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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
A Change for the Worse.

New Orleans. Oct. 7.-After two days
of improvement and promise, the fever
situation, on the face of the record, took
somewhat of turn today. For 40
hours there had been no deaths, and
yesterday the number of cases had
shown material falling off from the
day before. Early this morning, how
ever, the reports of new cases began to
come in to the board of health Office
with considerable rapidity. By
o'clock there had been 16 cases report
ed, and by 2 o'clock tonight all previous
records of this season had been broken,
so far as new cases were concerned.
In few hours three deaths had also
been reported to the board. The ply
sicians we're not at loss to explain the
increase in cases. They took the view
that it might be expected that numer-
Gus cases would still continue daily to
be reported. DR.. Oliphant said to-
night: -..- .-e-.--
''The stern enforcement of the law
requiring all physicians to report
promptly both suspicious and actual
cases of yellow fever, has a material
effect in increasing the number of
40 COG ,,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Deed of a Fool.

Denver, Oct. 6.-About 10 O'Clock
last night Thomas H. Burch shot and
instantly killed Thomas Martin. The
shooting occurred on a ranch owned by
Burch, about four miles north of here.
Burch was watching for thieves who
had been stealing apples from his or
chard, and thinking Martin was one oi
them, he fired at him with double
barreled shotgun. Burch is promin-
ent man and is we'll to do. He gave
himself up
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
SeaIa Are Plentiful.

Victoria, B. c., Oct. Captain
Cox, of the sealing schooner Triumph,
which has returned from Behring sea
with 1,159 skins, says skins are plenti-
full in the sea; there is as many there
this season as there ever were. But for
some cause or other they are very rest
less. In the Triumph's catch were
four or five skins from which the hair
had been burned off the back. They
were not branded. but there is an iron
mark from which the fur was burned,
seemingly by electricity.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins & Company's Review
of Trade.

We have had something of slump
in wheat since we wrote you last, due
to several causes, chief among which
being the yellow fever scare, decided
slackeping OF speculation, and increased
receipts from both winter and spring
wheat sections. News, however, could
not in any manner be construed as
bearish, and had not the bulls taken
fright SO easily and dumped their hold
ings on narrow market, we should
have seen an advance instead of de-
cline. Foreigners have been good
buyers again on the decline, and could
our people get rid of the idea that
wheat is high, and inaugurate buying
movement, we should see sharp and
rapid adavnce. Exports have been
large, amounting to 5,623, 900 bushels
for the week. The worlds shipments,
amounted to 100000 bushels, while
our visible supply increased 2,403, 900
bushels. The English visible also in
creased 1876, 900 for the week. Our Wis
ible supply is now 19, 900, 900 bushels,
against nearly 50,000,000 a year ago,
while our exports are nearly 10000, 600
buSliSlc q AAOuGus lohC GhCSC ldCUS AuLo
consideration, and note also that France
will have to import at least 100000
bushels, Russia's exportable surplus on
the present crop is estimated at only
$4,000, 900 bushels, or less than half of
last year.
We have had a rather featureless
market in corn, and values have ruled
rather dull and lifeless within narrow
range OF price. Receipts of corn are
large, with good demand. Exports
continue to be heavy, the clearances for
the past week aggregating 5,623, 900
bushels, the low price proving to be
quite attractive to foreign importers.
The visible increased 1850, 900 BUSH
els for the week.
Provisions have not escaped the gen.
eral dullness that has prevailed and the
market is very quiet, but has a firm
undertone that needs only a fair buying
movement to develop into bull mar
ket. Receipts Of hogs are somewhat
larger than estimated and of good quail
ity. There is good demand from
abroad for cured meats and lard, and
this will probably increase heavily as
soon as cold weather sets in.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Portland Markets.

