The Yamhill County reporter., January 17, 1902, Image 2

YIMHILL COUNTY REPORTER.
HOMESICKNESS
As a Cure, an
D. 1. ÀIBI KÎ, rutlUho.
IN
American
I
MANILA.
News
Service Will
Be Established.
The Cherokee, Choctaw and Chicka-
saw nations, in the Indian Territory
have petitioned congress for territoria
government instead of tribal rule.
Manila, Jan. 14.—Medical authori­
ties here assert that a considerable
portion of the breaking down among
American residents of the Philippine
Islands is due to homesickness.
Newspapers of Manila are urging the
United States Philippine Commission
to make an appropriation for a daily
cabled news service from the United
States, thus bringing Americans here
in closer touch with their home life.
A majority of the local papers, sever­
al Army officres, civil officials and
others, have promised subscriptions
to help meet the cable tolls for a
three months’ news service of 100
words a day. An amount sufficient
to cover the tolls for 70 words a day
has already been subscribed. It is
hoped that this news service can be
begun January 15. It will be devoted
to American news exclusively. The
Government has offered to send news
bulletins free to all points on the
military wires.
Commissioner Bernard Moses, head
of the Department of Public Instruc­
tion for the islands, has delivered an
address to the teachers of Manila, in
which he particularly urged the con­
tinued instruction of Filipino children
in English.
He said the members
of the wealthy farmer classes were
making a great mistake in sending
their children to Spanish schools, as
the consequent neglect in English in­
struction would injure their position
and standing in the islands, which
would inevitably and indissolubly
become a portion of the American na­
tion.
The news reclved from Batangas
Province is cheerful. The expedition
to Loboo, in Batangas. has been a
complete success. The columns under
Colonels Wint and Wells have des­
troyed a large number of barracks and
hamlets, and enough rations to keep
20,000 Filipinos for six months. There
was not a single American casualty
during the entire expedition.
The
enemy fled before the Americans,
meany of thf m were killed and
eral surrendered.
A family of seven perished in a Buf
falo fire.
HAS MADE A RECORD.
M c M innville .
OREGON.
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An Interesting Collection of Items From the
Two Hemispheres Presented In a
Condensed Form.
A slight earthquake wu felt at Sara­
toga a few days ago.
Two men were killed by accidental
asphyxiation in New York.
A bill has been reported to the house
to make more sure of the gol<l standard.
Fire in an Indian Territory coal mine
was the cause of 14 men losing their
lives.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, will leave
that country on February 13 for a visit
to the United States.
Chicago board of trade has sent a pe­
tition to congress asking for the reopen­
ing of the Schley case.
Bail forest fires are burning in Colo­
rado near Buffalo Park and in the
mountains south of Cheyenne moun-
tain.
Elalsirate preparations are being
made for the fitting celebration of the
pontifical silver jubilee of Pope Leo
XIII.
A petition witli 24,000 signers has
been presented to the king protesting
against the »ale of the Danish West
Indies.
Emperor William, of Germany, will
have his yacht, living built in this
country, christened “Alice,” in honor
of Miss Roosevelt.
There are 900 cases of smallpox
Ixrndon.
President E. E. Lytle says the fil­
ing of these incorporation articles
means the building of the extension
at once. Construction will be begun
as soon as the weather in that region
is suitable, and the line will be put
Extend through to completion this year unless Items of General Interest From
some unexpected obstacle shall be
All Parts of the State.
found. It is said not to be a difficult
country to build in.
Columbia Southern to
Its Road.
ADDITIONAL CAPITAL
STOCK
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL;NOTES, ETC
$1,000,000
Great Resources of Territory.
Branches to Ashwood and Prineville—Exten­
sion of Main Line From Shaniko to
Bend—Engineers Now at V o k.
Lytle,
Portland. Jan. 15.—E. E.
May Enright and E. R. Deyoe have
filed articles of incorporation of the
Columbia Southern Railway Exten­
sion Company.
