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THE FLOOD SITUATION Prospects Appear Better on the Mississippi. THE SITUATION AT (JKEEXVILLE The ltlvrr Falling at Cairo It I v urn In North anil Hoiith Dakota Cauilng Great Damage Memphis, April 5. The flood situa tion in the Mississippi delta above Greenville in decidedly better toniglit, us regards tiu tlireuteiiud loss of life mid futlier destruction of levees. The half dozen crevasses on tlio ArkaiiHiiH and Mississippi shore" between Helena and Greenville 1 1 live drawn an immense volunio of water out of the main chan nel, which is spreading over the low lands, but not with that degree of ra pidity that cuts off escape by the in habitants of the low countries. The river shows a decline from a point be low Helena to the Wuysido crevasse. The decline above Greenville in many place is as great as ten inches. How ever, Helena, Ark., is not out of dan ger, for the waters from the St. Fran ciB basin in Arkansas are still swelling the channel of the main river from the south of Helena, as no break occurs until Westover is reached, ten miles below that city. The damage to the farming country in the delta cannot bo exaggerated. Five counties will be for the most part under water for thirty days and the main line and branches of the Yuzoo & Mississippi Valley road will have more than 100 miles of track inun dated. Opposite Pert-lilhirc, at the upper crevasse, a mile of track has been com pletely washed away. Probahly twenty railroad stations and small towns are flooded tonight, among them being Ounnison. Rosedale, Perthshire, Terry, Kiverton, Dahomey,, Storm, Benoit, Boulah, Wayside, Longwood, Refuge, Swift Water and Australia. The greatest danger now is to the south of Greenville, as the levees from Wayside to the mouth of the river must begin to feel the pressure of the move ment of water back into the channel from the delta through the White river country and St. Francis basin.. From Memphis to Crawley's ridge, the river is forty miles wide. A lino east and west oil the water across Rosedale would probably be fifty miles long. All of this water must pass out between the two walls of the levee, in many places but a few miles distant one from the other. Another rise of 1-10 of a foot in the river at Memphis is shown by the official bulletin. The gauge to night registers 80.4 feet. At Cairo, an encouraging fall in the river is shown, while Paducha reports a fall of 7-10 of a foot. At Vioksburg the river is sta tionary. Shreveport and other points below Vicksburg report a continued rise. The Louisville & Nashville has com munication with Nashville, after a ces sation of two weeks. The local relief committeo this after noon sent a boat to the Francis river country, both to bring out people and carry supplies and food to man and beast. It is said that the destitution in the territory to be covered is fearful, but the news of it did not reach Mem. phis until today. Situation at Greenville. Greenville, Miss., April 6. Over 10,000 people are homeless in the flood ed districts. Many towns and cities are submerged, and desolation reigns over this lovely valley. A dismal waste of water covers the surrounding coun try on every sido of Greenville, and the city is a desolate island, connected with the outside world by u mere thread, a telegraph line running east. Railroad communication is cut off north and south. Northern Riven. Omaha, April 5. A Bee special from Sioux Falls says: The Big Sioux river is higher than ever known, and is still rising. Lake Kenipestka, where the river has its source, has risen five feet, and is still rising. AtCastlewood, the lowlands are flooded. At Brook ings, the same condition exists. At Egan, the water is rising rapidly, do ing much damage. At Sioux Falls, business along the river has been sus pended. The water is still gradually rising, and will soon put out the fires in the Bell electric lighting plant and the pumping station. The bottoms above the city are a sea, and much fear is expressed, as the flood from the north is still to come. Damage to bridges in Minnehaha county alone so far is $50,000. At the Twin Oltlei. St. Paul, April 5. The Mississippi river is at the high-water mark of 1881 and danger lurks along its path. It reached a stage of 19.7 in 1881, and late this afternoon the gauge showed 15.7, and still rising. Yesterday morn ing at 7 o'clock the river showed a height of 13.5, and this morning, it was 15.3, a rise of almost two feet in twenty-four hours. Minneapolis, April 6. A huge ice jam, which formed in the Mississippi