were
shipped to Olympia, Wash., for inter
ineut. A tine Jersey cow was stolen 'rom
W. II. Lindsley, who reside on the
Sheridan farm, near Uoseburg. A few
day latter ft stranger, probably a
tramp, appeared at the Chad wick
farm, near Myrtle creek, and sold tbe
cow to Mr. Chadwick for $20 and has
not been beard of since.
Mrs. Bay li. Watts, who has been
appointed postmistress of Reuben,
Or., baa filled out her bond and sub
scribed to the oath of office. Tbe Ken
ben office will be in operation as soon
as the papers can be returned from
Washington. The office was ditcon-,
tlnued about five years ago.
A man. supposed to be a hobo, took
two shots at Nightwatohmsn Nunn, of
Cottage Grove. Tbe officer called tbe
marshal and others to bis assistance,
and set out in pursuit 01 his would-be
murderer. The man, with two others,
was lc ated in the brush near town,
but as the , night was dark, it was im
pos? bile to effect a -capture. The
nightwatchman hnd been keeping close
watch on a suspicious character who
was about town, and he is quite cer
tain that this man was his assailant
Lobeo & Parry, who are construct
ing a water system for Seaside and tbe
property adjacent to it, expect to have
their plant in operation before May 1.
The city of Seaside is amending its
charter so as to give them it franchise,
aud the county court will grant them
the right to lay pipes across the coun
ty bridge over the Necanicum. The
source of water supply is in the hills
about two miles east of Seaside, which
has been secured, as well as the site
for the reservoir and the right of way
for the piping. The supply of pure
mountain water is estimated at seven
miner's inches, which is much more
than necesuary at present and it can be
doubled at very little expense. The
cost of construction of the plant will
not be great, so the service will b a
relatively cheap one for tbe consumers.
' ,.. ...
the Past Week Reported From
WASHINGTON.
A high school 1 to be established at
Yakima City.
J. 8. Kikendale, a carpenter dropped
dead while at work near that place.
Deceased was 65 years old.
Tbv citizens of Summervllje have
organized a co-operative creamery as
sociation and tOi-td nflimra
siv . iir u t. 11
?
tbe Wiehkak about 15 miles, while en
gaged in logging offered fracture of
both bis leg by a capstan.
Spencer Jones, of Wilbur, killed
large cooger near that place. The
animal measured 6 feet 9 inches from
tip to tip and weigh 3d 60 pound.
The Legal Tender, in Keller camp,
ha resumed work with one shift, and
is to enlarge its force shortly. The
Pomiue, ' adjoining it, started work
this week.
The Inland Telephone Company's
service i to be extended from Jorth
Yakima to Moxee and Suunyside, and
thence to Walla Walla to connect with ,
tbe line to Spokane.
Upward of 20 teams are engaged in '
hauling ice to the various ice bouses of
Republic. Every available team has j
been pressed into service. Tbe quality '
of ice could not be better.
Information has been received of an
explosion in mine No. 7 at Franklin,
whereby two men were killed and sev
eral persons injured. State Mine in
spector Owen has been summoned.
F. E. Thompson, of Parker, has con
tracted bis bop crop to be grown on! 24
acres to New York people for 1 1 cents
per pound, Tbe bops are to be deliv
ered . in October at Simcoe station.
The estimated crop is placed at 40,000.
The Big Bend flour mill at Daven
port, whicn bas been running single
shift for so m time on account of sick
nesa among the men, is again running
night and day.
Its shipments for Jan-
nary will be 7.650 barrels.
Gene Johnson, 17 years old, acci
dentally shot himself with a 33 caliber
revolver while out hunting sear Lo
rene. The ball entered the young
man's leg above tbe knee, passing un
der tbe knee cap and out oo the oppo
site side.
J. W. Harper's store at Palouse,
was burglarized and lot of cigars.
candy, tobacco, etc, secured. The,
store was entered throe gb a rear win
dow which was broken. John Powers,
aged 14, wa arrested and confessed !
the crime. j
Frank and Ephriam Miller have
leased tbe Dodge coal mine, which was
recently opened up on Coal creek, east
of Chehalis, and will operate the prop
erty. Two coal mines are now being
worked at Chehalis supplying the local
demand and shipping some coal t)
outside points.
The Gettysburg Mining, Milling &
Townsite Company filed art ices of.
incorporation. The company is capl-J
taliaed for 1,000,000 $1 shares. The
incorporators are: P. C. Shine and
C. G. Pence, ot Spokane, and J. G.
Scribner, A. Coolin and A. E. Coolin,
of Coolin, Idaho.
Natural gas and oil are reported to
have been discovered in large, quanti
ties on the farm of M. F. Mitchell,
toutb of Walla Walla Several leases
have already been secured by E. K.
McCoy, who s bere from Spokane in
the interest of a California syndicate,
and the sinking of oil wells, and pros
pecting for the source of the gas,
whioh is said to be in paying quanti
ties, will begin at once.
The Selah Valley Canal Company
has put ft force of 30 men at work im
proving and enlarging the canal which
irrigates tbe lands ot Selah valley.