The object is to
build an extensiou of the Columbia
Southern Railway from Shaniko lo
For a year or two work has been in
progress toward opening the agricul­ A Bri«i Review of the Growth ind Improve­
ments of ths Many Industries Through­
tural, timber and mineral resources
of the region to be penetrated by the
out Our Thriving Commonwsalth.
proposed extension of the Columbia
Southern. Irrigation companies have
been in the field and have extensive
Philomath is to have an opera house.
reclamation
projects under
way.
Total tax levy for Josephine county
Lumbermen from Wisconsin, Minne­
sota, Michigan and Iowa have acquir­ has been fixed at 32 mills.
ed large tracts of pine timber along
Hop growers around Salem refuse to
the Deschutes in Crook County, and »ell their crops for less than 12 cents
are ready to erect saw mills the min-
per ¡»>und.
I
The 1901 assessment roll of the state
shows an increase in property valua­
tions of $4,000,000.
Pendleton’s city council has dis­
missed the chief of police and city re­
corder for corruption.
Active operations will be commenced
at Baker City in the near future of the
beautifying of the city parks.
The new Catholic church at Hills­
boro, with a seating capacity of 1,000,
has been formally dedicated.
The Uncle Sam Mining and Milling
Company, of Blue river, is making ex­
tensive repairs to its property.
Calapooia school district is consider­
ing means for raising money with which
to erect a new school building.
in
Thomas E. Parker, of
Croker has retired from the leader
ship of Tammany.
Astoria, Oregon,
Saved 16 People in Last Three Years.
Mitchell may secure modifient ions of
the Philippine tariff.
An extra session of ti>e Minnesota
legislature has been called.
The Cheyenne Indian troubles
Montana have been quieted.
in
Wireless telegraphy is likely to have
a bad effect on the Pacific cable project.
E. E. LYTLE.
A $10,649,000 contract has beeu let
for paving and Sewering the city of
Havana.
President Lytle, of the Columbia Southern railroad, which is about
extend its line 100 miles further south into central Oregon, was born
Pennsylvania in 1861. He learned the railroad business with the
Pennsylvania railroad, and came to Oregon in 1889. He was agent for the
O. R. & N. Co. at Touchet. Hood River and The Dalles until 1897, when
he took a leading part in organization of the Columbia Southern rail-
load company, and he has been at the head of that corporation ever
since. Seventy miles of road are now under operation, and it is the most
profitable line in Oregon, considering the mileage.
The senate has Isien asked to appro-
priate $4011*000 for a naval ex peri-
mental plant.
The Union Pacific will spend $25,
000,000 on the improvement of its
Western lines this year.
A prominent Canadian has brought
Astoria, Jan. 13.—Thomas
action against federal officers for false
ker, night clerk at the Parker House,
arrest and imprisonment.
in this city, is gaining quite a repu­
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, al­ tation as a life-saver.
During the
though in very poor health, declares he past three years he has been success
will not resign his seat in congress.
ful in rescuing sixteen people who
Owing to recent disturbances, notice» hail fallen Into the river. The hotel
have been posted in St. Petersburg is located directly on the water front,
and many times during the daik
ordering instant obedience to any or­ nights of winter, persons have fallen
ders by the police.
overboard, either from the wharf or
January 29 will be generally observed the railroad treutle. Mr. Parker has
had several narrow escapes from
as a holiday, that date being the late drowning while rescuing others, an.!
president’s birthday.
Governors are has never received any reward for
issuing proclamations accordingly.
his work, In the majority of cases
the ones rescued even neglected to
Russia Is determined to hold onto tell him their names or thank him.
Manchuria.
A local company has been organized
for the purpose of boring for oil near
Monmouth.
Bend, a distance of about 100 miles,
with branches to Ashwood and Prine­
ville, The amount of the capital
stock authorized is $1,000.000.
The extension will consist of, first,
a line from the present terminus of
the Columbia Southern at Shaniko in
a general southerly direction, cross­
ing Trout Creek and Crooked River.
to a point on the Deschutes River.
at or near Bend postoffice in Crook
County; second, a branch up Trout
Creek, via the Oregon King mine, to
a point at or near Ash wood postoffice;
third, a branch up the valley of Crook­
ed River to Prineville.
