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YAMHILL COUNTY REPORTER. THE ARTILLERY ARM. Secretary of War Will Increase It to Its D. I. AbBLR¥, Publisher. Strength. Full OM STATE ÎIEWS Washington, May 13.— Secretary Items of Interest From All Parts M c M innville . ........ O regon . Root is a man to whom wide discre of the State. tion in the matter of interpreting and administering the laws might have been given. This is shown in his de COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS termination to increase the artillery corps at once to its full strength. A Brief Review of the Growth end Improve ment« of the Many Industrie« Through, Congress, in its abject fear of criti out Our Thriving Commonwealth. An Intcreitb.j Collection ® Menu From the cism, placed a provision in the bill Two Hemisphere! Presented in a which looked as if the artillery corps Condensed Form. of the army was to be increased only Newport will have a Fourth of July 20 per cent each for five years. But celebration. Mrs. McKinley is much improved the men who drafted the bill knew The new school house at Marcola in health. what they were doing, and when it has been completed. Lacuna has promised to surrender came out as a law it provided that Timber claims on the middle fork of his command. not less than 20 per cent should lie j the Coquille are being rapidly taken. Shamrock II was beaten by Sham raised the first year, and not less than Operations have been resumed at rock I in a trial race. 20 per cent each succeeding 12 months the Eureka mine, at Selma, Josephine A watchman in a Utah refinery until the full strength of the artillery county. stole $15,000 in silver bullion. was reached. Secretary Root inter The telephone line lieing extended The Chinese are astonished at the prets the "not less” to mean that he from Springfield to Waterville is com amount of indemnity demanded. is not prevented from making the en pleted to Thurston. Twenty five thousand regulars will tire increase at once, and so he di The Southern Oregon Oil Company, rected that it should lie done. be returned from the Philippines. This is a very good thing. No I operating near Ashland, has pur- A Russo-German tariff alliance branch of the military service needs i thased a boring plant. against the United States is proposed. men so much as the artillery. The The machinery of the Summerville The military governor of Bataan fortifications and the equipment of ’ creamery has been received and will has been reprimanded by Mac- the fortifications with valuable guns be in place within a few days. has been far in advance of the in Arthur. Eighty seven scalps of wild animals Governor Nash and party are visit crease of the artillery. In the Spanish were presented for bounty in Jackson ing the various interesting places in war congress was induced to increase j county in the month of April. the artillery from five to seven regi California. Contract has been awarded to the ments, and the last congress was in Rear Admiral Schley will cut short duced to make the increase to 18,(MX) j Athena Flouring Mill Company to his visit in London on account of men, but with an intimation on the pump water for the city for $800 per sickness in his family. wording of the bill that the increase year. The Henry I’. Smith farm of 199 Russia is standing steadfast for was to be made only gradually at 20 peace, according to an official state per cent a year for five years. Every acres, 1 la miles east of Dallas, has ment received at Washington. | coast state, every state where fortiti- been sold to an Okalhomp man for One mail clerk was killed and ; cations are needed, and where they $6,400. The Ontario Warehouse Company another injured in a wreck on an Illi I have been erected will applaud the action of Secretary Root, as it means is building a warehouse on the Short nois Central train in Louisiana. j more heavy artillery, and fortifica A steamboat on the Mississippi tions already in place and fortifica Line right of way. Tiie building will river was wrecked near Chester, III. tions to be erected will have artillery be 50x70 feet, fire proof, and will be Two passengers were drowned and 22 placed upon them, and received the pushed to a speedy completion. The Sunset mill owners started deckhands are missing. care of trained and efficient men, a theirquartz mill on Forest creek again , Unless the sultan of Turkey yields care that very valuable defenses have on the question of interference with not received during the past three last week for a run of several months. They have a large amount of rock on foreign mail, the powers will present