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CM OREGON COURIER. VOL. XI. OliKGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY i). 181)4. NO. 40. OCCIDENTAL NEWS. St. Louis SpecMiIators Inventing in Mexican Mines. A FATAL SSOWSLIDK IN IDAHO Another Klch Ledsfe Dincovered ill California Whites Purcliiw I ii if Mwasli Fqiiaws. trail Diego talks ol a now 11,000,000 hotel. ' An entomologist at Seattle says all the fruit trees in Unit vicinity are infected with pests. The recent ptonn played havoc with tho whistling buoys oil Astoria. Five went adrift. The whites aro piirchiiHiiig Indian women hy wholesale from Siwashes in Northern British Columbia. (mvernnr McConnell of Idaho has ap pointed delegates to tlieTriuismisgiseippi Congress. Tho Governor is President of the congress. Rcdomlo bus been designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a place win ro vessels may enter and clear and customs olliccrs receive duties. A snowslide in W'liito Bird Gulch, Iduho county, Idaho, wrecked a Mr. Thoimou's liome, and killed for girls. Their parents and an infunt escaped. Johnnie LoCnn'o. tlio Humboldt In dian, who hn. .. .;irs worn fumale clothing, has iinally been compelled by the aullioritics to resume proper cloth ing Spokane. WaHh., is elated over the prospect that the Great Northern Hail road Company will build a large steel bridge, over the .Spokane river ne.ir that city. Samuel A. Ames of Riverside, Cal . has' begun suit against the Riverside Bunking Company to recover J5.000. The complaint contains some serious charges nguinst Manager O. T. Dyer. The atmosphere of Mexican California is to bo revived at coronado in April, where aSpanish fiesta is to beheld. The sports and dress of the participants will bo those in voguo forty years ago. Arthur Stewart, Deputy Superintend ent of Streets at Los Angeles, has been found guilty of embezzling $000. De partment money was loaned to friends, and when he made his returns he could not collect the money. A party of St. Louis speculators are at San Diego, which place they have risked w.itli ,tho intention of closing the deal that has been on foot for some time for '! the purchase of gold mines at Ccdros Island and Tanama in Lower California. " Mrs. George IX. Williams, priestess of the faith cure at Portland, has recovered . v.frontisM- fast of seventy days on claret and crackers and forty duys on water alone, and with her 150 disciples is re joicing that they have passed through the " wilderness." Frank Atkinson of Sand Lake, Tilla mook county, Or., is the hero of the lat est bear story. He smoked the beast out of a hollow cedar, wounded it with the only load of ammunition ho hail, pulled it out of tho stump by the ear and brained it with an ax. The report reaches Caliente, Kern county, Cal., that a very rich four-foot ledge has been discovered on the summit of one of the mountains which surround the old Haviluh mining camp. That place has been dead to mining for the past ten years, but this discovery has awakened interest and excitement. The Women's Protective Association has had Joseph Harrison, a Spokane waiter, arrested on a charge ot rape unon fifteen-year-old Minnie Meeker, There was no assault, but they can make that charge under tho statute on account of her tiie, Anna Lewis has been held in $-1,000 bonds for leading the girl astmy. Papers in a suit to establish the owner- shin to the waters of Santa Ana river have been served at Riverside. The suit is brought bv the Anaheim Union Wa- ter Company and Santa Ana Irrigation Company, both corporations of Orange county, Cal. The two companies lay claim to 12,000 inches of water running in the Santa Ana river, and it is to nave this claim established that suit has been brought, The circulation of petitions through out Okanogan county, Wash., asking the Postal Department io eeiaoiisn a uireci mail route from Wenatchoe to Concon nllv lias revived much interest in the subject of building a wagon road from CIihIiui to the Great Northern railway dowu the right bank of the Columbia river. A special messenger sent from Chelan to Wenatchee reports that place alive with interest in this matter, and all along the line the universal cry is, we must have this road built. In view of the expense which would be entailed and the fact that Seattle would derive a direct benelit the people feel that sub stantial aid should be given by that city. Such a road would secure to Seattle the whole trade of the Chelan-Okanogan basin. The Portland Savings Bank, which suspended six months since, did not re sume business on February 1, as was hoped, but the receiver will pay a 10 per cent dividend on all depos its. Of the $2,400,000 of deposits exten sions had been signed by all but $700, 000, w hen a report was circulated that the' bank would resume on February 1, and the depositors stopped signing, and the brokers were buying deposits at 00 per cent of the face value. A number of the largest depositors, who are able to wait, would not sign, and were ready to rush in and draw all their money. Thip was not considered fair to those who had signed extensions, and the court ordered that 10 per cent of the dividends be paid to the depositors. The bank was opened for this purpose February 1. The court will not hasten to throw the bank into liquidation, and it is hoped that arrange ments will vet be made to enable it to resume business, as the assets are ample to pay all depositors if reasonable time is given. If there is any coal in the vicinity of Port Angeles, Wash., it is likely to be nncovered within the next few months. Fif U en men are now at work in the creek bottom on Race street, just outside the citv limits, and Messrs. Griswold and Hibbard, who are in charge of the work, are confident that the indications at that point are conclusive evidence that within few hundred feet of the surface a pay ing vein of coal will be foond. A dam feventy-five feet from bank to bank and ten feet high has been constructed in the bed of the creek, from which a water powf r sufficient to operate a drill will be obtained. The formation at the point at which the drill will be operated is sand stone, which is discolored by the sulphur fumes supposed to come from the coal beneath. Lewis Levy of that city is also anxious to open coal mine in that ri