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i tniH il hui A STORY OF BUTLER'S HORROR. glevan of a Ship’« Crow Eatrn by Caw- nlbitl» on the Island of New Oulnea. Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 30. — After escaping death by drowning, 11 of the Four Thousand People As srew of the ship Manbare were cap and eaten by cannibals of New semble to Hear Speeches. ture!) Guinea. The Manbare was bound for Sydney, Australia, when it was caught in the IN HONOR OF FIRST PRESIDENT terrible gale of December. Near Cape Nelson it began to sink. The crew, 18 all told, left the vessel in two boats, Lively Times Are Promlaed in Cubun and soon became separated. One boat, Politic« When Comm ìhmìod lieturn»— iontaining 13 men, was finally thrown Sias» Meeting to Be Held. ashore 10 miles from the cape. The sailors were seized by natives 'Havana, Jan. 81.—Four thousand from the interior ami hurried off to peisons, men in their best clothing ami the village of the chief. One man, women gaily dressed, stood amid a James Greene, escaped. The sailors pouring rain in Paula square today were stripped and bound and killer), listening to six intensely patriotic me each day. A wild orgie was par eulogies of Jose Marti, the Cuban pa ticipated in by at least 100 savages, triot and first president of the Cuban who had gatheied for the feast. In several cases the sailors were *.>r- revolutionary government. A tablet to his memory was unveiled at the tured by the old women and children house where he was born in a street af the tribe. The eyes of one were near by, and 83 societies, consisting ol gouged out. The doomed men stoically 2.500 persons, with banneis, flags and watched the elaborate preparations for five bands, marched through the prin their death. A huge pot filled with boiling water was used for tbe feast, cipal thoroughfares to the square. The procession, whose distinguishing which on the first day was prolonged feature was 500 girls wearing white »way into the night. In most cases dresses and red liberty caps, started at the men were beheaded, their head 1 o’clock, reaching the squaie two being stuck on poles and paraded be- hours later. The streets wete gaily fore the men who were to suffer the decorated with Cuban and American aarne fate. Greene was rescued by a steamer flags, and though the inteiest ran high, [ after tramping without food a day and there was no disorder of any kind. Marti’s widow, mother and son, led a night to reach the coast. The scenes the parade, with the first Cuban flag of horror he had witnessed turned his used by the patriot, which was loudly hair snowy white. cheered. More Speeches on Expansion. This promises to be a lively week in Washington, Jan. 30.—At the open Cuban politics. The special com mis- ing of the senate Spooner and Rawlins eion from the Cuban military assembly gave notice of speeches on tbe resolu will return to Havana, after its inter tion opposing annexation, Spooner views with the Washington govern Wednesday ami Rawlins Thursday ment, and popular interest is increas next. Mason asked unanimous consent ing in the preparations for the mass for a vote on his resolution, declaring meeting February 6 at the Tacon thea it to be the policy of the United States ter, where a separatist party, proclaim not to ..rtempt to govern the people of ing the principle of independence, will any other nation, next Friday, at 1 be founded, under the direction of such o'clock, and Hoar for a vote on his res men as Senor Giberga, a noted autono olution declaring the Filipinos ought mist; General Leyte Vidal, General to be free and independent, but Carter Lacret, Senor Fontsterling and other objected to both. opponents of annexation. / More Dreyfus Agitation. Paris, Jan. 31.—The government’s decision to submit to the chamber of deputies tomorrow a bill providing that the cases of trial revision shall be brought before tire united sections of the court of cassation has reopened the floodgates of • the Dreyfus agitation. The situation appears more confusing and menacing than ever. For days the anti-Dreyfusites have been clamor ing to have the case referred to tbe untied sections, because they have con sidered it certain that among more than 30 judges they could rely upon an anti Dreyfus majority. A Disappearing- Island. San Francisco, Jan. 31.