SHAFTER
fie
Ou
150 PERSONS
DROWNED
the Way From London to New
York, She Struck the Kocks in a
Terrible Gale,
London, Oct. 17. — The Atlantic
Transportation Company^ steamer
Mohegan, formerly the Cleopatra, of
the
Wilson-Futness-Leyland
line,
which left Loinion for New York yes
terday with 50 passengersand a crew of
150, is ashore off the Lizard, between
the Manacles and the lowlands.
It is rumored that there has been a
gteat loss of life.
A coast guard message reports that
the passengers are “drowning like
rate.”
Anothei account says: “Bodies are
washing ashore, one being that of a
lady lashed to a plank, with both legs
severed.”
Particulars of the disaster aie diffi
cult to obtain.
It appears tiiat when
the Mohegan struck a gale was blowing
and the sea was running high.
Lifeboats put off from theLizaid and
from Falmouth, one returning filled
with passengers. Seveial were drowned,
however, it is reported, on the passage
-of the lifeboat to the shoie.
Another
lifeboat saved six poisons.
Tiie coast at that point is extremely
dangerous, and has been the scene of
numerous wrecks.
Some years ago
there was a movement set on foot to get
a lightship placed there, but it failed.
A dispatch from Falmouth says the
Mohegan foundered and was probably
blown ashore by the heavy east wind
after her machinery was disable«.
All the Falmouth tugs went out but
were unable to approach the vessel.
A lifeboat has landed 80 of the Mohe
gan's passengers and returned for more.
One lady died after she was brought
ashote. It is rumored that the position
of the Mohegan is serious and assistance
is urgently needed.
According to a dispatch just received i
from Falmouth, out of 200 passengers
constituting the passengersand crew of
the Mohegan, only 31 have been saved.
This intelligence was forwarded from
the coast guard by telephone to Fal
mouth. The coast guards are watch
ing for bodies and wreckage. The life
boats have gone intc Port Houstock.
The steamer Mohegan, then the Cleo
patra, arrived at New York on August
12 last, on her maiden trip from Lon-
Mon. She is a single-screw steel vessel
•of 4,510 tons register, 480 feet long by
5'2 feet beam, and about 86 feet in
depth of hold.
She had accommoda
tion for 125 passengers and a capacity
for between 7,000 and 8,000 toiiB of
freight and 500 cattle.
Her com
mander is Captain Griffiths, commodore
■of the Atlantic Transportation Com
pany’s fleet.
She is one of the five
vessels recently purchaser! from the
Wilson-Furness-Leyiand line by the
Atlantic Transportation Company to
replace the Mohawk. Mobile, Mars,
Michigan and Mississippi, which were
sold to the United States government to
be used as transports.
COMMERCE
OF
THE
Will Be Increased by the Retention of
the Philippine«.
Plot Against Emperor William.
Alexandria, Egypt, Oct. 17.—The
Alexandria police have arrested nine
Italian anrachists since last night, and
have thereby frustrated a plot against
Emperor William, now on hie way to
the Holy Land, to be present at the
consecration of the Church of the Savioi
at Jerusalem. The first arrested was
a cafe keeper, a well-known anarchist,
in whose house the police discovered
two wire bombs of great strength and
full of bullets. This arrest was made
in consequence of the notification from
the Italian consul-general at Cairo that
two anarchists hail left Cairo for Port
Said._________________
IIow the Spaniard*
Santiago.
EXPLOSION
Lost
DAWSON
QUARTZ
MINES.
Future of the City Depends Epon Their
Development*
Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 17.—J. H.
Hold, of Chicago, who is just down
from Cassiar, 6ays a gold strike has
been made on Friday river, Three
men took out 485 each from a river bar
in one week.
He M. Sinclair, of Los Angeles, Cal.,
who has just arrived from Dawson,
says the future of Dawson will depend
largely upon the opening of quartz
mines. There have been upwards of
400 quartz claims recorded at Dawson
and some claims in the vicinity of the
city are attracting considerable atten
tion, not on account of the high grade,
but of the immense deposits of gold-
bearing ore.
C. C. Black, who has just returned
from Peach rivei, states that several
prospectors tip there stole provisions
cached by a tribe of Indians which iiad
always been friendly to the whites.