cinitv. He sk the citizens of Port An gles' for a $30,000 land bonus, over half of which has already been subscribed, and in return agrees to open op a vein of coal tore and a half feet wide. FROM WASHINGTON CITV. The Slate Department has received Information of the death of Dr. J. F. llartlgan, ex-United States Consul at 1 rleste. Comptroller Eckels Ims decided to ac cept the resignation ol Lionel Mngge ai receiver of the Oreuon National Hank No Portland man will be appointed re ceiver. Representative Kills has introduced bill to fix the northern boundary line of the warm springs Indian reservation In Oregon according to a survey mode by r. u, iiuuuiey hi l7l The Uouso Committee on Military Af fairs lias ordered favorably reported a dim to repeal the act prohibiting the re' enlistment of private soldiers w ho havi served ten years or are over 35 years ago. of Secretary Carlisle has appointed W , llazcn of Cincinnati chief of the se cret service division of the Treasury De partment, vice A. L. Drummond re signed. Mr. Hazen has been in the service for years, The President has affirmed the finding and sentence ot the court-martial in the case of Paymaster John Clyde Sullivan who was tried In San r rancisco and ex cited great interest. This Involves his dismissal from the service. Ilansbrongli has succeeded in having the Senate Committee on Agriculture favorably report his bill appropriating fi.uuu.ow lor me extermination ol the Russian thistle, although George, Chair man ol the committee, dissented Congressmen are becoming very solic itous in pressing the claims ot their dis tricts upon the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors as the last week of hearing draws to a close. A delegation was before tho committee representing die waterways ot Washington, lliev were informed by the committee that i does not intend to branch out in rucom mending appropriations for new work. The condition of the Treasury forbids. They have little hope of getting what tney asxeu lor. The Senate Committee on Naval Af fuirs has authorized a favorable report upon the bill introduced by Senator But ler authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to furnish the naval militia of any Slate with a vessel not suitable or required for general service for the purpose of drill and instruction, with an aniendmen that a detail of seamen shall be made to take care of nny vessel supplied for the pur pose l lie mil provides the vessels shall be lurnished with charts, books and in. struments of navigation. The Secretary of the Interior has sent to the House a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Afl'uirs, giving the names of the settlers upon the Crow t. reek mat Winnebago reservation In South Dakota and the amount of dam ages thev sustained between the time of the opening of the reservation and the present time. Secretary Smith recom mends the appropriation of $110,109 for the reimbursement ol loss sustained hy 044 settlers and an appropriation of $3.' 000 to. reimburse some fifteen others whose claims are leld for further proof, . There will be very fow, it any, more witnesses before the Senate Hawaiian Investigation Committee. Chairman Morgan of the committee said that so far as he knew at this timo no others would he summoned. He added that no renort would probably be made for ten davs or two weeks. His estimate is more likely to be too short than too long. What the report will recommend to the Senate no one can say. It is not unlikely there will be two reports, perhaps three, for it is scarcely considered probable a patchwork could be agreed upon which would harmonize the views of all the members of the committee. At the instance of Senator Carey of Wyoming the Commissioner of the Gen eral Land Oflice has ordered examined all the listB of applications for patents for lands on the part of the Union Pa cific railroad which have been sold in Wyoming in order that patents may be issued. These lands have in some in stances been transferred several times, and final payments have been inadu to the Union 'Pacillc. The company has complied with all the requirements, in cluding the payment of fees and survey ing obligations. It appears there have been no patents issued to the company on lands in Wyoming since 1883. There are to exceed 1,000,000 acres of land in volved, all in the hands of settlers. Ca rey feels confident the issuance of pat ents will soon follow the proposed exam ination. Representative Doolittle had hoped to get his Nicaragua canal resolution be fore the House before the tariff bill came up, and had everything tlxed to push it through before that measure, but the President got anxious to have his pet schemes before the people as soon as possible, and the tariff bill was reported by the Ways and Means Committee sooner than was expected. Until tint and the income tax are out of the way there is no hope for any other legislation. Hut in the meantime'the friends of the Nicaragua canal are not idlo. They are working in committees and among their personal friends everywhere, and votes are being gained for it every day. It is a pity that the resolution could not have been'acted upon and the committee gone to Greytown to investigate the work so as to have been able to report by the time the House was again ready to do something besides talk. Whether the Pacific Mail Company will carry out the terms of its contract witli the government for carrying the mail between New York and Colon is a matter of considerable doubt among Postomce officials. The contract made two years ago provided for a change in service February 1 of this year from sending a steamer every ten days to weekly trips. The Postmaster-General has received a communication from Sec retary W. H. Lane of the Pacific Mail Company, stating it is questionable whether the company can meet its re quirements, but no action on the com munication has been taken by the de partment. If the contract is not carried out, the Postmaster-General has the power to impose a heavy fine. A like condition of affairs exists in the mail service between San Francisco and Hong kong, for w hich the racitic Mail Com pany also has the contract. The change in that service is from thirteen to twenty-six trips a year. The House Committee on Military Af fairs will report