years. an ultimatum, backed by naval dem Another thing where Secretary the dump, some of which which will onstration. Root showed his judgment was in yield $75 to the ton. A hotel will be built at Enterprise A new Russian loan of 424,(XX),0(XJ construing the stupid provision of the Spooner amendment to the army if citizens will give a bonus of $1,200. francs is authorized. bill, relating to the Philippines. Strong indications of natural oil Fire in suburb of Detroit, Mich., There were two amendments, one pre and gas have been found near Mil did $800,(MX) damage. pared by Senator Spooner, giving the ton. General I)ewet, the Boer leader, president authority to control the The receipts of the Oregon state has resumed operations. Philippines, and Senator Hoar se land office during April were $23,- Pennsylvania l>eat Annapolis in the cured the adoption of another regard 459.3(1. ing franchises, which would prevent intercollegiate boat race. The contract has been let for build anything from lieing done to improve National organization of machinists the condition of the islands. Soon ing a school house at John Day. The has ordered a general strike. after the Philippne amendment was price is $3,466. Yale beat Harvard 57 to 47 in the cabled to the Taft commission, a Baker City wheelmen are having annual track and field contest. reply was received shownig that trouble with miscreants who steathily The Porte has ordered all foreign if it was adhered to strictly, it puncture their tires. would mean great hardship to the post offices removed from Turkey. people of the Philippine islands. The Southern Pacific is putting in a The steamer Princess Louise was After mature delils*ration the sec- 1,900-foot siding at Rice Hill. Other wrecked in British Columbia waters. 1 retary decided to allow the regu repairs are being made along the line An attempt was made to sell con lations for the cutting of timlier in that vicinity. fidential documents in the Neely case. which the Philippine commission Citizens of Enterprise have organ Seattle men have .bonded 1,000 had enacted to remain in force and ized an immigration board, and will acres near Willapa bay and will bore not to be interfered with by the Hoar try to secure the co-operation of other I amendment to the army bill. It towns in the same county. for oil. would have been well, perhaps, to Esterhazy has made an affidavit j give the secretary some authority in All but eight or 10 men employed that he was the author of the Dreyfus nuxlifying affairs in Cuba, for he ha« it the Mineral City smelter have borderau. a way of making such modifications Is-en discharged and work has been Embezzlement charged against ex of the best interests of the government suspended for a time. School Land Clerk Davis, of Oregon, and the people who aregowerned. The stages between Canyon City may be outlawed. ind Burns are now traveling on the AUSTRALIAN PARLIMENT. Trouble between the managers ol summer schedule, and the entire dis the Buffalo exposition and union tance of 70 miles is covered in one workmen for a time threatened a com First Under the New Federation Opened by day instead of two as heretofore. plete tie-up of work, but the difficulty Duke of Cornwall. lias been settled. Portland Markets. Melbourne, May 13.—The opening A grip containing dynamite was in Wheat — Walla Walla, 59®60c.; process of fumigation at Port Town of the first federal parliament which valley, nominal; biuestem, 61@62c. took place at noon was a most im- send, Wash., when owner told con (ier bushel. tents, causing a panic among the presive ceremony. The capacity of Flour—Best grades, $2.90®3.40 per the exposition building, the scene of steamer passengers. theceremony, is 12,(MX) people, but the barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats—White,$1.30® 1.35 percental; Mrs. McKinley is ill, and has been available space was taxed to the ut takeji to San Farncisco for a rest. most. The decorations consisted of gray. $1 27'a® 1.30 per cental. Barley—Feed, $17® 17.25; brewing, Her illness, while not serious, may regimental standards, trophies of $17® 17.25 per ton. cause curtailment of programme for arms and floral festoons. Millstuffs—Bran, $17 per ton; midd the remainder of president’s tour. The doors were opened to ticket lings, $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop, holders at 9 o ’ clock in the morning, Two lives were lost in a New York and by 11 o'clock the auditorium was »16. fire. Hay—Timothy, $12.5O®14; clover. tilled except the royal dais. This The presidential party is now in was located beneath the great dome. $7®9.5O; Oregon wild hay, $6®7 California. It held a single row of chairs, the jier ton. Hops—12® 14c. per lb. Eastern wool market shows no im largest, in the center, being sur Wool — Valley. 