at Forty-second avenue north, broke late yesterday afternoon. An immense volume of water, big cakes of ice and thousands of feet of logs went tearing down the river over St. Anthony falls. The water rose two feet inside of an boar, flooding many houses. It ia esti-; mated that 25,000 feet of logs were swept away. The damage will reach $100,000. Ciar Will tooi Tllt France. Paris, April 5. The Evenement an nounces that President Faare has been officially informed of the approaching visit of the cur and czarina to France. A FARMERS' TRUST. An Alleged I'lot to Control tin lroiuna Market. Toledo, April 5. Farmers are trying to form a trust. It is to spread all over the land, and if present plans carry, not a dollars' worth of farm proudee of any kind will bo sold for general con sumption.' In a nutshell, the idea is for the farmers to limit crops to the actual liivng needs of the members of the trust. The organization is secret, oathhound, 'and its principles known just now to only a seleot few outside of those directly concerned in its devel opment. According to the promoters, however, the country is practically in condition to be placed in the grip of this remarkable combine. Lancaster, Pa., was the birthplace of the trust. It saw light there several months ago, and was incorporated un der the laws of New Jersey as the Agri culturalists' National Protective' Asso ciation. The supreme body is made up of one representative from each state, whose duties are similar to those of the hoard of directors of an ordinruy cor poration. Each state has a sulxirdinate board of directors, consisting of one re presentative from each congressional district. Each district in turn is gov erned by a board of two members from each county. Each county is under con trol of a board of from five to eleven in number, who direct the movements of the township organizations. It is the purpose to do nothing this year in the way of controlling the mar kets, because the organization is not complete. Next year, however, the crops will be limited to actual living needs of members. If the plan is carried out, not a dol lars' worth of farm product of any kind will be sold for general consumption, it being the purpose to compel the people to import all food products. It is be lieved that by this method the power of the association can best make itself felt. To Enable the Deaf to Hear. New York, April 5. It is an nounced from Denver that Professor Dussand, of the university there, has invented an apparatus to enable the deaf to hear. A microphonograph he has just issued magnifies the human voice in the same way that a lens mag nifies matter. It is simply a telephone connected electrically with a phono graph, but a far more sensitive phono graph than Edison's ordinary model. A battery of from one cell to sixty, ac cording to the degree of deafness, is used. Of course the apparatus is useless in the case of absolute deafness, but such infirmity is far rarer than is supposed. Ninety-five per cent of Btone-deai per sons can be made to hear and under stand by Dussand's invention. You speak into the phonograph and make it repeat the words which are transmitted by a Bort of microphone and speaking tube into the deaf ear. Professor Dus sand is preparing for the 1900 exhibi tion an apparatus which will enable 10,000 people who may all be deaf to follow the lecture. Butler Tried Suicide. San Francisoo, April 5. Murderer Butler has made his anticipated at tempt at suicide. Despite the presence in his cell day and night of guards sup posed to be watchful, the fiend of the Blue mountains almost succeeded in cheating the gallows today. Early this morning Butler was observed to be un usually quiet. Investigation showed that his blanket was tight-drawn over his head, and when that was removed his face was found to be covered with blood. Butler has allowed his thumb nail to grow very long, and with the nail had opened an artery in his fore head from which he hoped to bleed to death. The wound was closed and greater precautions than ever will now be taken to preserve his life at least until after he sails on the Mariposa for Australia tomorrow afternoon. Colonel Grant Declined. New York, April 5. Colonel Fred D. Grant has deicded to decline Presi dent McKinley's offer of the position of first assistant secretary of war. Mr. Garnt sent the following tele gram to President McKinley: "Altohugh you are pleased to urge me to think over the matter, it ia im possible for me to. consider the position of assistant secretary of war, which you were good enough to offer me. I