favorably the bill of General Curtis of New York, which re vises the regulations for enlistment in the regular army and is designed to Americanize the troops. Its most im portant provisions are that no men shall be enlisted in time of peace except American citizens or those who have de clared their intentions to become citi zens; that the me must be able to speak, read and write the English lan guage. - These rules do not apply to In dians. The official reports show that over 37 per cent of our soldiers at the present time owe allegiance to foreign governments. Candidates for enlistment most be under w years oi age. tnuw the existing rules the enlistments are for a minimum of five rears and the length of service restricted to ten years. The committee recommends all enlist ments be for terms of three years, and no man shall re-enlist wbo has not served honestly and faithfully during the first turn. MIDWINTER FAIR. The Opening a Success in Every Sense of the Word. THE DAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL ONE The Scene Was One That No Stran ger Could Possibly Fail to be Impressed tVlth. Wothlng was lucking to make the offia. lal opening of the California Midwinter Internntional Exposition a success in every sense of the word. In the first place, the sun came up gloriously, in t sky as clear as a bell, and all day long it shone down unon hunpv San Francisco. Happy was she in the thought that It was ber lot to be cradled in the lap of a land where such weather lea midwinter possibility) and proud was she that she bad to place before the thousands of people who visited her fair on that day a program of such incontrovertable ex cellence and of such unimpeachable at tractiveness. The opening exercises took place on a grand stand especially erected for this occasion, with a seating capacity of 7,000. 'I lie seats were all tuken and tuns of thousands of visitors gathered on the greensward in front of the speakers platform. The total number of people who passed through the turnstiles was 72,248. Nearly ten thousand of these were in the procession which marched in triumph to the exposition grounds. There were more bunds iu this street pageant than were ever before seen in bun Francisco. Halt a dozen of those musical organizations, occupying a, piuce on the grand stand, joined in unison iu tne putriulic matures or the niuslcul progrum. When the opening overtures had been played, James D. Plielun, the president of the duy, made his address, introduc ing at its close the Rt. Eev. Bishop Nichols, who offered up the invocation. The assemblage stood with uncovered heuds iu the warm midwinter sun, with the green hills towering above them, and not a harsh eloiuont in the air blew across their brows. People from the East took off their top coats, on this 27th of January, and made of them cushions for their seats. As the bishop called upon the Almighty to make glad the heart of everyone present in this land of sunshine, fruit and flowers, each visitor from the snowbound distnuta undoubt edly said "Amen. " The scene was one that no stranger could foil to be. impressed with, and so it was also when the governor of Cali fornia, Hon. H. H. Markhani, came to extol the managers of the exposition for the wonderful things they had accom plished within the five short mouths which had passed since the original con ception of the idea. On every hand were material evidences of the beauty and power of this greut Empire State of the Pacific, and when Director General AI. H. du Younjr, to whose fertile bruin and untiring cnerjry California owes this exposition when he arose to deliver his address a mighty shout went up and honor was there accorded to whom was duo. Mr. da Young bore his honors modestly. Best of all, his speech was short, itnd when Mrs. de Young was asked to nress the nntrnn which should set the machinery iu motion, she did so gracefully, and this was all there was to the formal ceremonies of the opening the great Midwinter Fair. The act of starting the machinery was signalized by the shriek of every whistle in the exposition grounds, by the blare and fanfare of artillery within full sight ef the assembled multitudes. On the same spot, when evening fell, there was grand display or fireworks, but la the interim the recreation ground was de serted, for everybody made a grand rush as Boon as the opening exercises were over to visit the maia buildings of the exposition and to patronize the con cessional features. It mattered not that tome of the exhibits were incomplete as yet, for there was enough to keep all eyes and all thoughts busy during what was left of that short afternoon, and everything, finished or unfinished, was novel and unique to everobody. It was in the concessions, hewerer, that the holiday spirit of the crowd was made more prominently manifest. The '48 Mining camp immediately established itself as one of the most popular institu tions in the exposition. Seven thousand people paid their way into this conces sion on opening day. The Firth wheel carried nearly six thousand, the Scenic railway was loaded down all day and far into the night: the Wild Animal Arena, the Ostrich Farm, the Indian Encampments, the Hawaiian Village, the Vienna Prater, Heidelberg Castle, tke Aquarium, the Sea Lions, the Colo rado Gold Mine, and the scores of other concessions did a big business, and everybody seemed satisfied with the pat ronage they received. All this established beyond a doubt the popularity of the Midwinter Exposi tion. Since the opening day there has been an average daily attendance of 8,000 people, or as many as paid admis sion so the great World's Columbian Exposition during the first few days after the official opening. Visitors are lond in their praise of what they have seen and are freely predicting that the exposition will be an immense success. The exposition management begin te feel as if they could take time for a good night's rest now and again, for their undertaking bas now been fairly launched, and tbey are willing to trust it drawing powers to prove sufficient for its satisfactory continuance for the en entire term of six months. The great glory of a California winter is just now at its height. People riding in the open street cars read of the bliz zards and snow blockades that harass their