The red men were not long in retaliat
ing. They fired the grass in the dis
trict for miles around. The result was
disastrous to the unscrupulous white
men. Their horses died of starvation,
and, half-starved themselves, they fled
from the country and returned to Omi-
neca. Had they not left the district
the Indian hostilities would hgve been
carried still further.
What Alaska Needs.
PACIFIC.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 17. — D. E.
Brown, general agent of the Canariian
Pacific Railway & Steamship Company
at Hong Kong, speaking todaj’ of the
growth of trade betweeen this country
and the Orient, said:
“The trade of the last five years
should more than double in the next
five years, owing, in the first place, to
increased transportation facilities, and
in the second place to the close lela-
tions that will have to exist hereafter
tetween this country and the Orient as
the result of holding the Philippine
islands. We are perfectly willing that
the United States should hold on to
the Philippine islands, and when once
the matter is definitely settled, and
business is again in full swing, it will
not be long before the commerce of the
Pacific will be as great as that of the
Atlantic. Especially will this be the
case when railroads shall open up China
to the commercial and industrial world,
and make this Northwest coast its
landing point.”
OMAHA.
Omaha, Oct. 17. — Major-General
William R. Shafter was accordeel a
most generous welcome by Omaha to-
iay. When bis train arrived in the
morning a large number qf people had
' gathered at the station to greet the
hero of Santiago. Later, upon the ex
position grounds, the manifestation of
, love and respect for the general were
I everywhere in evidence. This after
noon, in tiie auditorium. General Shaf
ter addressed an audience that filled
| every inch of available space in the
I great building.
His address was a
I plain, matter-of-fact discussion of the
| Cuban campaign, and the simple pre-
> mentation of facts was far more effective
than the most exalte,! oratorical effort
; from one who had not participated in
the struggle.
One or two statements made by the
general are new. lie said that with
the capture of El Caney the campaign
was practically over. It was simply
necessary, he said, to convince the
I Spanish commander that his case was
' hopeless.
“Why the Spaniards surrendered
when they could have abandoned their
position and kept up the war,” he
«aid, “I do not understand, but I be
lieve it was because they had been in
formed that the Spanish government
had decided to give up the fight and
| surrender their soldiers in the eastern
part of the island.”
Assistant Secretary of War Meikle-
jolin made an able address, commend
ing Nebraska’s part in the late war
and denouncing the traducers of the
army. Wu Ting-Fang, the Chinese
mininster, was given a cordial recep
tion.
Senator Thurston spoke elo
quently.
Foundered Off the Lizard
With Great Loss of Life.
OVER
Toirt
AT
I
San Francisco, Oct. 17.—Thomas S.
Nowell, a prominent citizen of Boston,
who has just returned from Alaska,
where he has spent four months an-
naully for the last 13 years, savs that
the district should have a representa
tive in congress and should have the
protection of adequate land laws. He
also thinks that the prohibitory liquor
law originally enforced to protect the
Indians, but now ]s>ssible of evasion
with a great population of white men
and thousands of miles of unguarded
seacoast, should be replaced bv high
license, producing a revenue sufficient
to pay many expenses of the territory.
DARK
DAYS
FOR
FRANCE.
i
London, Oct. 17.—The situation in
Paris is regarded in well-informed
quarters as being more serious than at
any time since the commune. The St.
James’s Gazette this afternoon says:
"A military revolution, however
peaceful, which replaces the Brisson
cabinet with nominees of generals,
would imperil the relatione between
England and France almost to the
breaking point.
Semi-official and
partly inspired Paris papers are still
pretending that negotiations are pro
ceeding between the two governments,
and France believes it, although every
body in England knows the statement
to be ridiculous. Even supposing Major
Marchand is
unconditionally with
drawn from Fashoda, the difficulties
with France will in no way end. Be
hind it lies the whole question of Bahr-
el-Ghazal, the richest prize in the Sou
dan.”
A Southern Pacific Brakeman Killed.
Ashland, Or., Oct. 15.—Charles Sny
der, of Ashland, a Southern Pacific
brakeman, was instantly killed at Zu-
leka, on the south side of the Siskyous,
near the state line, in California, last
night.
'An extra freight train was
switching, and in jumping upon a mov
ing car he missed his footing and was
thrown under the car wheels, which
France Join* Aby**inia.
completely severed his head from hie
Rome, Oct. 17.—The ltalo says: body, besides cutting off one leg and
“France has concluded a treaty with one arm and otherwise shockingly mu
Abyssinia against England in the Fa- tilating hie body.
gàjod» affair.”
