HAILED flllDS
Filipinos Warmly Welcome Amer
lean Commissioners.
VflCN ON THEIR fIRST TRIP NORTH
Judge Taft snd till Associate Havt Gone to
Bacolor to Orinlz Provincial Govern-menl-Bulucan
Will Next Be Vbltcd
Sun Fernando, Province of Pampan
ga, 1 aland o( Liisoo, I'hilippluHn, Feb.
14. Bacolor and nil the towns adjacent
to the railroad, which names are hit
torlo on Mcoount ot the fierce battles of
the enrlior period of tlx American oo
duration, turned out to welcome the
United States Philippine commission
It procee Jed northward, on its first
trip to orgaohe provincial govern
ment. At every station, including
the hamlet where the train did not
top, there were bursts of musla from
the native band and cheer for the
American commission and the partido
federalo. The ciowd at Mnlolos, the
former aeat of the insurgent govern
ment, wu smaller, in proportion to
the population, than at the villages.
At all the stops addresses were deliv
ered by the native, and responses
were made by Judge Taft, the preai
dent of the commission; Professor
Worcester, General Floret, Chief Jns
tice Arellno and Dr. Tavers, president
of the Federal petty. The native re
peatedly declared the people were be
ginning to understand the porpoae of
the Americana, adding that the com
inlaMion'e act showed Jti promUea
would be kept.
Judge Taft told the people of the
town in Bulucan province that a pro
vincial government will shortly be
established there. The American party
lighted at Fan Fernando, paused tin'
!er an arcb of welcome and was
greeted by the military and hundreds
of children waving Amerloin flags and
singing "1111 Columbia." The entire
American party was then driven to Ba
color, capital of the province of Pam
panga, where they will be cordially
entertained tomorrow, and ontll apply
ing the provincial government to l'am
panga, there will be publlo discus
aion of the laws enacted.
General Grant receive, I Information
that a band of Tarlao insurgent Is ap
proaching for the purpose ot harassing
. the people of Bacolor. He bat sent
ftcout out after them. '
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
Cljht Officer and Sivcnty Mm Give Up
th rijht.
Manila, Feb. 14. An insurgent col
onel, 8imon Techon, seven Insurgent
olllccrs and 70 men, with 60 guns,
have surrendered unconditionally to
Captain Coolea. of the Thirty-fifth regi
ment, at San Miguel de Mayomo.
In a fight at Bibuyan, Batangas, the
rebel general, Malba is reported to
have been killed. Six insurgent offi
cer and 20 men were captured.
Marlquina is the scene ot an Im
mense peace meeting of the . Federal
party.
The Women's Teace league met at
Joriue Taft' bouae today. Fenotlta
l'olile attempted to introduce a resolu
tion requiring tbeteleaseof the impris
oned Insurgents. Mrs. Taft and other
kdiea spoke on a resolution urging the
insurgents to surrenJor. This was
adopted instead of Senorlta Poble'a.
BOILER-MAKER'S GOOD LUCK.
Bonds Mine In North for Quarter of a MIL
lion Dollars.
Port Townsend, Wash., Feb. 14. A
mining deal was consummated here to
day of more than usual interest, owing
to the amount involve, ana tnat tt
transfers a ma;i from the ranks of pov
erty to afiluenoe. Ertck Molander, a
boiler maker, of this city, who bad in
vested his earnings in Mount Sicker,
It. C.. mining property by hiiing
claims staked (or him on extension of
Tyee and Lenora claims, has bonded
his holdings to London and Paris in
ver-tora for $250,000. The papers were
made out and signed today, Molander
spent laat season at Nome, but failed to
- make bis fortune. He returned on the
steamer Charles Lan, aud when her
boilers gave out and the vessel was in
danger of swamping, he repaired tbe
toilers so that the steamer, with 800
passengers, reached port In safety, and
for which he was presented with $500.
Silk Weavers Locked Out.
Scranton, Pa., Feb. 14. The strike
of the 4,000 silk workers In Scranton
has resulted in a lookout. The mill
owners and managers today declared
they will not reopen their mills nntil
the girls are willing to resume at the
wages whioh were, offered nearly two
weeks ago and in whioh there was a
concession of 25 cents a week to each
employe. The strikers are determined
to stay ont nntil their demands shall
be granted. They have a sked all silk
workers in the country for moral and
material assistance, requesting them
to strike if the mills at which they
are employed handle material from the
ficranton mill
CALM.