eastern friends, and once more the word of welcome passes along every line of eastern railroad: "Come to California, see the great Midwinter Fair, and get Warm." Tb Editor Uoklig Frnvl lire. Annie Caoble sends us an nf today which is as large as a goose egg aad which was laid by an enterpnsiog Leghorn ben. The egg is a monster and we shall attempt to set it. and ex pect to batch out fall grown ostrich with large and wonderful spur. When ine ostrich is trained we shall ride bias in a street parade. Durham Globe. FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS. Berlin intends to annex some rich sub urbs. The English naval estimates for 1804 amount to 7,000,000. The Queen of Afghanistan has decided to adopt r.uropean dress. Paris may follow Manchester's exam pie and become a seuport. Thousands of peasants are in a starv ing condition in Hungary. A pedigree book of high-bred cats has Just been published In England. A comparison of French exports shows a great decrease In the year past. Kossuth says his "History of Hun gary " is almost ready for the press. People in England are fined 40 shil lings for walking on a railroad track. - Sweden will spend $2,700,000 extra for Qve years hi uuuuiiig new war snips. Londoners pay a trifle over 4 a, head in taxes, local and national, per year. Premier Crispi expresses great desire a- i ii - o toeuu we commercial war wuu rnwice, It has been definitely Bettted thatEng- land is to buy the trunk-line telephones, I The Emperor of Germany has become interested in the American game of poker, In no country has the marriage rate declined so greatly in recent years as in Ireland For commenting too freely on govern ment plans the Moniteur de Rome has been suspended. In the opinion of the London Times the new American bonds a-e not likely to be taken in England. The Liverpool overhead electric rail way has proved a great success in its op eration since lust March. Russia and France are Dreoarimr for an interconferring of honors (luring the coming Franco-Russian fetes. The Japanese Emperor has lust re ceived from the Kaiser of Germany as a present a norse valued at f u,wu. From all accounts from Germany the young Kaiser made all the advances for reconciliation with rrlnce Bismarck, Mr. Balfour in his speech at Manches- ter announced thut England has now on hand two scares France and Russia. Brigandage has become more common in Spain in consequence, the authorities say, of the large number of unemployed. Purine last vear 13.047 fewer emigrants left the United Kingdom for places out of Europe than during the previous year. The grandson of Lord Byron child of the hapless Ada has succeeded to the Earldom of Lovelace bv the death of his lather. A new kind of fuel, made from sol id i fled petroleum and other materials, is now being extensively manufactured in r ranee. The French customs revenue for 1893 was 28,000,000 francs below the estimate and 2"), 000,000 francs below the revenue of 1892. The French Chamber of Deputies has rejected 347 to 90 a motion to reduce the taxes of farmers .cultivating their own fields.- - - The Prussian budget for 1894 shows a deficit of $16,000,000, mostly due to in creased war expenses in a time of pro- lounu peace. The amount of money received and expended for the relief of the miners during the recent general strike in Eng land was 101,714. The government of France is convert ing its 4 i per cent bonds into 3 per cents in order to save 1 per cent iu the annual interest charge. The Belgian army has a soldier 0 feet 6 inches tall, who is allowed double rations, on recommendation of his Colo nel, on account of his size. Gladstone is so admired in Spain that all parties in the Basque provinces have sent to him at Biarratz a neighborly message and a Bymbol of liberty. The next Universal Exposition opens in Antwerp on May 6 of this year. The next after that, as far as at present known, will be the Paris Exposition of 1900. Berlin cab drivers to the number of between 400 and 600 have struck against a police order requiring them to wear white glazed hats as a distinguishing mark of their calling. The Russian government, which aban doned the idea of an income tax some time ago, has now determined to impose a tax upon the rental of occupied houses, to be paid by the tenants, It costs Great Britain $20,000 to scrape the barnacles off the bottom of one of its big men-of-war and repaint it, and this bos to be done twice a year in the case of nearly every vessel. There are some signs in Russia of a relaxation of the authorities toward the peasants and Socialists. A greater meas ure of economic justice is hinted at in many public documents. The Czar in a telegram to the Governor ol Moscow expressing thanks lor JNew x ear's congratulations says : " May God grant peace, re-t and general welfare to all nations, and more especially to my own dear country." Paris, not satisfied with the river Seine, seeks a shorter cut to the open sea, and a ship canal to Rouen has been proposed. There would be no great physical obsta cles in the way, since the points are only about seventy miles apart. A concession has been secured by an American for the construction of an electric railway between Tokio and Yo kohama, a distance of about thirty miles. Two American engineers are said to be now on their way to Japan in con nection with the matter. According to an advertisement con tained in the Danish Government Ga zette, published in Copenhagen, two big volcanoes are for sale. They are situat ed in Iceland, and are the principal at tractions of the island. The owner asks for them the sum of $400 apiece. There mav be another attempt at rev olution in the Republic of Colombia. The government is on the alert. General Kuiz, military clue! of the Liberals in the province of Panama, has been ar rested in Baranquilla and taken to Pan ama. Me is guarded most careiony. The Socialist students of the Univer sities of Berlin, Freiburg, Muenster, Marburg and Kiel for the first time in the history of German universities have made a public declaration of their So cialist sentiments by dispatching an ad dress to the International Congres of socialist Student at Geneva. Lieutenant John 11. Alexander, a tal ented colored officer, who has been ap pointed to the professorship of military science and tactics