Large Amonnt of Bonds Stolen.
Rushing Work on Gunboat«.
Minneapolis, Oct. 17.—It has just
Boston, Oct. 17.—The gunboat Wil leaked out that a week ago burglars
mington hae received sailing orders for broke into the office of the Consolidated
next Tuesday, and simultaneously tne Milling & Hardwood Company, and
navy-yard officials got word to rush after breaking open a safe, escaped with
work on her and have her ready by that 456,000 worth of United States bonds
date without fail even if it was neces of the recent issue. President George
sary to work overtime in all depart Christian received a letter offering to
ments to do so.
Her sister ship, the return them if a reward was advertised
Helena, is under orders already to sail in one of the local papers. The matter
for China the following Tuesday and has been plsced in tbs bands of the
work has been pushed on her rather local authorities.
i
than on the Wilmington.
A
COLLIERY
WEEKLY
Five Miner* Were Killed and Eleven
Injured.
Tells the Commission About
Coast Defenses.
WHAT THE
ENGINEERS
SPENT
Surgeon Hott’’* Tegtiinony a. to the
Conditions
Prevailing
at
Camp
Thutuu*—Expenditure* for Uutterie*.
Washington, Oct. 15.—The state
ment made by General John M. Wil
son, the chief of engineers, to the com
mission investigating the conduct of
the war. was made publie today. Dui-
ing the progress of the war, the follow
ing additions were made to tiie coun
try armament:
Armament was placed in positioin
for six 12-inoh guns, 29 10-inch, 56 12-
inch mortars, and 35 rapid-fire guns
and additional platforms were made
reaily for a still larger number, and ad
ditional emplacements are under con
struction for still more.
According to
this report, when all the works begun
are completed, the armament will con
sist of 80 12-incli mortars, and 79 rapid
fires. The emplacements were under
construction at 25 different harbors
August 31. and there were double shifts
working at each place,
The total expenditures on account of
gun and mortar batteries during the
period of the war amounted to <4,821,-
500.
Among the purchases for harbor de
fense were 400 miles of cable, 150 tons
of high explsoives, 1,650 new torpedo
cases, 44 searchlights, etc. Twenty
eight harbors were mined, 535 mines
being planted.
The expenditures on
harbor defense tor the period were $1,-
661,000. Intrenching tools were pur
chased and stored at Willet’s point
sufficient for an army of 80,000 men.
Hospital* in Chickamauga.
Washington, Oct. 15.—Lieutenant-
Colonel L. J. Hoff was before the war
investigating commission at the fore
noon session.
He is a regular army
officer, and was chief surgeon in the
Third army corps at Chickamauga.
Hoff did not consider the camp to have
been in the best sanitary condition, but
expressed the opinion that it could not
be better, under the circumstances. In
the beginning, the camp was short of
medical supplies, due to the expecta
tion that arriving troops would bring
supplies of medicines.
Continuing, Dr. Hoff said the capa
city of the division hospitals was often
doubled and trebled. It sometimes oc
curred that there were eight men in
tents which were intended to accommo
date six, because of delay in securing
tentage to care for the increase of dis
ease, which was unexpectedly rapid.
On one or two occasions patients were
necessarily placed in beds made upon
the floors, because of a temporary de-
ficeincy in cots. As a rule the nurses
were without training, and this fact
occasioned some difficulty in dealing
with typhoid cases. Yet he knew of
no specific cases of suffering on this ac
count. He specified the case of a man
afflicted with an infectious disease,who
had been compelled to lie in the open
air one night on account of lack of tent
age. The doctor was sure that no in
jury resulted, as the w eather was pleas
ant. Dr. Iloff said that the shortage
in medical supplies had continued for
several weeks, but there was generally
sufficient to meet the immediate de
mands. He also said that some requisi
tions had been returned by*the Wash
ington authorities because improperly
filled, and lie was unde? the impression
that there hail been complaints Of some
suffering on this account.
There was
considerable delay in securing flooring
for the tents.
ORDERS
Revolution Might Bring on War With
England.
IN
TO
DISBAND.
Manno Will Send the Cuban Soldier«
Home by Request of Colonel Ray.
Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 15.—Senor
Bartolomé Masso, accompanied by two
members of his staff, arrived this morn
ing at Manzanillo from Santa Cruz del
Sur, in Puerto Principe, about 75 miles
from Manzanillo, where the Cubans
now have their headquarters, ami
where, October 20, the Cuban assembly
will meet to elect a new president ami
to decide as to the plans for disband
ing the army, if disbandment is con
sidered advisable, and as to other im
portant matters.
He called at once on Colonel Ray,
who received him courteously, expressed
pleasure at the opportunity of an in
terview, and said he hoped Senor Mas
so would arrange for disbanding the
Cubans under General Rios in the
neighborhood of Manzanillo, so that
work in the field could begin. He
also earnestly advised the president of
the Cuban provisional government to
disband the Cuban troops at all points
now in possession of the United States
forces, in order that the men might
give the assistance so greatly needed to
place the country in a position to re
cover from the evils of the three-year
war.
Senor Masso readily agreed to carry
out Colonel Ray’s request, and said
that General Rios would receive orders
immediately to disband his men.
“I believe?’ said Senor Masso, in
terminating the interview, “that Cuba,
in two years, will be more prosperous
than ever before.”
The interview lasted about an hour,
and apparently was satisfactory to
both. Senor Masso leaves tomorrow
on his return, going by the insurgent
steamer Fernando.
Blair Maine Unveiled.
Lansing, Micb., Oct. 14.—Upward
of 30,000 residents of other portions of
the state were preftent today at the un
veiling of a statue erected to the mem
ory of Austin Blair, Michigan’s famous 1
wai governor.
General Shafter was
present and received an ovation.
I
Tamaqua, Pa., Oct. 15.—Five men
were killed and 11 injured by an ex
plosion of gas this afternoon in colliery
No. 8 at Coaldale, near here. The dead
are: Fire Boss Thomas Smith, Wil-
liam Reese, Mattis O’Larkey. of Coal-
dale; William Caak. and John Kon-
icka. of Lansford, All were marrried.
and leave large families.
The colliery has a capacity of over
300,000 tons of coal, and employs 500
hands. In consequence of fire, which
originated in the left section of the
mine some months ago, shifts of men
were put to work driving holes horn
the gangway, through which the water
was to be forced upon the tlames.
While the men were buildling a dam
to back up the water this afternoon, the
gangway caught fire, Nearly 100,000
gallons of water was turned into the
holes and almost instantly a terrific
explosion occurred, followed in quick
succession by four lighter explosions of
such force that the gangway was torn
up for over 300 feet, and the workmen
were blown about in all directions.
Rescue gangs were put to work and an
hour later it was thought that all the
dead and injured had been found, al
though the search was under way to
night, when the fire was still burning.
The wat.-r forced volumes of escaping
gas from some of the old workings back
upon the tlames, causing the explosion.
UNKNOWN
Strange
VILLAGE
FOUND.
Community in the
the Urals.
Heart
of
St. Petersburg, Oct. 15.—A dispatch
from Moscow reports that news has
reached there from the Asiatic borders
of the discovery of an entire village,
the existence of which is unknown to
Russian and European ethnologists and
geographers. None <-f the many tribes
in this weird region knew that there
was such a village, nor hate they ever
met any of the inhabitants.
The village lies snugly ensconced in
the »alley of a group of lofty mountains
in the almost impenetrable Uial range.
The people speak a language of their
own, which bears no resemblance what
ever to the 70 or mote languages which
prevail in the vast regions of the great
white czar.
The travelers who chanced upon this
community have been unable to elicit
any information regarding their ante
cedents. Their dress consists princi
pally of anima) skinsand their huts are
constructed of twisted boughs.
The report adds sarcastically, refer
ring to the heavy burdens of the czar’s
subjects, which have been discovered,
that the village seems to form a sort of
ideal commonwealth, in which taxes
and tax gatherers, among other trouble
some things, are unheard of. This lat
ter defect, however, is now to be rem
edied, and it will no doubt be only a
matter of a few weeks or months be
fore the villagers partake of all the ad
vantages and privileges of the Russian
peasants.
UP
THE
NOATAK
RIVER.
First White Men to Ascend the Kotze
bue Sound Stream.
Seattle, Oct. 15.—The first white
men to ascend the Noatak river, in
Alaska, arrived here today. They were
Dr. R. E. Franklin and G. H. Griffith,
of Richmond, Va.; N. L+vermore, of
Port Townsend; John Mason, Charles
Gay and Wallace Rhodes, of Seattle;
O. Payne, of New York city, and Jack
Beach.