But Martial Law Will Continue Throughout
Carnival Week.
Madrid, Feb. 18. The minuter of
the interior, fcenor Urgarte, in the
course of an interview, anaerted that
calm reigned in the provinces and that
if the aaiue pacific behavior of the peo
ple continued after the carnival next
week, martial law could he discontin
ued in Madrid and throughout Spain,
sicept in Catalonia. Madrid retnaius
perfectly calm, although the talk of
the probable change of minis try after
the carnival it very strong.
All the troops have been withdrawn,
and the censorship is leas vigorous, but
no reference to the disorders of the
past few days Is permitted to appear.
All dispatches are now revised and de
layed. The str-tets are now guarded
by only the ordinary number of police.
The weather la bitterly cold and not
conducive to mob manifestations.
There is not the slightest fonndatlon
for the statement circulated In the
United States, on the authotity of
nawr. isnfl that tha ffnv.rnm.nt had
placed restrictions on the sending of
messages regarding the royal wedding.
Two persons were killed and several
others wounded yesterday at Grenada,
The count and countess of CaserU
arrived at Uendays, France, today.
They met with no special incident en
route and continued the Journey to
Niee. - -'
Cause of Disturbances.
New York, Feb. 18. A special to
the Times from Washington aays:
The disturbances which General
Weyler is now trying to quell, are not,
it is said by persons familiar with the
situation, of either Carl 1st or Itepubli
can origin, although both parties are
no doubt active in trying to take ad
vantage of the trouble. It is declared
that the nnrltdug is In reality an out
break of the discontented. Those tak
ing part In it com prise all classes of
malcontent, and it causes are like
those whioh brought about the French
revolution.
Poverty has been Increasing, the
burden of taxation has been growing
heavier, and the laboring classes are
ripe for revolution. At the same time
tbe ruling dynasty is unpopular. All
these complications and a number of
others have brought about a widespread
feeling of unrest, and great events are
looked for in Spain unless the incipient
revolution is quelled.' Spain has been
tending toward a rebellion for tome
time. ' '- -
HARD LABOR FOR LIFE.
Sentence to the Rebel Officer Who Captured
- the Yorktown Party. '-
Washington, Feb. 18. According to
mail advicrs from the Philippines,
Captain Novioo. the insurgent officer
who commanded the band whicb cap
tured Lieutenant Gil more and party,
has been sentenced to imprisonment at
ban labor for life, on tbe charges of
having permitted one of Gllmore's
party to be borled alive. The victim
was a sailor named McDonald.
. Surrender in Buiacan District.
Washington, Feb. 18. Newa of an
sther important surrender in tbe Phil
ippines is contained in the following
dispatch reoeived at the war depart
ment from General MacArthnr:
"Manila, Feb. 18. Adjotant-Gen-ernl,
Washington One hundred and
twelve riflea and 1,500 rounds of am
munition snrrendeied. at Ilaganoy,
Feb. 13, mostly from supply secreted
in contiguous swamps. The incident
is important, and Indicates a great re
action favorable to Atnerioan interests
in region of Buiacan, heretofore one of
the worst in Luzon. ' The result is ac
complished exclusively by the long
continued, intelligent and persistent
efforts ot officers of the Third infan
try." ,
Engagements With Insurgents.
Manila, Feb. 18. Colonel Cronln,
and 80 of the Thirty-third regiment
have looated 100 Insurgents at Candon,
South llooos. Captain Green with 50
men, met a foroe of tbe enemy at San
ta Maria. Tbe insurgents, who were
commanded by Tino, hid behind stone
1 walls on a steep mountainside. There
was bard fighting for three hours.
Then Tino abandoned bis position and
retreated southward.
Gold discoveries of some importance
have been made In the province of Le
panto. . , ' "
Car Jumped the Track.
Pittsburg, Feb, 18. A oar on the
Hamilton line jumped the traok to
night, at the corner of Sixth and Ham
ilton avenue, and toppled over against
the curb completely wrecking the oar
and injuring 20 or more passengers
four of them severely.
To Stop Cans Rushes,
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 16. The
Tale faoulty has abolished the time
honored custom ot granting a holiday
; to the undergraduates on Washington's
birthday. The aotlon ot the faculty
has excited much disousston among
the undergraduates, and an attempt
will be made to have the day restored.