Engineers Now in Field.
ute there shall be transportation for
Three Eastern com-
the product.
panies own 44,000 acres covered with
yellow pine, all accessible from the
proposed extension. Mining develop­
ment in the vicinity of Ashwood, a
new town on Trout Creek, has reach­
ed a stage that demands transporta­
tion facilities.
Portland Will Be Benefited.
Portland trade field will be greatly
extended by the construction of the
proposed extension. A considerable
part of Lake and Klamath Counties
which now have their commercial re­
lations with San Francisco wiS fin>
it easier to reach Portland after the
road to Bend shall have been com­
pleted. A wider extent of country
will be drained this way, and its rap­
id development will amount to open­
ing a new empire at our door. Fur­
ther extensions of this railroad are
contemplated, one prong to go to >
Lakeview and another to Burns.
Those may come next year. Then in­
terior Oregon will be fairly supplied
with transportation lines that will
tend to bind Oregon together rather
than tear it in parts.
GOVERNMENT TO BLAME.
Papers in the
United States
Showing
That
China Was in League With Boxers,
New York. Jan. 13.—Documents
now in possession of Columbia Uni-
verslty, it is believed, prove that the
Chinese Lmperial Government was in
league with the Boxer uprisings. The
documents consist of an original blo< k
cut an a copy of a proclamation. The
papers are the gift of the Rev. Dr.
M. E. Gamewell, who constructed the
defenses of the allies at the siege of
Pekin.
Some few days after the relief of
the beleaguered garrison by the for-
eign troops. Dr. Gamewell secured
new quarters for the Methodist Hpis-
copal schools, their own buildings
having been destroyed. Two private
houses were taken and it was in a
table of one of these that a number
of circulars were found, together with
the plate from which they were print­
ed. The circulars bear the seal of
the government used upon Imperial
documents. The wording of the cir­
cular is:
“By Imperial Command, Let the
Boxers of (here follows the names of
eight towns near Pekin) rise up to
united victory."
This, it is supposed, .meant the des­
truction of the foreigners, as shown
in the Boxers’ motto, “Protect the
Manchus, destroy the foreigners.”
The circulars are printed on yellow,
paper, with black type, excepting the'
Vermillion of tile seal or “imperial
pencil," as it is know-n. Red charatt-
ers, signifying the seal of the Boxeis
are stamped on the left hand corner.
SIGNATURES WERE
FORGED.
The public schools and churches of Fraudulent Attempts to Secure the Release
of a Montana Convict.
Coquille City have been closed on ac­
count fo the number of cases of small­
Helena, Mont., Jan 13.—Governor
pox in the city.
Toole has unearthed one of the most
The Badger Mining Company, of daring fraudulent attempts at the re­
Susanville, expects to install a reduc­ lease of a convict from the penitenti­
tion plant on its property in the near ary that has ever come to light in this
future. The plant will involve an out­ state. Some time ago, the governor
lay of $100,000.
received a letter from the then Viee-
The county court of Coos county has President, Theodore Roosevelt, say-
appropriated $1,000 to be expended on ing that a letter had been returned to
the Alleghany-Elkton wagon road, and him from the dead-letter office, pur-
this makes the building of the road
porting to have been written by him.
an assured fact.
asking for the pardon of Launcelot
Navigation on the Yamhill river has G. Livinston, a convict in the peniten­
been closed to Lafayette.
tiary. Vice-President Roosevelt said
A fine body of cinnabar has been
the letter was a forgery. A few days
discovered in Josephine county.
ago the full extent of the forgeries
The Clatsop county tax levy for
looking to the pardon of Livinston
1901 has been fixed at 31 mills.
was revealed. A petition was receiv­
Lane county court has fixed the 1901
ed
from the prisoner, asking for exe­
tax levy for that county at 24% mills
The Oregon State Livestock associ­ cutive clemency, and stating that he
ation met at Salem and elected offi­ was a member of a prominent New
cers.
York family. One hundred and two
Polk county’s treasurer has issued names were signed to the petition,
a call for warrants issued prior to and among them were those of Hugh
October 6, 1899.