—The news has been brought here from Australia that the British man-of-war Penguin h bs just returned to Sydney, N. S. W.. after taking soundings between the island Tongi and Auckland. N Z. The officers found that Falcon island, which suddenly came up out of the ocean is 1885, is gradually receding. When relocated . by the Penguins’s officers, they discovered that the island is now three fathoms under water. Sale of Oregon Lumber. Rhinelander, Wis., Jan. 31.—S. A. D. Pewter, of Portland, Or., the well- known Pacific coast lumberman, has closed a sale of over 1,000,000,000 feet of Oregon timber, mostly fir, situated in Mat ion county, 45 miles south of Portland, Or., on Abiqua creek, a trib utary of the AWillamette river, to lum bermen of this city,who have organized a stock company, called the Abiqua Lumber Company, of Wisconsin. Opposed to Foreign Capitol. Santiago de Cuba, Jan. 31.—The Cuban Libre publishes a long article setting forth its objections to the pro jects of foreign capitalists for working “Cuban virgin soil,” constructing rail roads, establishing electric light plants and carrying on similar enterprises. “We do not want any one to invest capital in Cuba except the natives,” says the paper. “America is proof of what monopolists can do in ruining a country.” I'aul Jon«*»’ Pilot Found. An Old Hotel Burned. CONFIDENCE IN AGUINALDO He May Now Open Hostilities Agala.t the United State, at HI. Pleasure— Native Woiueu Want to Fight. Manila, via Hong Kong, Jan. 28.— Republica, the official organ of tlx Filipinos, announces that congress at Malolos has adopted a Philippines con stitution, passed a vote of confidence it Aguinaldo and empowered him to de dare war on the United States when ever he may deem it advisable. At t mass meeting of the women of Caviti yesterday, the paper adds, it was en tliusiasticallv resolved to petitioi Aguinaldo for permission to take tlx men’s places in defense of independ •nee and to bear arms if neceessary. An American sentry yesterday killec a captain of the Filipino artillery a'> Tonto outpost. As a result the nativr . press is intensely excited and denounce I it as a "cowardly assassination.” On Saturday, January 31, five Fili pinos determined to have revenge foi the captain's death and attempted tc enter the American lines. An Ameri can eentry killed one of them, whe was armed with a revolver. After an exchange of shots, the others were ar rested. The incident has intensified excitement here. The cabinet yesterday insisted on the liberal ion of Spanish civil prisoners, in commemoration of tl/e proclamation of the Filipinos republic and also do nated money to the native clergy. An elaborate programme has been ' arranged for formal ratification of the constitution today. Nothing was ac complished at tho conference here yes terday, and it is rumored the Filipinos at their next meeting will give the Amercans eight days in which to accede to their demands for recognition. The Iii the House. rumor is discredited. Washington. Jan. 30.—When the | house met this morning there remained CYCLONE SWEPT THE SEAS. but little more than an hour of time for general debate on the army reor Many Person» Drowned and Much Prop erty Destroyed. ganization bill. Henderson (Rep. la.) j Victoria, B. C., Jan. 28.—The was the first speaker, lie opposed a I standing army of 100,000 men, but steamer Aorangi, from Australasia, was willing to support a proposition for brings details of the terrible cyclone a force numbering from 50,000 to 60,- ' which swept tho South seas about the middle of December, devastating vil 000. _________ ._______ lages, wrecking shipping and causing Court-Martial Over. many deaths. At Samara), in New Washington, Jan. 30 —The case of Guinea, on December 11, the gale was Commissary-General Charles P. Ea terrific. Cocoa palms went down by gan, charged with conduct tending to hundreds ami were carried to sea. the prejudice of good order and mili Torrents of rain fell. Twelve vessels tary discipline, is now in the hands of were wrecked. the court martial appointed to try him. j The cutters Mayflower and Nabua Today the taking of testimony, was were total wrecks at Basiliaki. The closed, and arguments of counsel sub ketches Behem and Baidan were lost mitted. The trial lasted thiee days off Goodenough island, and Mr. Ken and consumed less than eight houis’ of nedy, manager of the New Guinea De actual sitting. A