Wheat-Walla Walla, 75c; Val
ley and Bluestem: 77@7Sc per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, 81. so; graham,
$3.7O; superfne, $2 so per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 80 q SAC; choice
gray, 30@32c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $1,000; brew
ing, $40 per ton.
J Millstuffs-Bran, s14 per ton;
middlings, $21; shorts, $3.50.
Hay-Timothy, $12@12. so; clover,
$10@11; California wheat, $40
do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, 500
10 per ton.
Eggs-16@17Hc per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 45@471sc;
fair to good, 35@40c; dairy, 25@35c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 111ac; Young
America, 121ac; California, 90 1oc per
pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $4,000
$50 per dozen; broilers, $1,000;
geese, $3.50; ducks, 1904 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 8@9c per
pound.
Potatoes. Burbanks. 400
45c per sack; new potatoes, SOC per
sack; sweets, $1.40 per GENITAL.
Onions-California, new, red. $1.25;
yellow, SOC per GENITAL.
Hops-13@ 15o per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 6@7c.
Wool-Valley, 14@15c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 1o@ 12c; mohair, zoe
per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, IA @21ac; dressed mutton,
DC; spring lambs, 51s per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $45
light and feeders, 1894; dressed, $5@
$50 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross. top steers, $2.75@3;
cows $2.25; dressed beef, 4@51Sc per
pound.
Veal-Large, ~ q &c; small, 51a @6c
per pound.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

San Francisco, Oct. r. Adolph
Kuetner, one of the wealthiest and best
known residents of the San Joaquin
valley, has just returned from Europe,
and confirms the previously tele-
graphed report of how he was barred
out of Russia because he is Jew, and
because when youth, at the time of
his departure, he sailed for America
without obtaining the permission of
the authorities.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Labor Riots in Poland,

St. Petersburg, Oct. 5.-A serious
labor dispute is in progress at DAM
browa, Poland. Forty-ive hundred
iron workers have gone on strike and
have stoned the soldiers sent to quell
the disturbance. During the disorder
last evening the soldiers fired on the
strikers. killing three and seriously
Wounding four.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
The Bank Refused His Ordo or.

London, Oct. 7.-According to a spe-
cial dispatch from Madrid, Senior Cas-
tellanos, the retiring minister for the
colonies, called upon the Bank of Spain
to furnish 100000 pesetas for the
Cuban campaign. The committee of
the bank declined to make the advance,
whereupon the governor of the bank
invited the committee to resign.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
DR.. Guiteras Ouarantined.

Galveston, Tex, Oct. 7.-Dr. John
Guiteras, the yellow fever expert, en-
route to Galveston from New Orleans,
via St. Louis, to examine health condi-
tions here, was held up by the Houston
quarantine officers this morning, and is
now in Camp Detention at Spring sta
ton. There is no objection to DIR.
Guiteras' coming into Galveston. He
will be escorted here by the health
board as soon as he is released from
HOuston
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

Miller, S. D., Oct. 6.-Persons from
20 miles north state that as result of
the big prairie fire, one man has died
and others may die. Seven or eight
were badly burned, one family named
Preston all being in dangerous condi-
ton. Hundreds of tons of hay and
grain were destroyed. The fire was
caused by men making fire break.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Barney Barnato's Fortune.

London, Oct. THE late Barney
Barnato, who committed suicide by
throwing himself into the sea from the
steamer Scot, on June IA last, while on
passage from Cape Town to Southamp-
ton, left fortune amounting to $685.
S65 Ss Sd.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Money for Weyler.

Havana, Oct. 6.-The steamer Reina
Crista, which arrived today, brought to
Captain-General Weyler, So, 600, 900, it
is asserted, TO be applied in military ex-
penses. Tomorrow, 100 Spanish sold
iers sick or otherwise incapacitated,
will return to Spain.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Meat for KIondikers.

Victoria, Oct. 6.-J. G. Macarthur,
Dominion government surveyor, who
returned from the north, says there
will be no starvation at Dawson this
winter. When he left there were
1900 sheep and 400 head of cattle on
the Dalton trail, which would reach
Dawson bewteen September 10 and 40
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Can.ed bv a sn1it switch,

Nashville, Oct. 6.-A Montgomery,
Ala, special to the Banner says: A
passenger train on the Louisville &
Nashville, leaving here at $3.50 a. m. f,
jumped the track at Riverside Park,
killing Gus Boyd, colored, fireman,
seriously injuring William Brown, en-
gineer, and bruising Bill Glassier. a
postal clerk, of Nashville. A split
switch, it is said, caused the accident.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

John Huff died at Hyden, Ky at
the age of SO, leaving 78 grandchildren,
142 great-grsndchildren, and IA great
great-grandchildren. His immediate
family was large one.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Bank Safe Blown Up.