February 22 is annually the date when
the Yale sophomores wear high hats
aud carry canes for the first time, and
when the freshmen "rush" the sopho
I mores and "take" the fenoe.
SPAIN IS AGAIN
15 lil (ill
Dewet Engaged a British Force
Near Philipstown.
CROSSED ORANGE RIVER AT SAND DRIFT
The Innlskllilngi Charged the Enemy Who Left
five Killed and Six Wounded
Tea Boers Were Captured.
London, Feb. 16. The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener:
"Pretoria, Feb. 15. Our troops are
now engaged with Christian Dewet'i
force north of rhillpatown, which wo
bold, Dewet having crossed the Orange
river at Sand Drift, apparently moving
west.
"French, reporting from a point 25
mile southeast of Ermelo, states that
a large force of tbe enemy is being
driven on the Piet Kief, their efforts to
break back having so far been frus
trated. The Inniskilllngs charged the
enemy, who left five killed and six
wonnded on tbe ground. Ten Boers
were captured, and there was a large
capfare of wagons, carts and , cattle.
Onr casualties were one killed and five
wonnded.'1
The Kvenlng Kews prints a dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Thursday,
February 14, which says:
"The government here is advised
that Christian Dewet and ex-President
Steyn entered Cape Colony and occu
pied Philipstown. The British attack
ed them yesterday and drove them out
of tbe town with loss."
" Cape Town, Feb. 16. A Boer com
mando crossed tbe Orange river yester
day. In the Philipstown district. It is
reported that Dewet was in command.
Van Wyksvlei was occupied Moudey
by 800 Boers who were retreating from
Calvinla. The Boers are reported in
forte 24 miles west of Carnarvon. A
Boer convoy of 65 wagons and 45 pris
oners has been captoied north ot Am
terdam.
Boers Near Cape Town.
London, Feb. 16. It is reported from
Cupe Town that the wife ot Comamnd
ant Botha left Pretoria with a military
escort to endeavor to get her husband
to surrender.
Tbe Boers tried onsnocessf ally to
destroy a culvert near Cape Town. Se
vere fighting ensued, the Boers leaving
three killed and 23 wounded. The
British lost one killed and two woundt A,
Boers Worsted at Aberdeen.
Cape Town, Feb. 16. Fighting la
reported to have taken place near Aber
deen Friday and Saturday last, the
Boers being worsted.
CHICAGO HOTEL FIRES.
Attempts Were Mad to Bum Four Structures
Robbery During the Excitement
Chicago, Feb. 16. Flames were
started simultaneously on four floors of
the Palmer House this afternoon, and
45 minntea later were discovered on
two floors in the Great Northern hotel.
Two men supposed to be hotel
thieves were seen to run from the
Palmer house. During the excite
ment, $500 worth of jewelry was stolen
from one of the rooms ot the Great
Northern. A boat the same time, a
blaze of light was discovered in the
Sherman houro. Another fire of sus
picions origin bad been discovered
only 24 hours before. The fires con
vince the police that an organised
gang of incendiaries is operating in
Chicago. Good desciiptions have been
secured of the two men who were seen
running from tbe Palmer house, and
a number of detectives are at work on
the case. The four fires, with the olr
cum stances attending them, were:
Palmer House Four fires started
simultaneously in baskets of linen on
different floors. Towels saturated
with kerosene weie found. The fire
was extinguished by guests and em
ployes. Two suspeots were seen, bnt
allowed to escape. Damage nominal.
Great Northern Hotel Simultan
eous fires were discovered on the II and
J floors. Odor of kerosene on II floor.
J. 8. Frieat, ot New York, reported
that $500 worth ot jewelry had been
stolen fiora his room. Damage of
$1,600 by fire and small panto among
the guests.
Sherman House The blase was on
the upper floor and was attended with
little commotion. Damage, $100.
Hotel Grace Fire ot suspicious
origin discovered in a linen closet.
Damage nominal.
The most dangerous fire in the
Palmer house waa on the fifth floor.
It was extingulahed at personal risk
by John M. Mo Williams, Jr., a senior
at Princeton university. The police
agree that all the flies were incendiary
and tonight every important down
town hostelry was guarded by a "detail
of officers in plain clothes, watohing
for the men suspected of having started
the fires These officers, as well as
the hotel managers, have the theory
that the blase waa started by some dis
charged hotel employe who wished to
satisfy his grudge and was able to do
so through his intimate knowledge of
opportunities. ' ,
- SIX WERE KILLED.