session behind closed doors of an hour or so sufficed for the velopment Company, was drowned, to gether with his crew, save one boy. court to reach a conclusion and em The schooner Ellen Gowan and the body its report. What the verdict will cutter Ivy were lost in the Kossman be is altogether a matter of specula tion, and officially at least will not be group and Captain Godet and crew made public by the trial board, mill- I wete drowned. In the Solomons the hurricane did tary regulations requiring that its find ings shall go through prescribed chan the most damage, whole villages being destroyed. Hundreds of cocoa planta nels, and be kept secret until action be tions were uprooted and yam patches had and promulgated by the proper re leveled. Over 500 natives are report viewing authorities. ed to have been killed. Union Pacific Will Profit. Captain Pentecost, of the yacht St. New York, Jan. SO.—It was etated Aubin, who brought the news of the last night that the details of the plan disaster to Sydney, says he saved a for the exchange of Union Pacific com- 1 woman who was to have been killed as mon stock for Oregon Short Line stock a sorceress, she being accused of having would be made public in an advertise caused the hurricane. He bought her, ment. Tbe directois of the Union Pa the purchase price being a pig, and cific have settled the terms and the took her to another island, where she official announcement is expected to was released. day. Urging Release of Prisoners. It is generally believed that the ar New York, Jan. 28.—Tbrtiugh the rangement arrived at will be share for French embassy here Spain haB again share on the 127,460,000 of Short Line stock, with a “string” to the deal, in urged the United States to procure the the shape of a small assessment on the release ot Spanish prisoners held by the Information Short Line holders. This deal should Philippine insurgents. officially received by the Madrid gov net the Union Pacific about $1,000,000. ernment from the Philippines shows Report of Verdict of Guilty. that the lives of Spanish women and Chicago, Jan. 30.—A special to the children, as well as men are in danger Times-Herald from Washington says: and that the prisoners are not receiv Dismissal from the military service of ing proper treatment. the United States without any recoin- I Secretary Hay replied that General mendation for clemency, is the verdict Otis had been instructed to give im passed by the court-martial upon Com mediate attention to the matter, but missary-General Eagan for his recent this government has made no promises virulent attack upon Major General to obtain the release of the prisoners. Miles. The verdict was rea< lied with It is the growing belief that they will in 45 minutes after the trial ended to be able to obtain the release of the day. prisoners only by force. New Orleans, La., Jan. 31.—The body found near Fort St. Philip was to day identified as that of Captain Stur tevant. the pilot of the launch Paul Jones. From the position and cloth ing of the body, it is almost certain that he was off duty asleep at the time Perished on a Glacier. death came, and that the boat was Seattle, Wash., Jan. 30. — News ot wrecked by an explosion during the tne freezing to death of three prospec night. tors on the Valdes glacier, near the mouth of Copper river, Alaska, was Cold in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 31.—Specials brought to this city today by passengers iron» points in tbe interior of Wiscon of the steamer Cottage City, from Skag sin report very low temperature. At way and Juneau, Alaska. Tbe names Appleton the thermometer recorded 35 of those who perished are: Henry Kohn, New York city; — degrees below zero, the coldest in re cent years. Black River Falls reports Smith, Chicago; — Emerson, Baldwin, a temperature of 40 degrees, Medford Wis._________________ 40. and Whitehall 38 degrees below Fight in the Relchsrath. aero. Vienna, Jan. 30. — In the lower house of tbe Austrian reichsrath today a Fourteen Feraona Killed. Marcia, Spain, Jan. 31.