11® 13c; Eastern mounted by a small gold imperial provement. crown. The whole was overhung Oregon, 7® 10c; mohair, 20® 21c- Martinelli has received the red be- with the royal standard. In front of |H'r |M>uml. Butter — Fancy creamery, 15® retta at Baltimore. the royal chair was a small table, 17 lvc. ; dairy, 13® 14c. ; store, 11® The steel trust will close down the on which was a telegraph key, by 12 *2c. per pound. which the Duke of Cornwall and Everett nail works. Eggs—Oregon ranch, 12t1®13e. I York was to flash the opening signal English coal miners have decided throughout the commonwealth, when ;«er dozen. Cheese—Full cream, twins, 13® ■ not to strike at present. the Union Jack was to Is- simultane I3'tc. ; Young America, 13's®14e. | Fire in Augusta, Ga., destroyed ously raised in every settlement of |x'r pound. the federation. $169,(XX) worth of cotton, Poultry—Chickens.mixed $3.50®4; The majority of the audience was A fire in Seattle destroyed projierty composed of ladies, mostly clad in liens, $4® 4 50; dressed. ll®12e. per springs. $3®5 |ier dozen; to the amount of $200,000. mauve colored costumes, but many of pound; lucks, $5®6; geese. $6®7; turkeys, A naval war college is to l>e estab them were dressed in white. Bril i live. 10® 12c; dressed, 13® 15c. per lished for the naval officers. liant scattered grou|>s of army and 1 pound. Potatoes—Old. 90®$1.10per sack; The Industrial commission is in navy uniforms gave color to the scene. Facing the dais was a slightly new, 2'aC. |s'r pound. vestigating rate discriminations. raised platform, where seven rows of Mutton — Lambs 4\®5c. j«er The steamer Tantillion Castle, chairs accommodated the membrers |s>und gross; lx-st sheep, wethers, wrecked near Cape Town, is a total of the commonwealth parliament. with wool. $4 25® 4.50; dressed, 7 lsc. loss. The lofty north transept was de |ier |a>und. Hogs — Gross. heavy. $5.75®6; The contract plans for the cruiser voted to the memlwrs of the state par 8t. Louis have mysterioulsy disap liaments. East and west of the dais light. $4.75®5; dressed, 7®7lte. per were grou|M<d the ministerial staffs. pound. pears!. The remainder of the hall and the Veal—Large, 7®8c. per pound; Forest fires in Pennsylvania are gallerim were packet! with a well small, 8®8t4e. per pound destroying immense quantities of val dressed, earnesst. expectant crowd. Beef—Gross, top steers. $5® 5 25; uable timber. A great orchestra enlivened the ante .cows and heifers. $4.50®4.75; dressed Much disturbance continues among meridian hour with operatic airs. lieef, 8t4®8t»c. per pound the eduacated classes in Russia, and the police are kept busy. A Toledo, O., police judge says) Our Mali Not Tampered With. drunkenness is a disease, not a crime. ■ Washington, May 13.—No Unite«’ It is said that 1,000 pounds of Btates official mail was included in «nd dismisses all plain drunks that I poultry will cost less to raise than the lot of foreign mail which is re come before him. 1,000 pounds of l>eef, and will sell ported to have been tampere«! with An Omaha man claims to have for almost twice as much. while passing through Turkey, thus made out of common earth, petroleum While finding that the see»! trade forimng the subject of a protest from «nd two secret ingredients a cheap of England, generally speaking, is; the diplomatic body at Constanti «nd plentiful fuel. The official mail from our well conducted, the departmental nople. Earl Grey, of Great Britain, has a committee appointed by the board of minister, Mr. Ia>ishman, and his mail plan to secure control of all saloons for the state department never passes agriculture recommends the estab «nd to discourage the sale of intoxi- ■ eating drinks there. lishment of a central station for the through Turkey in transit. purpose of testing seeds sent to it for official examination. m or mt on REGULARS RETURN. •800,000 FIRE. Suburb o( Detriot ths in Idle Scene—Blue Started Mill. TWERTT-rOUR 10S1 Detroit, May 14. — Fanned by a 35- .Mississippi Steamer Backed on a miles-an-hour wind, fire this after- Sunken Snag. no >n swept the west bank of the Rogue river in Delray, a suburb to the south of Detroit, for three quar WENT DOWN IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES ters of a mile, and destroyed over $800,(XM) worth of property. Two Pauengeri, Watchman and Over Twenty The fire originated in the roof of a Colored Deckhand« are Believed to saw mill. The plant has not been Have Been Drowned. running for several months, and the roof was as dry as tinder. The build ing was soon in ashes and the fire Grand Tower, Ill., May 15.