Sterling, Kan, Oct. 5.-Robbers
blew open the safe in the bank at
Chase. Kan, last night. About $2,-
900 is missing. Some of the money
and currency was destroyed by the ex-
plosion. Two men supposed to have
been the robbers were surrounded near
Allen by citizens Of Chase, who were
aroused by the explosion. The robbers
escaped, however, in the darkness.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

New York, Oct. 6.-Four pound
fishermen Of North Long Branch, NJ,
were drowned today while about their
work, about 100 yards off shore
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

Near Pool, Rowan county, North
Carolina, several nuggets have been
found recently and farmers have dis
covered they were the possessors Of gold
uines,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

st. Paul, Oct. 6.-Samuel P. j. Nc
MILAN, United States senator from
1876 to 1888, died at his home in this
city last night of anemia. He had been
i'll for nearly year.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
A Million by Registered Mail.

New York, Oct. THE $1,000, 900
in gold which was received from Austria
liza at San Francisco is beginning to
arrive in this city. 1t is being sent
hither by registered mail. One bank
received $1Oo.0oO today, and a private
bank was in receipt of $4,000. The
gold was in canvas bags holding 81, 900
each, in shape like a sausage. The gov
ernment, having declined to transport
the gold from San Francisco to this
city at-government express rates, or to
pay out currency for it here, on tele-
graphic transfer, and the importers
finding the ordinary express charges too
onerous, cheaper plan of sending it
by registered mail, taking out policies
of insurance against loss, was adopted.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The coarse gold deposits of the Aztecs
are believed to have been found where
the Acapulco railway crosses the Balsas
river.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

News comes rom South America that
q proposal is on foot to build an electric
railroad over the Andes, connecting the
republics Of Argentine and Chill.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The hospitals of the Metropolitan
asylum in London have 5000 beds set
apart for scarlet fever and only 700 for
diphtheria.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Montana has a new gambling law

which not only prohibits the shaking
of dice for drinks, but makes playing
cards for prizes at social gatherings un-
1awful
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

In every mile Of railway there are
seven feet and four inches that are not
covered by the rails--the place left be-
tween them for expansion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
New Yukon Railroads.

New York, Oct. "A dispatch from
Montreal says: Application will be
made to the Dominion parliament next
session for bill to incorporate COM
pany for the purpose of constructing
and operating railway from point
near the head of Chilkoot inlet. on the
Lynn canal, to the rapids on the Yukon
river, following as closely as practic-
able Dalton's trail, with power to con-
struct and operate branch lines, bridges,
wharves, Telegraph and telephone lines,
steamboats, and other craft on the lakes
and tributaries of the Yukon river.
The promoters are a syndicate of
wealthy men.
Latest reports received at Ottawa of
the progress of the Crows Nest pass
railway construction are to the effect
that work on the first 100 miles is very
far advanced, and that there is no
question but the company will be able
to realize its purpose of completing this
section before the close of the present
season.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

The latest things in locks is one
with the keyhole in the center of the
doorknob.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
Six People Killed.

Willow Springs, Mo-, Oct. Ga
prairie schooner containing seven per-
sons was run down in Dead Mans cut
today by train on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis road. Six per-
sons were instantly killed and sew
enth fatally injured. Those killed
were: Philip l.. Wooten, Philip Woot-
en-, jr., Amanda Wooten, Dora Wooten,
Mrs. Frances Malbrey and infant child
months old. Philip Wooten's wife is
so badly hurt that she cannot live.
The train was stopped and the remains
of the dead and injured were brought
here. Conductor Hallway says the
proper signals for crossings were given,
but were not heard. The persons killed
live in Texas county, Mo-, and were on
their way to Arkansas to pick cotton.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
ottawa Oct 7-Tba VILLAGE of Zoe