—Fourteen disturbance arising out of racial diff< r- persons were killed today by an explo ence led to a hand-to-hand fight be The ushers finally sion of gas in the Palia mine near tween deputies. succeeded in separating the combat Mazarron, 20 miles west of Cartagena. Tbe other miners succeeded in making ants, but the sitting came to a close amid a scene of tarbulence. their escape. ______ __ Steamer Centennial Loading. Ran Francisco, Jan. 30. — The steamer Centennial, which has been chartered by tbe United States as a transport, arrived today from Puget sound, and will at once begin loading with supplies for the American troops in the Philippines. She will probably San Francisco, Jan. 81.—Thomas sail in company with the Ohio and the Wilford Ballet, aged four years, was senator. burned to death today in the rear of The heart heats ten strokes a minute the Pacific Gas improvement Com pany’s works at Fillmore and Chestnut less when one is lying down than when one is in aa upright position. streets. San Francisco, Jan. 3!.—The San Bruno ffotel, an obi landmark on tbe San Bruno road, southwest of the city, was burned today, and Mathias Eichorn, porter of the bote), perished in the flames. Action of the So-Called Phil ippine Congress. j The Search Abandoned. New Orleans, Jan. 28. — Lawrence Jones, owner of the ill-fated launch Paul Jones, which was lost near Breton island about January 5, with all on board, and Mayor Taggart, of Indian apolis, whose daughter was among the party, have returned to the city from down the river after having made a fruitless search for some trace of the victims of the disaster. They only found some wreckage, among which is a part of the stern of the launch. Strike Riot« In Russia. London, Jan. 28.—There have been serious strike riots in the cotton mills of the St. Petersburg district. The police, while attempting to raid the workmen’s barracks in order to arrest a ringleader, were attacked by the work men, one policeman being killed. Oklahoma Wants to Be a Ntate. AMENDMENT. Vice-Consul Advanced. Wellesley Moore, British vicq-consul He Propuse» to Provide for ex-Confed 1 in San Francisco, has been advanced to erate Soldiers. items of Generili Interest Gleaned the consulship at Porto Rico, \V. I., to Washington, Jan. 38.—As the senate From the Thriving; FaciÜo succeed George W. Crawford, who died seemingly was about to conclude con States. at Saen, France, recently. Mr. Moore's sideration of the pension appropriation head clerk, Montague Hankin, baa bill, Butler (Pop. N. C.) offered bis To Freeze Out Americans. been advanced to the position of vice amendment announced some time ago, The government measure recently consul at Buenos Ayres. providing for the pensioning of ex-Con- enacted into law, and aimed at the Government Control of Lock». federate soldiers. Upon this lie took Americans in the Adin district, pro The preliminary proceedings harking the floor and delivered a speech which, vides for the amendment of the placer as he proceeded, developed into a most mining act, providing that nu one who to the purchase by the government of unexpected utterance. While his col is not a British subject shall take out the locks at Oregon City have been leagues on both sides of the chamber u free miner’s license, and that no I taken by the secretary of war, under listened with interest, Butler defended company shall have the «ame license whose jurisdiction the matter comes. the position taken by the South din unless incorporated or registered under I He has been authorized to report to ing the great civil conflict of a third of the laws of the province. The act is ' congress, after making a thorough in a century ago. He declared that tbe not retrospective. Licenses taka out vestigation, as to tbe amount of money entire enterprise. Soutli was right, and that history previously may be renewed, but under needed for this — would so reeoid, and that every shot a renewed license no one is entitled Lower Rate on Prune». fired by a Southern soldier was fired to take up new claims. Section 5, Ftuitraisers in the vicinity of Spo in defense of the rights of his state which is the most far-reaching, pro kane are asking for lower rates on green constitution, in self-defense, and in vides that no free miner after the pas j prunes to St. Paul. The present rate defense of liis home and fireside. sage of this act shall hold any claim [ on apples is 75 cents, and on mixed The amendment was finally with under the British Columbia tdacer fruit ♦1.12’4. The fruit men want the drawn. mining act or an interest therein as rate on mixed fruit reduced to 37la Mallory (Fla.) was then recognized. trustee or otherwise for any