—The swept across a block to where a dredge was tied up. Despite the efforts to steamer City of Paducah sank in 25 Bave her, this craft was burned to the feet of water five minutes after strik water’s edge. Great embers were ing a snag while backing out from picked up by the wind and dropped , Brunkhorst landing. The liodies of in several directions, setting fire to two passengers who were drowned buildings. Delray has a small fire department, nave been recovered, and 22 members which responded with three engines of the crew, most of them Negroes, and the fireboat Battle. Even the are missing. All of the officers were greatest streams of the fireboat were saved. powerless to check the Hames which The passenger list has not been re were rolling down the river bank for covered. A diver is searching for it. hundreds of feet. When darkness fell Only the texas and hurricane decks the glare from the burning poles il are above water, which reaches to the luminated the -sky for miles. The skylights of the cabins. All the firemen worked on the fire almost all ] staterooms are completely Filled with night to keep it from spreading to water. The steamlsiat drifted a third other property. of a mile below the landing before she sank. The first mate says the boat went down within three minutes A TRICKY BANK TELLER, after striking the snag. He was on the cabin deck and escaped by climb Hi« Scheme for Making Money Led to Hi« ing through the skylight. Arrest. It is supposed that most of the mis New Orleans, May 14.— Samuel sing deck hands who were on the Flower, paying teller of the Hibernia lower deck were washed down the National bank, has been arrested here river The boat lies down about 100 charged with a shortage of $36,000. feet from the Illinois shore, the fore The Fidelity & Deposit Company, of part of the hurricane deck being Baltimore, is on Flower’s bond for under water. She appears to be a $25,000. It is alleged that Flower, total wreck. The coroner of Mur expecting an examination, sent to an physboro, Ill., is now holding an in other bunk in this city a government quest while the diver is searching for sealed package said to contain $40,000 more bodies. and received in exchange for it $40,- (XX) gold clearing house certificates of NUMBER OF SOLDIERS KILLED. the denomination of $5,000 each. His cash having been counted by the Due to Explosion of Mine« Buried on Fron National bank examiner the evening tier Chinese Provinces. before and found correct, it is alleged Victoria, B. C., May 15.—News he returned the clearing house certifi cates to the bank from which he had was brought by the steamer Glenogle received them and received in return that a severe earthquake occurred at his unbroken government package, Y’okohama April 24, lasting fully two said to contain $40,000. This pack age was received by the Hibernia minutes. No damage was reported. The Asiatic reports that on April National Bank from the sub treasury, of this city, in March last, and con 22. 150 French and 30 Germans were tained $4,000 in $1 bills. It is al killtxl and wounded by the explosion leged that Flower had preserved the of mines buried on the frontier of label from an old government package Shan Si and Chih Li. The China Times reports the capt that did contain $40,000 in denom inations of $10 each, which he pasted ure of a brigand headquarters, where on the package, containing only Chinese were plilaging the neighbor $4,000 in $1 bills, thereby making it hood under the leadership of 10 for The Germans killed a $40,000 package to all appearances. eign soldiers. This package was opened and counted 20 Chinese and captured a junk, on after his departure from the bank. which a cannon was mounted. The new 700 ton liner Sobranon was wrecked on the Chinese coast PHILIPPINE POLICE FORCE. near Lung Ying prior to the sailing of the Glenogle. The passengers and — Already Organized. Including Over Six Thou- mails were saved. The vessel was a total wreck. •and Native«. A mixed battalion of English and Washington, May 14.