Grant. August
Belmont, ex-Mayor
Captain Walter Lyon has resigned Hugh Grant, Vice-President Roose­
his position as captain of Company K. velt. Rev. C. H. Parkhurst. Thomas A.
Fourth regiment. O. N. G.
Edison, John D. Crimmins, Joseph R.
The new flouring mill at Wasco has
started. Power is furnished by elec­ Drebxel, H. W. Bookstaver, T At­
tricity obtained from a plant or. White water Jerome. W. Astor Chanler.
river.
James Witherspoon, Dudley S. Phin­
The early closing movement on the ney, Casper Whitney, Lloyd Aspin­
part of Eugene grocers has gone into wall, E. D. Morgan and Henry Still­
effect and the stores now close at man. Governor Toole wrote to a num­
ber of the signers, and they all re­
7 p. m.
plied that the signatures were forger­
The entire debt against Pacific col­ ies. Livingston was convicted of ob­
lege, at Newberg, has been paid off. taining money on a forged check in
and the institution is in a prosperous April, 1900. and given five years in
condition.
the penitentiary.
A proposition made by citizens of
Astoria to the can factory of that
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
place has been accepted and the plant
will be enlarged and run for fifteen
Thrilling Experience of a British Bark on the
years.
Portland Markets.
Vancouver Shore.
Tacoma, Jan. 13.—Seldom, If ever,
Wheat—Walla Walla. 59@60c; blue­
The incorporators are officers of the
does
maritime history record a more
stem, 61c; valley, 59%@60c.
Columbia Southern Company. Mr. Ly­
Barley—Feed, $17@17.50; brewing, thrilling experience or a more miracu-
tle being president.
Miss Enright
lous escape from certain destruction
A HITCH AT PEKIN.
Governor Shaw will succeed Secre­
$17.50@18 per ton.
secretary, and Mr. De.voe auditor of
tary Gage January 25.
Oats—No. 1 white. $l@1.10; gray, than that which was encountered by
the old corporation, The whole pro-
the three-masted British bark Calth-
New York has appropriated $50.000 Demands Presented by the French Minister perty will be practically one line
95c®$l.
to represent that state at the St. Louis
from Biggs to Bend, The route has
Flour—Best grades. $2.70@3.30 per ness-shire, Captain Furneaux, which
to China.
fair.
been reconnoitered, but the definite
arrived yesterday.
barrel; graham. $2.50.
Pekin, Jan. 13.—The French Min­
Relations between Americans, Brls ister, M. Beau, refuses to present his location has not yet been made. This
Driven on the rocky Vancouver
Millstuffs—Bran, $17 per ton; mid­
progress,
engi-
work
is
now
in
ish and Russians at Niu Chwang are credentials until China fulfills certain
shore last Tuesday night in a gaie.
dlings. $20; shorts. $18; chops. $17.
in
the
field
for
neers
having
been
atralned.
demands of the French Government. some days.
Hay—Timothy. $11@12; clover, $7 with but 15 fathoms of water beneath
Rear Admiral Wildes has been or­ The joint audience of the foreign and
@7.50;
Oregon wild hay. $5@6 per her. in the teeth of a furious wind and
dered to take command of the Asiatic new Chinese Ministers, which had
ton.
heavy sea. both her anchosrs were
been arranged, hail been postpone«!
squadron.
CHINA THANKS UNITED STATES.
DANISH ISLAND PLANTERS.
Mutton—Lambs. 3%@3%c, gross; lost, with 200 fathoms of chain.
because
of
M.
Beau's
action.
His
Several senators propose to fight
Helpless and with shoaling waters in­
the indiscriminate passage of pension colleagues are discussing whether to Say Sugar Trade Will Be Ruined if the Sale For Protecting Forbidden City Duriug Box­ dressed, 6%c per pound; sheep, weth creasing. Captain Furneaux and his
support
him
or
not.
A
repit
it
ion
of
ers,
3%@3%c.
gross;
dressed.