In two rowboats they went up about
250 miles, which requited 27 days of
hard work. Their return trip was made
in only 36 hours, which gives a good
idea of the swiftness of the water in
this hitherto unexplored river. They
did not find any trace of gold worth
mentioning, but discovered a country
in which wild berries, especially cur
rants, thrive; also all kinds of water
fowl and the ptarmigan. On their re
turn from Kotzebue sound, Franklin
and Griffith located claims at Galvoin
bay, where they took out if2.50 to the
pan at bedrock. Some of the gold as
says about «19 to the ounce.
Arthur D. Spiers, of New York, ar-
lived here today from Alaska, where
he went as a member of the Pat Gal
vin expedition, which drove 1,000
head of beef cattle over the Dalton
trail to Fort Silkirk, where they were
butchered and shipped to Dawson.
Only six head died on the drive. At
Dawson the meat sold at 41.25 a pound
retail, and 55 cents wholesale.
Copper Mine Itallroad.
City of Mexico, Oct. 15.—The gov
ernment has granted a concession for a
standard-gauge railroad 150 kilometers
maximum length. The concessionaire
is the Inguaran Copper Mining Com
pany, in which the Paris Rothschilds
are heavily interested. The road is
being planner! to connect the mines
with the bay of Zituatanaeza, on the
Pacific coast, and will be an outlet for
copper productions.
The Inguaran
mines are believed to be the future of
the rival of the Calumet <.t Hecla, the
greatest known copper property in the
United States.
PtHenger Rate Reduced.
Seattle, Oct. 15.—Official notifica
tion was received today by R. C. Stev
ens, general Western passenger agent
of tire Great Northern railway, of a re
duction of me cent |>er mile in the pas
senger rates in Washington, Idaho and
Montana.
Made a Da«h for Liberty.
Coquille City, Or., Oct. 15.—Charles
Haywood, colored, who was round guilty
of burglary, in the circuit court, made
a desperate break for liberty while be
ing taken from the courthouse to the
county jail, late Monday evening.
He ran alrout 400 yards, with Sheriff
Toge in close pursuit. The officer fired
six shots, but only succeeded in break
ing the fugitive’s arm at the elbow.
The prisoner jumped from a bridge 20
feet high, and before he could regain
bis feet the officer overtook him
MARKET
LETTER.
[Reported by Downing. Hopkin. <k Co., Ine.,
Soard of Trade Broker», 711 to TH Chamber oi
Louuuerce building, I’ortluud, Oregon.)
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Strikers at Virden, Illinois,
Causing Trouble.
EIGHT KILLED. MANY Y/OUNDED
Buttle Caused by the Attempt of Union
Minera to Prevent the Arrival of
Nvgruei—A Day of Riot.
■
Since Leiter failed the outsider has
lot beer, interested in Chicago ['rices.
The disastrous outcome to the man
with so many millions was a terrifying
iesson to the small bull. Explanations
lid not count. Whetb - Leiter made
egregious errors or ■ f* was of little
consequence. The defeat, after a year’s
campaign, of the bull leader who for
io long seemed the greatest who bad
aver arisen, took the heart from every
one who had believed in his cause. It
was only last June that the disaster
rook place; about four months ago. It
teems a long interval, but it is really a
ihort one, and it would lie remaikable
if it were not still in evetyone’s mind.
What new bull leader would now invite
the comparisons which would inevitably
ue made; what banking concern would
hazard the criticism which would fol
low any favors towaid a buying cam
paign in grain? Have tiie losses of last
summer’s collapse been forgotten yet?
There must be a good deal imaginative
about any bull deal. Not one advance
in twenty is a mere matter of consump
tive demand or of actual scarcity.
There must be a great deal of theory
with advancing prices; people must
forget prudence, become venturesome,
permit more or less exhiiiration.
Would it not be like holding a picnic
at the close of a funeral to permit much
bull spirit within four mouths of the
Leiter failure?
The present movement of wheat to
market is the heaviest ever known—11,-
000,000 bushels received at primary
points last week. There was never any
Buch total as that in six days before.
Is not the speculator doing pretty well
in taking care of that property and in
also maintaining prices? Is not the fact
that such a vdlume of grain is tinanoed
and the price sustained evidence that
the voluiueof speculation is larger than
the very nanow fluctuations would
indicate?