at Wilberforce Uni versity, Wilberforce, O., is the first ap pointment of its kind to be made in this country. Pittsburg is very happv over the ar- rival of a heavy cargo of molasses by . steamer direct from Kew Orleans, the , first on record. Heretofore tbe rule has been to break cargo at Cincinnati and re- hin. Rnaina Yokes was the but of the (a- zaotu family of that name). EASTERN MELANGE. New York Chinese Engage in the Mercantile business. AN ANTI-WILSON BILL FKTH10N. Huge Gold Nugget Found in Colora doRailroad Employes Eu - Joined from Striking. Of seventy-nine suicides In Boston last year sixty were women. ' The World's Faiiuwtneiises amounted ai Chicago to over $2U,UU0,U0U. New lork city brewers have given f iu,uw to relieve the unemployed. Proceedings for the dissolution of the unicago gas trust, it is said, are contein plated in Illinois. A gold nugget weighing 15(1 rjounds nas oeen iouuu on the ummon property , . .. c. . a . . at Breckinridge, Col. The merchants of St. Louis are paving uie scnooi tax, which mey nave been fighting in the courts. There was a decrease of $3 per mile in the net earnings of the railroads of the country the past year. A syndicate of English capitalists has bought the Fisk gold mine near Black hawk, Col., for $600,000. The largest distillery in the world is to be built at Terre Haute, Ind., as a rival to the whisky trust. The Mississippi Legislature voted down a bill for the establishment of a disabled Confederates' home. A Baltimore packer will erect in Omaha one of the largest vegetable and chicken canning factories in tiie West. Surprisingly favorable results are said to have resulted from experiments in feeding wheat to hogs in Kansas. Baltimore fire insurance underwriters have raised the rates because of the al leged inadequate fire department. The estimated revenue of Chicago for this year will be about $8,000,000. Last year the revenue was $1,000,000 more. Malignant tonsilitis, due to cigarette smoking, caused the death of Commo dore C. II. Colt of Hartford iu Florida. The silver production of the United States last year is estimated at 60,000, 000 ounces, against 05,000,000 ounces in 1802. The total property loss ot Kansas City by fire last year was about $763,715, with insurance involved to the amount of $4, 970,000. According to Secretary Carlisle the people of Utah owe the United States $725,555 for the expenses of prosecutions since 1875. The Mayor of Cincinnati has been au thorised by tlia Council to expend $100, 000 for Improvements to give work to the unemployed. In Rhode Island they still ring the Statehouse bell to call the Legislature together. It is a large bell, and can be heard all over the State. Many Chinese in New York have dis card, d the laundry business and devel oped into merchants. I he Oriental goods uie popular in the metropolis. The Baltimore American exacts the proposed electric railway between Balti more and Washington to be in operation before the summer of next year. A bill is to be introduced in the New York Legislature to provide for the es tablishment in cities of 75,000 inhabi tants of free public bureaus of employ ment. The troubles in the Mansfield mining district in Pennsylvania are at an end apparently. The Slavs, who ran things as they pleased for awhile, have been cowed. The railroad employes of Pennsylvania have formed an association to combine on candidates for the Legislature. It is c'aimed that 100,000 men will vote to gether. The official returns show an increase in exports from Canada for the past sx months of nearly $4,000,000. The iin ports for the past six months increased $DUU,OW. The speech of Senator Jones of Ne vada during the silver debate will fill ninety pages of the Congressional Rec ord, and a special number has been as signed to it. On the proposed subway to cross the city of Boston $5,000,000 are to be ex pended. Passengers will be carried from Park Square to the Union station on Causeway street in four minutes. The petitions presented to Congress against the Wilson bill bear the names of 1,250,000 persons, the largest number of remonstrants ever known in the case of a pending scheme of legislation. The New York State Railroad Com mission intends to ask legislation giving it power to act as arbiter in grade-crossing matters. The idea comes from Mas sachusetts, where it has been successful. Judge McAdam of the Superior Court 'of New York, who has probably granted more divorces than any living Judge, has ruled that if men set traps to catch un faithful wives they cannot get divorces. Judge Dundy at Omaha has issued an order reducing wages on the Union Pa cific system. The average reduction per man is $3.62 per month. The employes are enjoined from striking against the cut. Boston has been seized with the sub urb annexation fever again. A bill has been introduced in the legislature to al low the "Hub" to gather to itself all towns within ten miles of its gilded Statehouse dome. President Harper of the Chicago Uni versity is reported to have stated that the story of Cain and Able is a myth, with no more truth in it, as far is known, than the story of the wooden horse that figured in the capture of Troy, or than tbe myth of Kern as and Komulus as connected with tbe founding of Home. The Law and Order League at Jackson ville, Fla., has resolved to make it lively for the principals, eiders and abettors in the Corbett-Mitchell fight. It holds that tbe injunction granted by Judge Call was an evasion of the prescribed statutes, and if the Ptate authorities do not very soon bring the matter up for review in the Supreme Court, the league will do so. The peculations of James Anderson of Indiana, a well-connected lad of 18 yea it, who is employed as a messenger in the Treasury vaults at Washington, proves more serious than was at first supposed. Tbey amount to $794 as far as ascer tained, and the inquiry is still in prog- wnen the tlielt was ttrst discovered it was supposed to amount only to a few dollar, and at the request of tbe Treae- nry officials publication of tbe fact was suppressed. Anderson bad access to tbe silver vaults lor uepurpoae ol showing visitors through. He pned open tbe wood work of some of the silver cbests near the lattice work, slit the bags eon- ! tainmg the silver dollars ano neiped , himae f to