6@6%c
bills by congress.
crew expected to see the vessel driven
th«' Turkish Incident is considered
Is Not Consummated.
er Tronbles.
per pound; ewes. 3%@3%c, gross; on the shore and so certain wen, they
A charter has been granted to a possible.
dressed.
6@6%c
per
pound.
St.
Thomas,
D.
W.
I..
Jan.
11.
—
of their fate that the small boats were
Washington, Jan. 15.—Mr. Wu, the
new corporation whose object it is
The Dowager Empress today follow­
Hogs—Gross, 5%c; dressed. 6@6%c lowered and hurried preparations
to build a railroad in Missouri.
ed up her friendly advances by send­ Th«> following cablegram signed by a Chinese minister, today handed Secre­
per
pound.
made to take to them. Almost within
It Is announced that the East St. ing verbal messages to several of the large number of the residents of the 1 tary Hay the following edict, trans-
an instant, however, the wind shifted
Veal—8@9c per pound.
Louis bank robbers obtained $10.400. Ministers, thanking them for the care Danish West Indies, was sent from the mitted to him by Wei Wu Pu. at Pe-
they had taken of the palace and ex­
Beef—Gross, cows. 3%c; steers, and began to blow from the north-
Instead of $5000, as first given out.
Danish Island of St. Croix to tie Min­ kin, in a cablegram dated January
west. Sail was clapped on to the
3%@4c; dressed. 3@7c per pound.
Should Germany be successful in pressing pleasure at the reception ac­ ister of Finance and the Rigsdag at ; 11. 1902:
Caithness-shire and she was driven
Butter — Creamery, 25@27c per clear out of shore, anchorless, but
obtaining money due her from Vene- corded by the foreigners on the occa­
sion of their Majesties’ entry Into Copenhagen January 3:
“By order of her imperial majesty, pound; dairy, 18@20c; store, 12% @ safe. Seldom do such escapes occur.
zuela, France will try to obtain pay Pekin.
“Confirming the memoiiui to his > ’ the empress dowager, we submit the
mont of French claims.
“It was a miracle,” said Captain Fur­
15c.
Th«' report of the arrest of General
Another Boer laager, guarded whol­ Tung Fuh Slang, whose decapitation j j majesty. King Christian. June. 1900. following edict:
Eggs—20@22%c for cold storage; neaux. "and but for the miracle she
ly by­ women, has fallen into the has been ordered by the Dowager Em- , the undersigne«! planters, representing |
22 @ 25c for Eastern; 28@30c for fresh would be piled up on the Vancouver
shore today instead of being safely in
hands of the British. A large num press. Is incorrect. The Tartar Gener­ 38,000 acres out of a total of 50.0001 “During the disturbances caused by
Oregon.
harbor.”
ber of cattle were taken.
al, who is Governor of Kwan Su, was acres, and merchants and other rep­ the Boxers last year, the American
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $2.50@3;
The population of the entire United afraid to execute the orders he re­ resentatives of the Danish West In­ commanding officers issued strict or­
Statehood Bills.
ceived. owing to Tung Fu Slang's In-1
States is 84,233.069.
ders to their troops to exert strenu­ hens. $3.50@4: 8%@9c per pound;
Washington. Jan. 13.—The House
fluence among the M ohammedans, dies assert that if the American mar­ ous efforts to protect the buildings springs. 9@10c per pound. $2.5O@3 per
The Boer losses up to date have who dominate th«' Province,
dozen: ducks. $.Vi?6 for young; geese. committee on territories today fixed
The Gov- ket is not secured by th«' sale of the
been twice as heavy as the British.
ernor feared that th«' arest of Tung islands, the sugar industry here will within the forbidden city. This was $6.50if7.50 per dozen: turkeys, live. the 23d inst. for hearings on the Okla­
an act of friendship worthy of imita­ ll@'12%c; dressed. 13@14c per pound.
A Southern Pacific train at Hous Fuh Slang would Incite the Moham-
homa statehood bill: the 31st for the
suffer severely and will have to cease
ton Texas, ran down and killed two niedans to rebellion.
Cheese—Full cream, twins. 13@
tion. for which we feel exceedingly
Arizona statehood bill, and February
in the near future, the prices for sugar
men.