person centB, and they state that the prune in He said that in the very face of the who is not a British subject, or for dustry cannot live unless this reduc declaration of our disinterestedness in any corporation not authorized to take tion is made. Cuba we proposed to take Porto Rico out a free miner’s certificate. A Nettling; an Estate. and the Philippines. He thought we miner's license taken out by any person Transfers to tbe amount of 118,000 ought not to be inconsistent. We not authorized to do so by this section could not, therefore, afford to take the shall be null and void. This section in deeds were made in connection with Philippines, .although in the case oi shall nwt affect free miners’ lioenses the estate of Hemy Buckman, at Port Porto Rico the case might fairly be re issued before the coming into force of land, this past week. It was simply garded as different. The Philippines, this section, and such liecnsee may be the settling up and division of the he said, were 7,000 miles away from renewed from time to time. The only state of the deceased, who died in our shores, and inhabited by a people necessitites for a pel son to become testate. with which we could have nothing in naturalized are that the applicant is a Increase in Insurance Business. common—a people who were semi-bar person of good character and has re Insurance Commissioner Clunie, of barous, if not absolutely savage. He sided in the Dominion for three years. San Francisco, lias made a report show complained that if the treaty of peace ing that the amount of insurance writ For Upper Yukon. should be ratified, the inhabitants < I ten on the Pacific coast in 1898 was Within the next two weeks three ♦656,057,065, an increase over 1897 ill the Philippines, from 7,000,000 to 10,- 000,000 in number, Would have the river steamers xonstructed on the plan the former total of ♦160,000,000, and right to come to this country and com of Missouri rivercraft will be taken in the latter of ♦3,400.000. The coast pete with our own laborers, and if they in sections to Lake Bennett, where losses amounted to ♦5.638,031 last year, did not actually come here, they would they will be put together ready for and 94,040,541 in 1897. have the right to send their products -ervloe when navigation on the Upper PACIFIC COAST TRADE. here to compete with those of our own Yukon opens. The machinery and ma- j terial for the vessels weighs 340 tons. laborers. Seattle Market.. The senate committee on commerce The steamers will draw 13 inches light Onions. 85(890c per 100 pounds. has agreed to report favorably Hanna’s and 3feet when loaded. The ca Potatoes, 159 @30. pacity of each will be 400 passengers steamship subsidy bill. Beets, per sack, 75c. and 200 tons of freight. Without preliminary business, the Turnips, per sack, 50@75c. Sale of 111« Kleauoihlp.. house todav resumed consideration of Carrots, per sack, 45@60c. Anthony T. Prichard and Charles the army bill. The debate drifted into Parsnips, per sack, fl. Stewart, of Tacoma, have sold to ths a discussion of the government’s new Cauliflower, 50@90c per doz. island possessions, and lasted until 5 North American Mail Steamship Com Celery, 35@40o. P. M. At the night session the fea pany, a corporation organized under Cabbage, native and California ture was an hour s speech by White the laws of the state of Washington: ♦ 1.35 per 100 pounds. Steamships Olympia, consideration, (Rep. N. C.) the only colored mem Apples, 35@50c per box. ber of the house, against the election ♦ 150,000; Tacoma, ♦137.500; Victoria, Pears, 50c @91.50 per box. methods in the Soifth. At 11:14 the ♦240,000. These vessels were formerly Prunes, 50c per box. operated by the Northern Pacific Steam house adjourned. Blitter—Creamery, 36c per pound; ship Company between Tacoma and dairy and ranch, 18@30c per pound. Irving Coining to America Again. Eggs, 33c. New York, Jan. 28.