Virden, Ill., Oct. 14.—The little
town of Virden is comparatively quiet
tonight, after a day of riot and blood
shed, the long-expected clash between
the union miners and imported negioes.
At 12:40 this afternoon a Chicago &
Alton special train, bearing 200 negro
miners from the South, arrived at the
stockade around the Chicago-Virden
Coal Company’s mines, arid immediate
ly a terrific fight began. The list at 10
o’clock tonight stands eight dead and
I
about 18 wounded. The dead are:
Ed Walsh, of Springfield; Frank Bii-
yean, of Springfield; Albert Smith, of
Mount Olive; Joe Kitterly, of Mount
Olive; Ernest Keutner, of Mount Olive;
A. H. Breneman, of Girard; D. H.
Kiley, Chicago & Alton detective; A.
W. Morgan, of Chicago.
For the past two weeks, rumors have
reached Virden daily that a train hav
ing negroes from Alabama would reach
the city, and the Chicago & Alton
depot has been surrounded day and
night by vigilant miners, determinedly
awaiting their arrival.
Today the Chicago & Alton limited,
due to pass here at 10 o’clock, shot
through en route to Chicago an hour
late, displaying flags on the rear indi
cating that a special was following.
Immediately the word was spread, and
a dense crowd of miners lined the sta
tion platform, while another crowd col
lected at the entrance of the stockade,
half a mile north of the station. D.
H. Kiley, a Chicago & Alton detective,
Seattle Markets.
stood guard at a switch at the south
Tomatoes,
50@75c per box.
end of the station platform to see that
Cucumbers, 10@15cpet doz.
it was not tampered with.
Onions, 85@90c per 100 pounds.
At 12:40 the special train passed,
Potatoes, 110 @14.
and signal shots were fired from the
Beets, per sack, «1.
south end of the train, announcing the
Turnips, per sack, 50@65c.
special's arrival. Immediately shots
Carrots, per sack, 65c.
were fired from the moving train and
Parsnips, per sack, fl.
outside, and the battle was on. A few
Beans, green, 2@8o.
moments after the train bad passed the
Gieen corn, fl@1.25 per saok.
switch where Kiley was stationed, and
Cauliflower, 75c per doz.
while he was talking with two citizens,
Hubbard squash, lj^o per pound.
be threw up his arms and dropped dead
Celery. 40 @ 50c.
with a bullet through his brain.
He
Cabbage, native and California
was the first man killed.
The train continued to the stockade, |1.25@1.50 per 100 pounds.
Apples, 50c@90c per box.
the miners tiring into it all along the
Pears, 76c @41 per box.
route and the negro passengers return
Prunes, 40@50o per box.
ing the fire.
Peaches, 50c @<1.
The moment the train reached the
Plums, 50c.
stockade, the miners opened a desperate
Cantaloupes, <1.25 per box.
tire with Winchesters, revolvers and
Butter—Creamety, 26c per pound;
firearms of all descriptions. The ne
groes on the train answered with a dairy and ranch, 18@20c per pound.
Eggs, 36c.
steady fire. The miners and the train
Cheese—Native, 12@13)$c.
were enveloped in a cloud of smoke,
Poultry—Old liens, 18@14c per
and the shooting sounded like a con
tinuous volley. Engineer Burt Tigar pound, spring chickens, <8@4.
Fresh meats—Choice dieseed beef
received a bullet in the arm and
dropped from his seat.
His fireman steers, prime, fl)$@7c; cows, prime,
seized the throttle, pulled it open, and, 6*$c; mutiou, 7)$c; pork, 7@8o; veal,
with a jerk, the train was under full 5@6o.
Wheat—Feed wheat, 419.
speed, carrying a load of wounded negro
Oats—Choice, per ton, 422 @23.
passengers to Springfield.
How many
Corn—Whole, <23.50; cracked, «34;
were wounded is not known. The train
stopped at the stockade but two min feed meal, <23.50.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
utes. Its departure did not cause the
<24 @25; whole, <22.
firing to cease.
Flour—Patent, per barrel, <3.50;
The tower of the stockade was filled
with sharpshooters, armed with Win straights, <3.25; California brands,
chesters, and they kept up a steady fire <3.25; buckwheat flour, <3.75; graham,
into the crowd of union miners.