—An extern] Japanese and French had a sharp en- sive resume of the organization and gagment with 100 Boxers near Shan- varied conditions of the Philippine backwan. The fight lasted all day native police force is contained in i. j and a number of Chinese were killed. statement made public by the divis The British lost two men wounded, ion of insular affairs of the war de the French one, and the Japanese partment. The reports recites that, two. because of the poverty of the munici There had lieen 110 cases of plague palties, the Philippine commission and 104 deaths, anil 65 cases of small appropirated the sum of $150, (MX pox and 43 deaths in Hong Kong to provide increased pay for the body, from January 1 to April 15. and offered through General Mac- Arthur, further incentive in the LOCATED BY OFFICALS. way of increased compensation for cases of meritorious and faithful serv ice. Late reports received at the wai Craft Which Ha« Been Used to Smuggl, department indicate that an efficient in Opium. and loyal force of native police has Seattle, May 15.—The means o: now been organized, with prospects ol further extension and increased abili the transportation for the 585 pound« ty. The total force now numbers 6,- seizi'd several days ago by the local 349 officers and men, a great many ol customs officers and perhaps of tom whom are on the meritorious list and receive addtiional pay. The body at of other smuggled opium was locate«) present is concentrated in Northern today by Customs Inspectors Delaney Luzon principally, although th« and Brinker and seized. It is a name Visayas, Mindanao, Jolo and South less naptha launch 25 feet long. The ern Luzon have police forces of con , craft was found secreted on the tide siderable strength. In many of the | flats in a resdience boat house near towns the men are fully uniformed. Moran Bros.’ shipyards. The launch was equipped with several gasoline tanks, half a dozen cases of gasoline, KLONDIKERS IN LUCK. numerous rubber sacks UBed as ri'cept- acles for the contraband opium, rub Miner« Ar« En|oving Greatest Harvest iu th« ber clothing, dark lanterns, red lights History of the District and many paint pots, indicating that the launch had changed her color Port Townsend, Wash., May 14.— almost with the changes of the moon, Returning Dawson passengers on th< and a small arsenal of rifles, revolvers Victorian, which arrived from Skag and shotguns. No one was found in way report that the miners of th« possession of or a claimant for the Klondike are enjoying the greatest seized launch, which would indicate harvest in the history of the country 1 that the head men in th«' gigantic owing to the abundance of th«' surfaci smuggling scheme have escaped, at water, which is lieing utilized in sluic j least temporarily. ing the dirt taken out during th« winter months, and the yield of yel Militia Still on Hand. low metal will exceed the l>est expec Jacksonville, Fla., May 15.—Tin tat ions of the mine-owners. The Victoria reports considerabh | relief association is doing stupendous excitement in th«' north, caused by j work, particularly in the commissary There if the smallpox epidemic, and variou | and labor departments. settlements are taking every precau abundant work for everybody who can tion to cheek and wipe out th«' dis j do manual labor, but difficulty is ex ease. At Skagway a mass meeting perlenced in getting the colored men was held, the Indians were drive: to work. The militia is still in pos out of the city, and a strong guan i session of the city, and will remain was placed around the town to prevent’ here as long as the committee of th« their return. Nearly all sections an relief association thinks b«»st. The in quarantine. Every stranger arriv liquor men have approved the action of the governor in closing the bar ing ia held up and inspected. rooms and have endorsed it. Narthweit Pottal Order«. Washington, May 14.—The piist- office at Brinnin, Jefferson county. Wash., has been moved one mile t< the south, without change of post master. The office at Kaufman, F re mont county. Idaho, has been move«! two mile« north, without change o' postmaster. The Minnesota game warden it hatching 100,000.000 wall eyed pike Glad They Are Gone. Philippne Army to Be Reduced 25.000 Men —Order« Sent to MacArthur. Washington, May 15.—By direc tion of the secretary of war, instruc tions were cabled to General Mac- Arthur to send to San Francisco at his earliest convenience, the follow ing organizations of the regular army’: Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty- third regiments of infantry; fourth regiment of cavalry; Twenty ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty second and Thirty third companies of coast artillery; First, Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth batteries of field artillery. General MacArthur is instructed to transfer to other commands all men in the above organizations in their first enlistment having more than one year to serve, also men wishing to remain in the Philippines. All men of other organizations having three months