—The Herald the Orient, and recently received American registers. Cheese—Native, 13@13ls'c. save: ‘‘Sir Henry Irving is now in Poultry—Old hens, 14c per pound; active negotiations by mail and cable To Close Up Cannery Combine. with several American managers look It is reported that A. B. Hammond spring chickens, 14c; turkeys, 16c. Fresh meats—Choice dressed beef ing to the completion of his plans for has left New York for Astoria. Upon the tour of, America, which he will his arrival he will close up the cannery steers, prime, 7 l»c; cows, prime, make next season. He lias personally combine deal if it is possible. In the 7c; mutton, 8c; pork, 7c; veal, 6@8o. Q Wheat—Feed wheat, 933. communicated to them the ideas he has event of the combine being coiiRum- Oats—Choice, per ton, 934. in mind for the trip. I mated, it is said, by one who is fa Hay—Puget Sound mixed, 99.000 “Sir Hemy Irving's present inten miliar with the plans of the^combine, tion is to pioduce ‘Robespierre,’ his some new and important features will 11; choice Eastern Washington tim- • now Sardou play, at the Lyceum in he introduced, one oi which will be 1 othy, 915. Corn—Whole. 923.50; cracked, 934; London at Easter, and his engagement the development of the deep-sea fishing feed meal, 923.50. there will last until well into the sum j industry. Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton, mer. At its termination and after a To liny a Sunken Ship. 925(836; whole, 923. short rest he will sail for America early A joint stock company is being Flour—Patent, per barrel, 93.50; in October. His stay in America will be limited to 20 weeks, and in that formed at Tacoma to buy and raise straights, 93.35; California brrnds, time it íb his wish to visit all the prin the sunken ship Andelana in case the ♦3.35; buckwheat flour, 93.75; graham, cipal cities. He is particular ly anxious 1 insurance company decides not to at per barrel, 93.60; whole wheat flour, to play in San Francsico, where his tempt the almost impossible task of 98.75; rye flour, 94. Millstuffs—Bran, per ton, 914; previous engagement several years ago raising her themselve». The ship sank was remarkably successful in every in the Tacoma harbor during a storm shorts, |>er ton, 916. recently. Feed—Chopped feed, 930 @33 per way. ton; middlings, per ton, 917; oil cake First of a New Line. Cuban» Welcome Lee. The steamer Belgian King, the first meal, per ton, 935. Havana, Jan. 28.—General Lee re Portland Market. turned to camp tonight from a trip to of the fleet of fine vessels of the Cali- the southeastern part of tbe province, i forma & Orinetal Steamship Company Wheat—Walla Walla, 60c; Valley, ending at Guinea, which is the next plying between Hong Kong, Yokohama 63c; Bluestem, 63o per bushel. largest town after Havana. The jour and San Diego, Cal., has arrived. Flour—Best grades, 93.30; graham, ney was made with a team of mules Over 200 carloads of freight are await 93.65; superfine, 93.15 per barrel. al< ng the highway and the return by ing shipment on the return trip to tiia Oats— Choice white, 41@42c; choice rail. A battalion of the Fourth Illinois Orient. gray, 39 @ 40c per bushel. Embezzler Sentenced. preceded General Lee, and was en Barley—Feed barley, 933 @24; brew camped there u|>on his arrival. W. H. Donaca, the 23-year-old post ing, 923.50 per ton. The American troops were welcomed master at Sweet Home, Or., who em Millstuffs—Bran, 917 per ton; mid everywhere, and their presence was bezzled 11,257 postal funds, was sen dlings, 923; shorts, 918; chop, 916.00 made the occasion of demonstrations. tenced by United States Judge Bellin per ton. General Lee received an enthusiastic ger, at Portland. He was Hay—Timothy, |9@10; clover, 97 welcome at Guinea. Insurgent troops fined 91,257 and sentenced to six @8; Oregon wild hay, 96 per ton. escorted him, and the town was deco months imprisonment in th« county Butter—Fancy creamery, 50@ 55c; rated with American and Cuban flags. I j“il- seconds, 45 @ 50c; dairy, 40@45o store, 35 @ 30c. Chine»« in H hwh II. Pu get Bound Export». Cheese—Oregon full cream, 12l^o; Honolulu, Jan. 28.—The supreme The exfxirts of Puget Sound cus court this morning rendered an opinion toms district for the month of Decem Young America, 15c; new cheese, / in the eight Chinese habeas corpus ber, 1898, exceed imports by 91,584,- 10c |>er pound. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, 92.25@3 cases submitted last week. It sustains 464. Imports for the month were jurisdiction, but gives the collector- valued at ♦133,793, while exports per dozen; liens, 93.50@4.0(); springs, g -neral of customs authority to enforce amount to ♦1.728,257. The duty col 91.25@3; geese, 96.1>O@7 00 for old. 94.50<e)5 for young; ducks, 95.00@ United States laws. Chief Justice lected was ♦19,872.83. 5.