Ottawa, Oct. 7.-The village of Cas-
selman, 80 miles southeast of Ottawa,
on the Canadian-Atlantic railway, is
supposed to have been destroyed by
fire. Fire is raging in the brush sur
rounding the village, and no trains can
pass either way.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

81 have been a large employer of
men, and l want to say now that was
the first employer in Ohio to recognize
organized labor. From that day have
never refused to recognize it. My pros
perity is theirs, and cannot have it
without their cooperation. From
Senator Hanna's Burton, Ohio, speech.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

st. Louis, Oct. 5.-Mrs. Lena Ripley
Waters, bride of three months, COM
mitted suicide today by hanging her.
self at the home Of her sister.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08
SWEPT BY PRAIRIE FIRES.
Vast Tracts in Illinois and Indiana
AbIaze.

Chicago, Oct. T. Extremely hot
weather for October is prevailing in
this section. During the past "a hours
the thermometer went up to sc degrees,
and according to the signal service rec
ords this is the highest point that has
been registered for the month of Octo-
ber in 27 years. Dense smoke aggra-
waited the conditions. On account of
the drought the last two months every
thing is as dry as tinder and forest and
prairie fires are numerous.
Lake Michigan has been made al
most unnavigable on account of the
smoke and fog. Captains of vessels
have reported most alarming state of
affairs. Many have not slept for 48
hours on account of the watchfulness
that was necessary. Boats picking
their way through the Straits of Mack
inaw were particularly hampered.
Landmarks were utterly obliterated,
and the lights were indistinct at dis
tance of a length of the vessel.
The smoke is attributed to forest
fires. Hunting parties, careless in
their camping, are thought to have
started the broad confagrations.
Marine underwriters are apprehensive
of numerous standings on account of
the somke, and bulletins from the low
er end of the lake are watched for with
anxiety.
Chicago's southern wards and SUBJ
urbs are surrounded by prairie fires,
and dense somke overhangs large part
of the territory lying south of Seventy
fifth street. Hundreds of acres of pra-
irie have been burned over, and thou
sands of feet of sidewalks and fencing
have been consumed.
Firemen in this division of the city
are completely exhausted fighting
prairie fires by day and night. Most
of the fires are started by sparks from
locomotives. and not infrequently by
mischievous boys, who set the grass on
fire for the excitement.
A dispatch from Bremen, Ind, says
the most disastrous prairie fire known
in the history of Marshall county is
now raging. Hundreds of acres of land
in the northern portion of the county,
comprising what is locally known as
the "big marsh,' is one vast smolder-
ing WdSLS. M IluOS, "hCH 4dhICu W
a breeze, the heat bursts into blaze,
and darting across clover fields, corn
fields or meadows lays waste everything
in Its path, only stopping when headed
off by plowed fields or highways.
Many instances are reported where
cattle in passing over the treacherous
ground have broken through into the
burning heat and perished. Farmers
are kept busy day and night fighting
the flames and preventing destruction
of their homes, and the lack of water
makes the battle almost hopeless.
Just west of Walkerton more than
1000 acres have been swept of every
vestige of vegetation. many thousands
of tons of hay and miles of fences hav-
ing been consumed. The large barn
of Joseph Kirlkey was in the path of
the flames, and together with its con-
tents, composed of hay, grain and farm
machinery, was burned.
With fire on every side great anxiety
is bieng felt for the safety of towns
without fire protection. Nothing short
of drenching rain can possibly check
the progress of the fire.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

Mr.. Bryan informs the palpitating
public that the foreign famine is re-
sponsible for the increased price of
wheat in the face of the fall of silver,
but says nothing about advance in
cotton, tobacco, corn, meats, wool, and
other farm products.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-08

''After great smash like that of
1898 or that of 1873 there is nothing to
do but wait and let the business world
settle itself, carefully keeping mean
while the medicine men of finance with
their feathers and rattles out of the
way of the sick man. When
public confidence is profoundly shaken
it must re-establish itself. 1t
has been shaken by causes, and
those must be removed. Speak
er Reed on the Business Situa-
ton.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
JUST "TAMA JIM"
THAT'S WHAT THE FARMERS
CALL SECRETARY WILSON.
= Interesting Man with a History
Fiilcd with Interesting Experiences
Hes a Practical aud a Scientific
Friend of the Farmer,