a faw dollar at a time aa hm ! wanted theoa. i ADMIRAL JEAN BART, Ill Uluflr Old Miirlnrr After Whan the Frrncli Vrlilj I Named. One of tbe French warxliipn which took part in the Columbian navul review at New York wus Lamed the Jean Bart. As the ship wua one of the first cIhhk, and Httr-ct- ed consequently a great deal of attention, no little curiosity wus aroused by Its name. which to most people seemed a straDge one. In books ol reference people were told that Jeau Bart was a French admiral wbo flourished at the close of tbe seven teenth century, and who, beginning life as I fisherman, rose to high rank and became I popular hero, but none of tbe current klogruphlescontainssny of the curious and eniunii.g anecdotes about him which have come down from the time when be lived. One ot these storlea will serve to show what sort of man Jean Bnrt was, When be bad made a brilliant record as a kind of buccaneer and shown that he was a much abler sea w arrior than any of the officers of noble birth wbo commanded the navy. King Louis XIV mode him first a lieuten ant and then the captain of a frigate, in which position be weatly distinguished himself. One day, while several elegant courtiers were wailing in tbe great monarch's ante chamber for an interview with tbe king, a rather rough looking sailor came in. Tbe courtiers and attendants were greatly shocked, but tbe sailor announced thut he was Jean Bart, and that be had come to see tbe king. One of his men, Keyser, had been condemned to death for killiug a man In a duel, and be was going to ask the king to pardon him. "But, M. le Capitaine," said the attend ant, "have you a royal invitation entitling you to an audiencef" "A royal Invitation?" exclaimed the cap tain. "What do I want of tbatP Tbe king and I are good friends. No need of all that nonsense between usl You just tell him tbat Jean Bart wants to talk to him, and that'll be enough!" But I can't announce any one who hasn't an invitation," said tbe attendant. "All right," said Jean Bart. "I'll an nounce myselfl" He bounded toward the door of the king s apartment, very much as if be were start ing to runup a mainmast. Tbe attendant, with pale face, placed himself before him. exclaiming: But tbe king s orders) Don't you obey the king's orders?" Ob, well," said tbe sailor, "if it comes to tbat, I'll wait. I won't go against tbe king's orders." He sat down among the astonished court iers, took out a pipe and some tobacco. struck a light with his flint and tinder and began to smoke. The attendant protested tbat no one smoked in the king's ante chamber, but Jean Bart insisted tbat wheu he was waiting be always smoked. "Put bim out," some one whispered, but no one ventured to do more than whisper it. Soon the king learned what was going on and ordered Jean Bart ushered in as soon as he should have finished his pipe. The interview, in which Jean Bart con ducted himself with all due respect to the king, ended in the granting of Keyser's pardon, and Jean Bart came back into the courtiers' presence triumphant. Tbey all crowded about tbe bluff captain. very obsequious to him now, and completely blacking UisexiL lie was in great haste, to carrv the nardon to Kevser. "Oh, tell us, M. Jean liart," tbe courtiers began to exclaim, "tell us bow you got out of the harbor of Dunkirk when you were blockaded there by the English fleet!' "You want to know, eh?" asked the cap tain, pausing. "Certainlyl" tbey exclaimed, crowding still more closely about him. "All right; I'll show you just bow 'twas done. Look here. I in Jean Burt, ain 1 1 Well, this room is the harbor of Dunkirk, and you fellows arc the buglisb fleet block ading me. And now" Whackl bang! wback! Jean Bart laid about hi in, now administering a cuff, now a kick, and very forcibly clearing a way to ward tbe door. As he reached it he ex claimed: "And that's tbe way, gentlemen, that I got out of Dunkirk harbor when I was blockaded there by tbe English fleetl Good byl" Tbe warship tbat bears the name of this redoubtable seadog should be a formidable antagonist. Youth s Companion. The Sliah'a Cat. Tbe shah of Persia has a great affection for cats und is so fond ot them tbat he has some 50 feline favorites which are generally to be found in his apartments, aud to which he has assigned officials and attendnutsof their own. Tbey also have their own spe cial room w!ere tbey assemble at certain hours to have their meals. On his summer excursions tbey all accompany him, being carried by special men on horseback in cages lined with velvet. The favorite of tbe lot used to be a large gray cat called Babr Khan, which may be translated as Prince Tiger. Wben tbe shah lunched or dined, Babr Khan was always always let into the room, and sometimes Ids majesty fed the cat with his own exalted bands. Once, while in camp, Bnbr Kban disappeared and was searched for in vain. A servant wbo bad umde fun of tbe cat and been beard to re mark tbat it was better out of tbe way was arrested on suspicion of having caused tbe animal's disapiearnnce. He was car ried to Teberau In chains, flung Into a dun geon and was never heard of again. Nor was the cat. New York Tribune, How Parte I'tUliee Kate. Almost every where in the world, except in Paris, rxui are considered as a trouble some nuisance to be gotten rid of by any means possible. Tbe Parisians, on the con trary, convert this nuisance into a useful member of society and a source of revenue. In Paris rats are collected from every pos sible source and placed in a great pound, where the carrajmeii of all animals dying In tbe city are thrown. These remains are speedily disposed ot by tbe rats, which leave behind nothing but the cleanly picked bones. There are no such scavengers as rats. Four times a year these rata are rounded up and killed, and their skins are utilized In tbe everywhere admired form of gant de Paris, to decorate the hands of loveliness tbe world over. Philadelphia Press. Whea Women Were extravagant. Such a hue and cry as is raised about tbe extravagance of tbe women of our day, and yet at the court of St. James in a dress of velvet embroidered with gold, which is said to hare coat no less than $1,500 Marie de Medicis had a gown sown wltb 82,000 pearls and 8,01X1 diamonds, and ber example was followed by leaser per sonages, wbo cheerfully