Ffvt Pamntjeri and Fireman on Wrecked Train
As Many Seriously Injured. '
Wlnnemocca, Nev., Feb. 10. The
eastbonnd overland limited Southern
1'acifSc train, officially known as No. 2,
was wrecked at 6;20 o'clock yesterday
morning at a point 27 miles west ot
this place, while running at a speed of
CO miles an hour, the train went into
n washed out cnlvert. and the result
was the worst wreck known on this
division of the road. Six persons were
killed and nix injured.,
The disaster occurred at point
where an embankment 8 feet high
crosses a ravine. Melting enow from
a. i a i - -
me mountains cauaeu a neavy rusn oi ; teV gpecUlly cheerful reports come
water which broke through the eni- frora the shoe and leather, the lumber
bankment some time during be night. ftnd boa trades, the strength of
The washout was aboot 75 feet in ce- of tbe i,tter bsvimj been in
width, and into the raging torrent the pra-.ft(1 hv thm tlk f nn,w ,nnM.
! Ill-fated train plunged without warn-
Ing, The engine nearly cleared the
break before the rails gave way, tbe
tender falling back. The mail car
and composite car followed into tbe
chasm, tbe composite car telescoping
( the first of the Pollinan sleepers nearly
! half its length.
Two sleepers and tbe dining car re
mained on tbe track.
I The bodies ot two men, evidently
tramps, who were stealing a ride, are
In tbe wreckage.
Train No. 4, the eastbonnd express,
was following the limited train very
closely, and tbe rear brakeman of tbe
latter had only a few minutes in
which to flag No. 4 and prevent a rear
end collision.
At 7:20 A. M. a special train left
this place for the scene of the wreck,
carrying doctors and nurses, and the
injured were given every attention pos
sible, being taken to the hotel at Mill
City, the nearest station. The dead
and injured were later taken back to
Wadaworth on a special train, and
will be carried on to Fan Francisco.
It will be two or three days before
tbe track can be put In condition so
that tbe running of trains may be re
sumed. It will be necessary first to
build a trestle acrows the chasm in
which tbe recked cars are lying.
OVERPOWERED THE JAILER.
Nine Prisoners In the Spokane County Jail
Escape Officer Cave Pursuit
Spokane, Feb. 19. Arthur Spencer,
ot San Francisco, charged with imper
sonating a United States officer, and
eight other ptrfponers overpowered
Jailer Thompson in the Spokane county
Jail this morning and are now at large.
Thompson says he was seized from
behind by prisoners who were hiding
behind a door, waa beaten in 0 insen
sibility, robbed of keys and revolver
and gagged to prevent an outcry.
When the jailer got loose he took a
Winchester and -went out to look for
the escaped men. He spied a citizen
who, frightened by the jailer's appear
ance, started to run. The jailer gave
pursuit and began to shoot at the man,
who finally waa rescued by a jury out
for an airing.
Posses bare been sent out every
where, but not one of the jail breakers
has been sighted.
NEGRO WAS LYNCHED.
Killed s Man and tils Family and Ransacked
the House.
New Orleans, Feb. 19. Thomas
Jackson, a Negro, was lynched today
at St. Peter, 20 miles above this city,
for a series of crimes. This morning
he visited tbe home of Alexander Boor-
: geoi. tbe engineer of the drainage
machine on Bellepoint plantation, some
, distance from the plantation quarters.
He told Bourgeois the manager wanted
him, and the engineer mounted the
tricycle with ' the Negro. Jackson
' stabbed tbe engineer in the back and
j threw the body into a di.ch. Be then
returned to the house and butchered
Mrs. Bourgeois and ber two babies and
ransacked the house. Two boys visit
ing the family hid in the woods. After
the negro's departure the boys went to
St. Peter and gave the alarm, return
ing with a mob ot several hundred
men. Tbe 2iegro was tracked to his
home and fully identified by the boys.
He was banged and his body rid died
with bullets before the sheriff arrived.
Composer Nevln Dead. ;
New Haven, Conn., Feb 19. Eth
elbert Nevln, musician and composer,
died suddenly bere today of heart dis
ease. Mr. Kevin came to New Haven
about five weeks ago to be associated
with professor Parker, of Yale univer
sity, in his muscial work. Ethel bert
Nelvn was born in Neviuacre, Pa., in
1863. As a oopmoser, Mr. Nevin at
tained a name hardly second to any
musician, and his songs are known
throughout the continents. Among
these are "The Rosary," "Naroissns,"
"Good Night," "Good Night, Belov
ed," and an arrangement ot Heins'
"The Heiden Roeslein."