The present head of the Agricultural
Department Is an interesting man and
has history filed with interesting expe-
riences. Tall, slender, gray, rugged in
appearance, with Scotch accent which
has clung TO him since his arrival in this
country in childhood, he is a typical rep
resentative of what sturdy integrity and
unbending will can accomplish. There
are so many interesting things TO be said
Of "Tama Jim," who gets this title be-
cause his home in Iowa was in Tama
County, and it became necessary to in
some way identify him as against an
other james Wilson in his own State, that
1t is difficult to know just where to begin
and where TO end in writing of him. The
Washington Star, however, in leugthy
article published few days ago, selects
number of unique features in his history
and some equally interesting chats with
Mr.. Wilson.
As a member of Congress this Iowa
farmer performed an act Of abnegation.
OF remuneration, every whit as knightly
and heroic rs the inspired, inspiring self.
ishncss and nerve Of the grimy man in
dungarees who "held her nose agin the
bank till the last galoot" got ashore. 1t
was the action of "Tama Jim" that re-
stored to Grant the military title that
he surrendered when he became the civil
chief Of the nation he had redeemed with
the sword. 1t happened during the Forty.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
WHY Business Moves Slowly.

The bad effect Of the election of Grover
Cleveland and the free trade congress
was felt in single month after the "i''
,ion because the merchants stopped or
doriug from the HON" manufacturers IN
the expectation Of getting cheap E""n
from abroad under low tariff The gn"n
effect of tho rlertion of Mckinney nnn
the protection Congress cannot he rev rs
promptly rs was the bad effect OF the e'''
tion of Cleveland. because thos" sam"
merchants are still buying goods abroad
in enormous quantities. and Will Proon'
hly have yenrs supply in hand h'i"r"
the new law gets into effect. This ne.
counts for the delay in activity among
our manufacturers and for tn" delay IN
the business revival which will surely
follow the resumption of business 10y
them,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

The farmer IL likely to be well taken
care of by that digniied body, the 'h'ten
States Senate. The tariff bill. reported
from the Finance Committee Of that body,
has added duty of IA cents per pouna
on hides, increased the rate on wool o, 'he
third class. and cut ont the clause IN the
House bill which exempted Hawaiian
lugar from duties, thus reducing ,hal
competition with beet sugar. lhe au'y
nut on hides, tea and other articles which
were formerly on the free list Will I'M
prove the opportunities for advantageous
reciprocity treaties for which the senate
will provide, and which will greatly nehe-
fit the farmer. It is believed the House
rates on woods Of the first and second class
will he restored by the Senate or confer
cpco committee.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

sey, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Colorado. accompanied by riots and 'he
use Of troops TO suppress violence, III
March; strikes in Ohio, Pennsylvania
South Carolina. Alabama and Oh tn" IA
cifc coast, accompanied by riots, which
were suppressed by State troops, IN Aprii
bloodshed and use of troops in PennsyI /
vania in May; strikes and riots i'll Mary
land, Montana. Ohio. Alabama. WiscoI'
sin, PENNSYLVANIA and Michigan. when
were only suppressed by the use of troops,
in June: strikes in Chicago, Indianapolis
and elsewhere, followed by use of troops
in July; strikes in New York, MasSachn'
sets and other Eastern States prior 10
final enactment Of tariff law on Aug. -
1891
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
A Chilly Year for Silver.

This has been chilly year for the Sill
ver cause. The population OF the nations
which have rejected the silver standard In
the past year is more than three times as
great as that Of all those taking this step
during the ten years previous. From 1880
TO 1895 the nations which adopted the
gold standard were Egypt, Ronmnnin,
Austria. Hungary and Santo Domingo,
having nm aggregate population at that
time Of fifty million people. The nations
which have abandoned the silver standard
in the past year are Bolivia, Costa Rica,
Chill. Peru. Japan and Russia, with an
aggregate population Of $50 million. TO
sny nothing of China with her 400 million,
which has gone long distance toward the
adoption of the gold standard.