or less to serve, not in tending to enlist, are to be transferred to the returning organizations. It is expected that this movement of troops will begin soon after July I next, by which time the homeward movement of the volunteers will have been completed. It is the intention of th«' department to replace the home coming regulars, so far as the mili tary conditions in the Philippines re quire it, with troops recently organ ized in this country under the pro visions of the army reorganization act. These movements are predi cated on the policy of the adminis tration to reduce the army in the Philippines to 40,(XX) after the return of the volunteers. The war department today pub lished the reorganization order pre scribing the strength of the various branches of the military service upon the basis of a total army of 77,287 men and a staff' of 2,783, the enlisted strength being 74,504 men. By the order each cavalry regiment will con sist of 12 cavalry troops of 85 enlisted men each, making the total strength of the cavalry branch 15,840 men. The coast artillery will consist of 126 companies of 109* enlisted men each, making 13,734, and the field artillery of 30 batteries of 160 men each, mak ing a total artillery force, field and coast, of 18.862 enlisted men. The 30 infantry regiments will consist of 12 companies of 104 enlisted men each, making the infantry strength 38,520 enlisted men. The engineer battalions will have four companies of 104 enlisted men each, with a band and will, have a strength of 1,282 en listed men. COST HIM Man Who Stepped HIS LIFE, A«ide to Let Anothei Gain Safety First. Indianapolis, May 15—While Wil liam Phelps, of Richmond, Ky., anil James Staplebury, of this city, were cleaning out the inside of an eight foot upright boiler at the Cerealine mills today, an employe turned on the steam, thinking the cock tight. It leaked, and the scalding steam poured in on the two men. T.he only exit was up a ladder. Both men jumped for the ladder. Phelps reached it first, took one step and stopped. He jumped aside and shouted, "You go up first Jim, you are married.” Staplebury sprang up the ladder and escaped with slight burns. Though Phelps followed at his heels, his act of heriosm cost him his life. Both men were being cooked when Phelps jumped aside. By the time he had followed Staplebury up the ladder the flesh was dropping from his limbs. He lived for two hours in great agony. Both men are colored. GOT AWAY FROM MOTERMAN. Three Paisengerj on a Trolley Car Seriouily Hurt—About 100 Bruiied. New Y'ork, May 15.—An open trol ley car, in which were packed about 115 people, got away from the motor man near Fort I^e, N. J., and dashed down Leona hill. Every person on the car was bruised and three serious ly hurt, but only one of them, the conductor, is likely to die. The heavily loaded car had started down an incline a quarter of a mile in length when the motorman lost con trol. The car was going so fast that no one dared to jump off. The road is a winding one. At the foot of the hill it curves sharply. When the front trucks hit the curve they started around and made it. The rear ones followed part of the way. The wrench upon the car, however, as it swung about, was so great that the body was torn and lifted from the trucks and rolled over and hit the ground. The passengers were caught in and under the car and were piled in a heap. More American Liner«. Philadelphia, May 15.—The New Y’ork Shipbuilding Company, at its new yards near Gloucester, N. J., has begun work on four st«'fl passenger and freight steamships for the At lantic Transport Company. Two boats are (MX) feet long and the others 500 feet and they are to trade from Philadelphia. New Y’ork and Balti, more to London. The steamships are not intended to be flyers, but will run at a moderate speed. They will have a carrying capacity of 6,000 tons of cargo. Cable« Ve Interrupted. New York, May 15.—The C^ptnmer- London, May 14. — Considerabh amusement has been enlist'd by th« cial Cable Company has issued the publication of a dispatch from China following notice: “We are advised saying great relief was felt among that the cables between Tschifu and European troops at the withdrawal ol Tsingtau and Tsingtau and Shanghai the Americans, who were too free and i are interrupted. ” easy for the military etiquette of th«- i New Naval Academy. Continental forces. The naval academy at A inapolia Of al) the British colonies New Zea will be a fine structure. W| en com land has sent the largest proportiot I pleted the building will have oat $3.’ of its strong youth to fight on th« I 000,000. • African veldt.