Mexican Troops Defeated Indians.
Mexico City, Feb. 19. The federal
troops had another engagement with
Maya Indians yesterday, and the troops
turned their flank and drove them from
all their fortified places. The new,
Manser rifles are found to be extremely
elective against the enemy.
BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
Trad Advices
Are Reported
CheerfuL
to be More
Bradatreet's says: Trade advices are
rather more cheerful. This applies as
much as to current retail business
which baa been enlarged with wintry
weather as it does to the opening
spring trade whicb finds stimulation)
I in the general confidence felt as to the
general outlook for the year. Prices
show exceptional strength, all things
considered, the one weak spot being raw
cotton whicb shares the rather nsual
' tone manifested by the cotton growers
and yarn markets. Foreign demand
for onr breadstuff has been rather bet-
A.tinnm ,itfmtl(r)l th .ninm.nf tm.tr....
la restricted irom toe same cause.
Failures are smaller than of late and
current railroad earnings show large
gains over good returns of a year ago.
Despite the check given to business
by the talk of consolidations, a fii
volume of trade is doing at all leading
iron markets, and tbe adavnees in
these columns last week are firmly
held. Bessemer pig is still selling at
$18.25 at valley furnaces, equivalent
to $14 at Pitteubrg and sales of 10,000
tons are reported. Immediate deliver
ies of steel billet still cost 50 cents to
$1 more than pool price $19.75. Chi
cago reports mannfactorers' price lists
withdrawn pending the consolidation,
bnt that billets are $3 a ton higher on
sales of 20,000 tons.
Wheat, inculding flour shipments,
for the week agrgegate 4,814,878 bush
els, against 4,997,813 last week.
Falluea for tbe week in tha United
States numbered 226 as against 850 last
week. .
Canadian failures numbered 89.
against 84 last week. .
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market
Onions, new yellow, $2.50 ($3.
Lettuce, hot house, $1.60 per case.
Potatoes, new. $18.
Beets, per sack, $1.
Turnips, per sack, 75o.
Squash 2c.
Carrots, per sack, 75c
Parsnips, per sack, $1.2531.50.
Celery 60o doz.
Cabbage, - native and California.
2o per pounds.
Butter1 Creamery, 25c; dairy, 15
18 04 ranch, 16c 18o pound.
Cheese 14c.
Eggs Ranch, 20c; Eastern 20c.
Poultry 13c; dressed, native chick
ens, 13 He; turkey, 15o.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$19.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $24;
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; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat
flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Mills tuff s 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 8c; cows, iHc; mutton
7?i; pork, 8c; trimmed, 10c; veal, 10c.
Hams Large, 1 1 He; small, UXl
breakfast bacon, 13?c; dry salt sides,
8 He - S
Portland Market
Wheat Walla Walla. 55o; Valley,
nominal; Blnestem, 66 Ko per bushel.
Flour Best gradee, $3.40; graham,
$2.60.
Oats Choice white, 45o; choice
gray, 43o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew
ing, $16.50 per ton.
Millfltoffa Bran, $16.00 ton; mid
KOlingB, ftl.DU, BWUkB, fio.uvi uuuy,
I $16 per ton.
Hay Timothy ,$ 1 2 1 2 .50 ; clover,? 7
9.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 6055o;
store, 27 Ho.
Eggs 170 per dozen.
Cheese Oregon fall cream, 13c;
Young America, 14o; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60
per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2.003.50; geeee, $6.007.00 doz;
ducks, $5.00(96.00 per dozen; turkeys,
live, llo per pound.
Potatoes 45 50o per sack; sweets,
$1:65 per lOOpouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips,
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound;
75o;
cab-
bage, 1?40 per pound; parsnips,
onions, $2 2.25; carrots, 75c.
Hops New crop, 1214o
85o;.
per
ponnd.
Wool Valley, 1814o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 1012o; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
$475; ewes, $4.50; dressed mutton,
6K7o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choica heavy, $5.25;
light and feeders, $5.00; dressed,
67o per pounds.
Beef Gross, top eteers, $l.504.7o;
cows, $4.00(34.60; dressed beef, 6
7o per pound.
Veal Large, 7 7 o; small, 8 $
So per pound.