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 15@ Judd concilia in tl«_- first proposition, A Lar«. Mort«»«». 16c per pound. but dissents from the second one. The largest mortgage ever recorded Potatoes—65 @ 70c per sack; sweets, The Chinese will appeal from the de in Wasco county. Or., was that execut « cision to the secretary of the tieasury. ed recently by the Columbia Southern 2c |>er pound. Vegetables—Beets, 90c; turnips, 75c Cu»t«»nin of Santiago. railroad at The Dalles, in favor of the per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab Havana, Jan. 28.—Aa a result of a New York Security & Trust Company. bage, 91 @ 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli conference between Governor-General The consideration is ♦2,100,000. flower, 7oc per dozen; parsnips, 75c Leonard Wood, governor of the military per sack; beans, 3c fa-r pound; celery Mustering Out Volunteers. department of Santiago, a mutual un Captain Taylor, mustering officer, 7O@75c per dozen; cucumbers, 50c per derstanding has been reached regarding was given official notice to the officers box; peas, 3@3t«c per pound. the customs receipts at Santiago. San and members of the Eighth California Onion»—Oregon, 75c@91 per sack. tiago’s 9280,000 will not be used in volunteers, that they will be mustered Hops—15@17c; 1897 crop, 4@6c. other provinces, but will be mortgaged out of the service of the United States Wool—Valley, 10@12o per ;>ound; to defray the cost of works now under cn Tuesday next. Eastern Oregon, 8@12c; mohair, way. 26c per pound. The Badger Gold-Mining Company, Another Earthquake. Mutton—Gross, liest sheep, wethers Kingston. Jamaica, Jan. 28.—A of Susanville, Or., has within the last and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton. 7)^c; severe earthquake shock was felt six weeks shipped 75 tons of ore to the spring lambs, 7’sc per lb. throughout the island on Saturday Selby smelting works at San Francisco, Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, 94.25; morning, and was followed by another the values ranging between ♦IGO and light and feeders, 93.00ft 4.00; dressed, on Tuesday night, the direction being ♦300 per ton. 95.00 @5.50 per 100 pounds. from west to east. No damage has Beef—Gross, top steers, 3.50@93.75; During his incumbency of the ex been reported. The Northern West ecutive of Oregon, Governor Lord cows, 92.50(8 3.00; dressed beef, Indies are telegraphically cut off. The granted 55 pardons, and 63 pardons to b@65»c per )>oand. reason is unknown, but in all proba restore Citizenship, and commuted 23 Veal—I<arge, 6*^@7c; small, 7@8c bility it is due to an earthquake. per pound. sentences. A Schoolboy’» Crime. Gntherie. O. T., Jan. 28.—The ter ritorial statehood convention has re solved for a constitutional convention in June and a state election in October on a prrqiosition to go to congress and demand admission in December. Albany, Mo., Jan. 28.—T. B. Hun ter, a teacher in the Adams school, 12 miles northeast of here, has been fatal ly stabbed by a 13-year-old pupil named Charles Ayres, whom he was whipping. The l>oy is in jail here. Accident on the New York» Christiania, Jan. 28.—United States Senator Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, American commissioner to the Beigen exposition, and O. T. Thorpe, of Chi cago, have been gazetted Knights oi St. Oisf. New York, Jan. 28. — While cleaning a boiler in tbe cruiser New York to-1 ay six men were injured seriously by es caping steam. One of them will di« Three others were scalded slightlv. NEWS OF NORTHWEST The three bridges across Yellowhawk, on the Walla Walla cemetery road, have been reported washed away, and travel is impossible. The heavy grade a mile above Mar cus Wash., in tho place commonly known as the Seven Devils, has slid down on the railway track of the Spo kane Falls A Northern railway, caus ing a complete blockade of the line, and necessitating a transfer of all buxi nes«. It is probable a week will »lapse before tbe blockade is broken. Run Francisco Market. Wool—Spring—Nevada, 10@12c per pound; Oregon, Eastern, 10ft 12c; Val ley, 15@17c; Northern, 9@llc. Millstuffs—Middlings, 922 @24.00; bran, 920.50@21.50 per ton. Onions—Silverekin,50@75cper suck. Butter — Fancy creamery, 24c; do seconds, 21 @23c; fancy dairy, 33o; do seconds, 18@20e per pound. Egg" — Store, 26@27c; fancy ranch, 27 @ 28c. I Hops—1898 crop, 13 <3 17o