Eye per barrel, <3.70; whole wheat flour,
witnesses sav the dead miners were <3. 75; rye flour, <4.
Millstuffs—Bran, per ton,
killed after the train had departed. It
is not known how many men were sta shorts, per ton, <16,
Feed—Chopped feed, <17@21 pei
tioned behind the walls of the stockade,
but an estimate placed it at between ton; middlings, per ton, <17; oil cakt
25 and 40. Won! was sent to physi meal, per ton, <35.
cians in town that their services were
Hay—Puget Sound mixed, <9.500
needed at the stockade.
10; choice Eastern Washington tim
The supply and provision store of the othy, <18.
Chicago-Virden Coal Company is known
Portland Market.
as the Climax Trading Oompany, with
Wheat—Walla Walla, 60c; Val
Superintendent J. F. Fyster in charge.
At 2 o’clock, after the firing at the ley and Bluestem, 62@63o per bushel.
Flour—Best grades, 43.35; graham,
stockade had subsided, an attack with
out a parallel in the history of the «2.85; superfine, «2.25 per barrel.
Oats—Choice white, 36 @ 38c; choict
trouble was made on Eyster in this
store, on Main street, one block from gray, 34 @ 85c [>er bushel.
Barley—Feed barley, 421 @22; brew
the depot, which will probably cost
ing, «23 per ton.
him his life.
Millstuffs-Bran, 415.50 per ton; mid
A detail of militia at 10:30 tonight
killed ex-Lieutenant of Police Tom dlings, «21; shorts, 415.50; chop, <1!
Preston, of Chicago, at the stockade. per ton.
Hay—Timothy, <10@ll; clover, <£
He was standing outside the stockade
as guan!. The military gave the by @10; Oregon wild hay, 49@10 per ton.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 50 @ 55c,
standing miners the command to halt,
and Preston stepped back to the gate. seconds, 40@45c; dairy, 40@45o store,
The militia fired and he was shot in 25 @ 35c.
Cheese—Oregon full cream, ll@12o;
the stomach.
He was carried into the
office in the stockade, where be expired. Young America, 12)gc; new cheese,
Battery D, of Galesburg, III., under I 10c per [round.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, |2.5O@|
Captain Craig, numbering 160 men, ar
per dozen; hens, <3.00 @8.50; springs,
rive I here tonight from Pana.
Adjutant-General J. C. Reece said fl.25@3; geese, <5.00@6.00 for old.
that Preston was not killed by the f4.50&)5 for young; ducks, <4.00@
militia. He said that wtyen the guard 5.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 13)$
at the stockade had dodged into the 13t^c per pound.
Potatoes—55@ 60c per sack; sweets,
entrance at the militia's order of
“hands up,” a revolver shot was fired 2@3t^c per pounn.
Vegetables—Beets, 90c; turnips, 75«
front the darkness and Preston fell,
mortally wounded. General Reece said per sack; garlic, 7o per [round; cab
the militia did not fire a shot, and bage, |1 @ 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli
Preston was killed with a revolver by flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, 75c
per sack; beans, 3c [ter pound; celery,
some one unknown.
70@ 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 50c per
The “preservation of the peace” in box; [teas, 3@3)$c [re.* pound.
Onions—Oregon, 75e@fl per sack.
Europe by means of navies and stand
Hops—10@15c; 1897 crop, 6@7c.
ing armies costa <950,000,000 a year.
Wool—Valley, 10@12o per pound;
Tobacco War Begun.
Eastern Oregon,
8@12c;
mohair,
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 14.—Now that 35c per pound.
Mutton—Grose, beet sheep, wethen
the American Tobacco Company con
trols the Drummond plant it ia making and ewes, 3^o; dressed mutton, 7c.
ready for a big tight against all inde spring lambs, 7)$c per lb.
Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, <4.75;
pendent factories.
A reduction of 10
cents a "pound in the leading brand light and feeders, |8.00@4.00; dressed,
manufactured by the Drummond com 45. 50@6.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Gross, top steers, 3.50@f3.74.
pany will be announced in a day or
dressed
beef,
two. When it became assured that the cows, <3.50@8.00;
American Company would buy out 5@4 >^c per pound.
Vesl—Large, 4,S<36c; small, •H9
Drummond, a 10 per cent cut was made
7 J$c P®r pound.
by Liggett & Myers.