expended more than their Incomes on gowns so laden with precious stones tbat their wearers could scarcely move about In them. Mme. de Monteapan, the beauty who reigned at tbe court of Loni XIV, wore at one great court festival "a gowo of gold on gold, and over tbat gold friezs stitched witb a cer tain gold which make tbe most divine stuff tbat baa ever been imagined," accord ing to ibe panegyrics written by the pen of Mme. de Sevigne. Kan Francisco Ar gonaut. , Am larelld Mother Mmj Bm m Bleeelaf. I know some homes where a tick mother makes berwlf a blnslng. be is a whole some as circnmsUncee allow. Wendell Phillips' wife was always an invalid, but she held biro to hit post of duty. The bent faith cure io tbe world ia try cure doing swell as we can for otherm. bunt talk about your ailment, but about Tour healthy limbs; about your bleeaiDgt. Count P w" J"" UuT k. bptacar la St. Leois (ilobe- THE PORTLAND MARKETS. Whiat Valley, 87tf90cj Walla, 8081e per cental. FBOVIBIONS. Walla Eastern Smokko Msatb ano Labd Hams, medium, 12(3 13c per pound; hams, large, ll)i12gc; hams, picnic, U(al2c; breakfast bacon, 13(gl6e; short clear sides. ll13c; dry salt sides, 10llc; dried beef hams, 12(4 13c; laru, compound, in tins, 9i(dl0o per nnnrwl. nnn In !., 1 1 I'Mlill 'n. nL feet, 80s, $6.50; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.00. BOPS, WOOL AMD B1DIS. Hops '93s, choice, 16(5 10c per pound ; medium, 10(4 12c; poor, 6(j7c. Wool Valloy, 10(31 Ic per pound; Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, b 10c, according to quality and shrinkage. Hidks Dry selected prime, 6c; green, salted, 60 pounds and over, 8,'c; under 60 pounds, 2 8c; sheep pelts, shearlings, 1016c; medium, 20(4 35c; long wool, 3060c; tallow, good to choice, 8334c per pound. LIVa AND DBISSMO MI AT. Bur Top steers, $2.50(33.00; fair to good steers, $2.00(2.26; cows, $2.00 2.25; dressed beef, 46ic per pound. Mutton Best sheep, $2.50; ewes, $2.25; lambs, $ . Hoas Choice heavy. $4.00(34.25: me dium, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.90(8 4.00; dressed, 0j7c per pound. Vial email choice, be; large, 4o per pound. . COUDAQH. Manilla rope, IV in. cir. and up, 10!n'c : manilla rope, 12-tliread, Kdiaiu., lie; manilla rope, 6 and 9-thread, i and 6-16 diuin., ll)jc; manilla bail rope, in coils or on reels, 10,'oc; manilla lath yarn, tarred, 9c ; manilla hawser-laid rope well boring, etc.. 13c: manilla transmission- of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine. lie; manilla spring twine, 14c; sisal rope, l1 in. cir. and upward, 7c; sisal miui V.I ,M.H J H am lz-tnreaa, fk dram., 7S,c; sisal rope, 6 and 9-thread. 1 and 6-16 diam.. 8c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7c; hop-vine twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine, b$c. ruDB, nu, (TO. Floor Portland, $2.76; Salem, $2.76: Cascadia, $2.76; Dayton, $2.75; Walla Walla, $3.00; Snowflake, $2.80; Corval lis. $2.65; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham. $2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats White, 3334c per bushel; grav. 3uc32c: rolled, in bags. 16.26(4 6.60; barrels, $6.75(37.00; In cases, $3.76. MiLLSTurrs Bran, $13(316; shorts. $15(316; ground barley. $16(318; chop feed, $15 per ton ; whole feed barley, 00(3 70c per cental ; middlings, $23(328 per ton: chicken wheat, 65c(3$1.15 per cental. Hay Good, $1012 per ton. DAIRY PROPDCI. Buttkr Oreiron fancv craamerv. 30(tt 32.V; fancy dairy, 25(327,H,c; fair to good, 20(322!ac; common, 10(317'uc per pound ; uauiorni i, ouyooo per roll. Ciikkhk Oregon, iU(3l;tc; (Jalifor- nia, Young America, 12 15c; Swiss, imported, 30(3 32c; domestic, 10 (glHc per pound. baas Oregon, l4(sioc per doten ; east ern, nominally tlie same. Poultry Chickens, mixed, quuted at 3.0Q(i3.5QBer ten: . jlnvki,. MJJOC! o.uu; geese, to.ou(u,.w; turkeys, live, 11 (4.12c per pound; dressed, 14o. VIQKTABLIB AND rBDITS. VaaaTABLie California cabbage, 1 U'c per pound ; potatoes, Oregon, 00(ut76c per sack; onions, $1.25 per sack; sweet pota toes, 3c per pound; California celery, 8600c; artichokes, $1.00(31.10 per dozen; California lettuce, 2036c per dozen; Oregon hothouse lettuce, 40 50c; cauliflower, $2.75 per crate, 00c per dozen; parsley, 25c jer dozen; sprouts, $1.00((tl.25 per box; string beans, 10ltlc per pound; asparagus, 12'..c per pound; Los Angeles tomatoes. fz.uu per box. auiT8 Sicily lemons, 4.bV(H.60 per box; California fancy, $3.60(4.00; com mon, $Z.o03.U0; bananas, $1.60(93.00 nor bunch; Honolulu, fl.6UZ.50; (Jail lornia navels, $2.252.75 per box; seed lings, $l.JK)i2.00 ; Japanese, $1.75(32.00; sunflower, $2.75; apples (buying price), green, 6005c per box; red. 60(375c; late winter pears, OoaOc per box. OAMNMO GOO OS. Gannbo Goods 'fable fruits, assorted. $1.762.00; peaches, $1.85(32.00; Bart iett pears, $1.76(42.00; plums, $1.87)(8 1.60; strawberries, $2.25(2.45; cherries, $2.25(0)2.40; blackberries, $1.852.00; laspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25$ 2.80; apricots, $1.66. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.001.20; blackberries, $1.25(81.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.15(33.60; peaches, $3.60(34.00 ; apri cots, $3.60(34.00; plums, $2.763.O0; blackberries, $4.254.60; tomatoes,$1.10. Ms ats Corned beef. Is, $1.60: 2s. $2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is, $3.50; 2s, $6.76(37.00; deviled ham, $1.60 (gz.7( per dozen; roast beef, is, $1.60; 2s, $2.25. Fish Sardines. Xs. 75c(3$2.26: Kb. $2.15(34.60; lobsters, $2.30(33.60; sal mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.25(31.60; flats, 11.75; 2-lbs, $2.26(32.60; -barrel, $6.60. TAP LB QROCSalSS. Corraa Costa Rica. 234ct Rio. 22 M 23c; Halvador, 23 'dc; Mocha, zsc; Arbuckie s, uoiumbia and Uon, 1UO-pound cases, ZD3Uc per pound. iwio rauiTs wua pack, rente prunes, 0(38c; silver, 10(3 12c; Italian, 8(3 10c; German. 68c; plums, 0(3 10c: evaporated apples, 8(3 10c; evaporated apricots, 15(3 10c 1 peaches, 10(3 12 c; pears, 7(3Uc per pound. 8am Liverpool, 200s, $16.60; 100s, $16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.60(39.60. Bybup Eastern, in barrels, 40(tboc; in half barrels, 42(357c ; in cases, 35(3 80c per gallon ; $2.26 per keg; California, in barrels, 20(34Uc per gallon ; $1.79 per keg. 0. 