About 200,000 feet of lumber for flam
ing purposes have been hauled by
teams from North Yakima and will be
pnt in place within the next few
weeks. This is the only irrigating en
terprise in Central Washington, where
the hillsides ar farmed and planted
to orchards and vinyards.
IDAHO.
Fire at the mammoth compressor at
Wallaoe inflicted a loss of about $500,
fully insured. "
E. B. Blaine, an employee in M. D.
Wright's logging camp, was caught by
a log and severely crushed.
The bridge that will support the
flume for tbe new flour mill at Kund
rick is un der construction.
Chris Teissan, the Clearwater sheep
man, is having plans drawn for a
three-story pressed brick struoture at
Lewiston.
Miss Dorcas J. Harvey, of Fort Hall
Agency, Idaho, has been appointed
assistant matron at the Fort Belknap,
Mout. Indian-school.
Business Is But In West and South Good Cx
port Demand for Finished Products.
Eradstreet' says: jrJusiness as a
whole ba be,n of larger volume thi
unquestionably stimulated retail busi
ness in boots, shoes, robber good and
clothing, and tbi ba aided in lighten
ing the stocks carried by retailer a
tesult of mild weather heretofore.
More ha been doing, too, in whole
sale line on spring account, and busi
ness in this respect i classed ft fair.
Keport are relatively best from the .
West and South, from which section
advice are that the total January
business compare well with a year
, ago. The contrary la reported from
1 leading , Eastern markets, however,
and the aggregate done bere baa not by
far equaled expectations. Trade col
lection a whole are fait, tee only
! complaint coming from sections where
;nlld mntbtr ba. interfered with tbe
distribution of beavy goods.
The weakness in foundry grade
is chargeable to large buyers who, hav
ing secured their early wants now are
holding aloof, and sto raporta that
'etocksare increasing. A sale of 10.
! 000 tons is ,eported closed at the con-,
cessions noted. Export trade in crude
forms is practically dead, but in fin
iiibwd lines good business is still do
ing in railway material, examples of
i which are shipments of locomtives to
France, steel rails to Mexico and South
Africa, and steel billets to England.
Heavy calls for pipe are repotted from
tbe n6W oil district in Texas.
Wheat, including flour shipments,
for the week aggregate 8,775,100 bush
els, against 4,838.678 bushels last
week.
Failures ia the United States for
the last weok of January number 238,
as against 281 last week.
Canadian failures for tbe week num
bet 27, as compared with ?4 last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, new yellow, 52 S 2.75.
Lettuce, hot house, $1.60 per
Potatoes, new. $18.
Beets, per sack, $1. 10 1.25.
Turnips, per sack, 75o.
Squash 2c.
Carrots, per sack, 75c
Parsnips, per sack, $1.25 1.50.
Celery -50o do.
Cabbage, native and California.
' So per pounds.
Butter Creamery, 30c; dairy, It 9
18c; ranch, 16c 18o pound.
Cheese 14c
Eggs Ranch, 28c; Eastern 83e.
Pnn1tvv13n- rii-MtaAil- nativa MfW
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$19.00.
Corn -Whole, $23.00: cracked. $24;
feed meal, $24.
Barley Rolled or Aground, per ton,
$20. .
FlourPatent, per barrel, $3.40;
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat
Hour, $3.25; rye flour, $3. 80 4. 00.
Millstaffs Bran, per ton, 115.00;
shorts, per ton, $16.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
, middlings, per ton, f 23; oil cake meal,
per ton, $29.00,
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beel
steers, price 8c; cows, 1c muttoa
thi pork, 8c; trimmed, 10c; veal, 10c.
Hams Large, HMc; small, HSi
breakfast bacon, ISc; dry salt sides,
8Kc. .
Portland Market
Wheat Walla, Walla. 5556o;
Valley, nominal; Bluestem, 68o per
bushel.
Flour Beet grades, $3.40; graham,
$2.60. v
Oats Choice white, 42c; choice
gray, 41o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew
ing, $16.50 per ton. -
Millstaffs Bran, $15.50 ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $18; chop, $16 pes
ton.
. Hay Tiunothy,$12 12.50; clover,$T
9.60; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 45 50c;
atore. 32)60..
Eggs 25operdoen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14o; new cheese 10
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3. Ta
per dozen; hens, $3.75; springs,
$2.00(33.50; geese, $6.00 8.00 dos;
ducks, $5.006.00 per dozen; turkeys,
live, llo per pound.
Potatoes 4550oper sack; sweets,
lKo per pouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75o;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, I Ho per pound; parsnips, 88c;
onions, $2(3)2.25; carrots. 75c
Hops New crop, 12 14o per
pound.
Wool Valley, 1314o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, I0l2o; mohair, 91
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wether
and ewes, SKc; dressed mutton, $H
7o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.79;
light and feeders, $5.00; dressed,
$5.506.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.504.(HI;
cows, $3.0033.50; dressed beef,
7o per pound.
Veal Large,
9o per pound.
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