13%c;
Young
America.
14@15c.
gratified and grateful. We therefore
7 for the New Mexico statehood bill.
now ruling being below the cost of
Bo«r Lasgtr Surprised.
Potatoes
—
Best
Burbanks.
85c@$1.10
Ex President Cleveland has almost
The bill to create the territory of Jef
instruct Wu Ting Fang to convey our
per cental; ordinary. 70@80c.
entirely recovered from his recent ill-
Pretoria. Jan.
14.—The
ferson out of Indian Territory was
British , producing that article."
expression of thanks through the sec­
■MS.
Hops
—
8@10c
per
pound.
Subsequent signatures secured to
forces have surprised and captured (
referred to a sub-committee headed
retary of state to his excellency, the
Wool—Valley. ll@14c: Eastern Or by Knox of Massachusetts, and In­
There will be a strong tight In con a Boer laager 20 miles northwest of this message raised the ratio of rep­
president
of
the
United
States,
Re
egon. 8&12%c; mohair, 21@21%c per cluding Flynn, the delegate from Ok­
gress against the new Chinese exdu- Ermelo. Forty-two Boers were taken. resentation to nine-tenth of the total
acreage under cultivation.
Including Major Wolmerans.
pound.
lahoma.
spect this."
sion bill.
The
first
proclamation
Against
football in England was issued by
Edward H In 1314.
During the last decade the Roman
Catholics have increased more rapid­
ly in Prussia than the Protestants,
while the increase In the number of
Hebrews was insignificant
No country does so much for the
education of its people as Germany.
The common schools are not only In
reach of the poorest, but the tuition
Is free and attendance is compulsory
in childhood.
Gray* Anxiety for the Condor.
Philadelphia Returns to Panama.
Victoria. B. C„ Jan 14 — There Is
grave anxiety for th«' sloop of war
Condor, which left Esquimalt Decem­
ber 2 for Honolulu. Advices dated
Honolulu. January 3. say the v«>ssel
had not then reached the port. On
th«> evening of th«' day she left the
big storm occurred, causing th«’
wreck of the Matteawan. If no news
la received of her by the Monna. du«»
<lne from Honolulu January 22. H. M.
S. Phaeton will be sent out to look
for her.
Colon. Colombia. Jan. 15.—The Unit-
re-
ed States cruiser Philadelphia
turned to Panama yesterday from La
Tablas. whither she conveyed the
commissioners who purposed to ■r-
range an exchange of prisoners be-
tween the Colombian government ami
the Liberals. An exchange of fifty­
eight prisoners was finally agreed up­
on. to take place on the island of Ta-
boga. in the gulf of Panama, ten miles
south of Panama
Senator Clark bought 66 painting3
Filipinos Buv • Ship.
in Vienna for $320.000.
Tacoma. Jan. 15. — The Manila
Three children of Jacque Mondry.
Times reports that the British ship
aged 10. 7 and 3 years, were burned to
Celeste Borrill has been purchased at death in thetr home at Buffalo, 2 N. V.
auction at Hong Kong by Filipinos, The mother and a two-days-old baby
and will hereafter fly the American were rescued.
flag The Celeste Borrill sailed from
The First National Bank of New
Manila several months ago for Port York
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has declared a semi-annual ____
divl-
Townsend and Tacoma. While off the j dend of 10 per cent on its increased
Formosan coast she encountered a se- capital stock of $10.000.000.
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This
vt
typhoon, which threatened her makes a total of $21.310.000 which the
destruction. When the storm abated j hank has distributed among its stock-
she managed to reach Hong Kong. I holders since 1883.
I
Colorado Land Opanad.
Pueblo. Colo., Jan. 11.—In compli­
ance with instructions received from
the Commissioner-General of the land
office at Washington, the Pueblo land
office issued orders opening up for
settlement
more
than
258.OOA
acres of land in the south-western
part of Huerfano and the western por
tion of Las Animas counties. This
land was withdrawn from settlement
over a year ogo. for the purpose <»f
creating the Las Animas Reservation.
The area is 24 by 18 miles in extent.
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