4JiC ; confectioners' A, 6!4c ; dry gran ulated, 6'c; cube, crushed and pow dered, 6c per pound ; Jc per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash : maple sugar, lo(31oc per pound. Rici No. 1 Sandwich Island, $1.75(3 6.00; no Japan in market. Bbans Small white. No. 1. 2Vc; No. 2, 2c: large white, 2jc; pea beans, 2J-4C; pink, 24c; bayou, 2J4C; butter, 3c; Lima, 3'ic per pound. Picklks Barrels, No. 1, 2830c per fallon; No. 2, 2028c; kegs, 6s, 86c per eg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen. Kaihins ixindoii layers, boxes, i.o (82.00: halves. $2.00(32.25; quarters, $2.25(32.75; eighths, $2.503.00. I-oose Muscatels, boxes, $l.ou; lancy raced, $1.76; bags, 8 crown, 4MaSc per pound; 4 crown, 6(i5c. Seedless Sultanas, boxes. $1.75(32.00; bags, 6o8c per pound. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. The only Pur Cream of Tartar Powder. No laftaonis; N Alsua. Usd ia Million of Homo 40 Yen ti Eaadard. "As old u the hills" and never excell cl "Tried rtnil proven" ia the verdict o f inillioiiB. Simmons Liver Regu lator is the Better y o n 1 v Liver anl Kidney medicine to which you eun pin your faith for a cure. A mild laxa tive, and purely veg etable, act ing directly on the Liver and. Kid- an Pills nevs. Try it Bold hy all Druggists in Liquid, or in I'owder to be taken dry or mode intoa lea. The King or Liver Mnllclnm. " I have used your Hliniiiimn l.lvtr itesn latoraiil ran t-iiiiM-li'iulniiKly v li IMhe kliiKorull liver miilldnra. I ronslilt-r It a iniKllohie i'hut In llwir. (iKo. W. Jack Son, Tuctima, Vulilui;luu. J-EVERT rACKAGE-fc Bm the Z 8Ump In red on wrniipe FAEM AND GARDEN. Cement is lanrelv nnlanlm? KiaMta Inr flooring of summer kitchens, poultry and dairy houses, for stables, nimwriita. ' cowsheds, walks. Wherever the nlace the principle is the same. Dio- out uim. . cientto admit from twelve to twenty inches of stone, large at the bottom, with smaller to fill in the chinki. Pound the stone well together, so there shall be no after settling and to leave as little space between as possible. Mix one part best cement and two parts sharp sand with water, to be thin enough to pour, and nse for filling among the stones. The next coat should be thicker and be a couple of inches above the stones and not used until it hardens. Whether walk or floor prepare always 1 for the wash: that is, have a slope to a drain that will Brove a water-shed. The beauty of the oors aside from their indestructibility is that they can be washed ; but to have all the good tbat should follow flushing there must be a drain. Some say cement floors are too cold for poultry andVcattle sheds and pig pens. No one queatttins this, but no one supposes such Moors areK to remain Dare, but are to be covered with litter. Tons of leaves have already been gathered for the poultry-house. In one place several loads of earth have been brought in, and it Is already scat wvi fcno imAiua duep utei the floors." The droppings, raked up once a week, go into barrels under cover for use in the garden next spring. In the cow and pig pens and in the stables Ihe litter is straw, and a good generous bed of it The floors In the horse, cow and pig houses should have drains for carrying the liquid ma nure to reservoirs prepared to save it WSLL VS. PO0BLY BALAMCID BATIONS. From a late bulletin of the Maryland agricultural station on data as between a well-balanced vs. a poorly-balanced ration we give a summary of conclusions as follows : For fattening steers a well balanced ration is very much more prof itable than a poorly-balanced one. Steers fed on a well-balanced ration made an average daily gain of 2.78 pounds; those given a poorly-balanced ration made an average daily gain of 1.7 bounds. The increased profits from this test showing a difference of 1.08 per steer were in fa vor of the well-balanced ration. With a well-balanced feed ninety davs ia amble time in wmcn 10 prepare an animal lor market. Where the more nitrogenous foods are used it is believed nearlv aa good daily gains can be made by mixing the grain with cut corn fodder aa though hay were used. Tbe use of cat corn fod der instead of hay in feeding cattle may Make the difference of a profit instead of a loss. Fifty per cent more manor was made from the animala receiving the welt-balanced ration than from those receiving the poorly-balanced one. The manure is also much richer in plant food. DON'T BNLABOB Till FABM Farm News says : There seems to be a very general desire on the part of the farmers of this country to obtain a larger Quantity of land. .There am caava in which this is a wise ambition, but such instances are not nearly as common as la the wish to obtain larger farms. Under the present conditions of agriculture our farmers as a rule already have more land than they can cultivate to the best ad vantage. As things are now, and as they are likely to be for a long time to come, the profits of farming are to be increased by securing larger crops per acre rather than by tilling a larger number of acres. Most of the fanners who wish that they had more land now orrrJtrsidThV areas which have not yet been brought nearly up to ineir limit 01 profitable production. In these cases the owners will find it much more profitable to ma nure their present fields more liberally and cultivate them more thoroughly than it will be to spread their work over a large number of acres, BEST WAY or MARINO HAY. The poor men in Finland accidentally discovered the best way of making hay. Having no meadows of their own, tbey cut the grass off waste lands, and for want of roads they stuffed it among the branches of neighboring trees to wait the winter snows, when they could carry it home on sledges. After a wet season the farmers noticed this hay was better in quality than they made from better grass, so they made imitation trees by setting up poles ten feet long, with long traverse pegs, and heaped the grass loose ly upon them ; the result was excellent. Even in wet weather only a small por tion of the outside was dissolved, while the inner portions, exposed to the air beneath and protected from the rain above, are dried in perfect condition. Mowing can be carried on in spite of wind and rain, and when once the grass is placed upon the drying poles it may be left without serious damage until the weather changes.