there fore decline with thanks the appoint ment, at the same time regretting that I am not to serve the administration, for which I worked earnestly." Mr. Grant declined to be interviewed beyond giving out the foregoing tele gram. A Powder Mill Wrecked Shamokin, Pa., April 5. All the buildings of the Shamokin Powder Company were wrecked by a terrific ex plosion which occurred in themill early this morning. Fortunately no lives were lost, all the men having gone home. Three houses half a mile away were damaged badly. Mrs. David Hann was badly cut about the face and body. Mr. and Mrs. Hann and Mrs. Klinger were buried in their beds be neath debris and boulders weighing 200 pounds. The loss is nearly $50,000. Child Inatantly Killed. San Francisco, April 2. A child named James Holmes was instantly killed today by being run over by a loaded truck. The driver, II. Meysr, was charged with manslaughter. Wage Increased In Michigan. Ironwood, Micb., April 6. The Metropolitan Iron & Land Company has announced an increase of 10 per cent in the wage scale here. The in crease affects 1,000 men employed in the Norris and Pabst mines. Demand an Eight-Hour Day. Milwaukee, April 5. The 10,000 anion brewery employes in Milwaukee made s formal demand for an eight hour working day at the tame wages at ia now being paid for 10 hours. OREGON IN CONGRESS. Mauri Introdimeil ami Championed by Our Hlute Di li gulloii. Washington, April 2. Senator Mc Bride has introduced a largo number of bills, several of which were pending in the last congress. He hopes to get fa vorable action on some of them, and expects that those which were favorably reported in the lust congress will receive earlv consideration In this congress. One bill appropriates $(150,000 for the public building ut Portland, and fixes that sum, with what has heretofore been appropriated, as the limit of the cost of the building. This will bring the total cost of the building to $1,000, 000. The hill provides that when the building is completed it shall be used as a custom-house, for appraisers' stores, courtrooms, signal servico offices and for the United States surveyor-general. Anoter hill fixes the boundary of the Warm Springs Indian reservation on the northern side. It provides that the boundary shall he the same as de fined in the treaty of 1855, and as found by Commissioners Fullerton, Dufur and Payne in 1891. Other'bills introduced by the Oregon senator are as follows: Admitting veterans of Indian wars to the soldiers' homes; removing the charge of desertion from the name of James K. Parker; to reimburse the states of Oregon, California and Ne vada for money expended in the rebel lion, of which amount Oregon would receive $305,915;. providing for a quar antine station at Astoria, and appropri ating $30,000 for.the tame; to establish an assay office at Baker City; directing the accounting officers of the treasury to allow Orville T. Porter for all sums stolen or appropriated by his deputy while Porter was marshal for Alaska; to pay William A. Starkweather $2, 170, the amount paid by him for clerk hire while he was register of the land office at Oregon City;' to pay Peter Grant Stewart, of Gervais, $7,500 for land taken by the government at the mouth of the Columbia river in 1852; to pay II. W. Shipley $2,487 for work done by him in excess of his contract in con structing buildings at the Nez Porca agency, in Idaho; to pay Avery D. Bab cock and wife $3,000 for the use and occupation of their latid by the govern ment; to pay D. J. Holmes, of Port land, $895 for money expended by him on a claim from which lie was ousted when it was found the land he occupied was in the Warm Springs reservation; to pay John W. Lewis $521 balance due him as Balary as register of the land office at The DalleB; to pension George Hughes of Portland, at $50 per month; to pay John Campbell $1,165 for prop erty taken during the war. Senator McBride has introduced a bill making Colouol George H. Men dell, late of the corps of engineers, a brigadier-general on the retired list. He recites in the bill the good work that Colonel Mendell has performed, and points out that when General Casey retired Colonel Mendell was next in line for promotion, but that another was made brigadier-general instead. Another bill by Senator McBride al Iowb persons making claims upon pub lie lands to make proofs before any offi cer qualified to administer oaths in homestead cases, whether the lands are in the county or not. At present the making of such proofs must be before an officer in the county where the land is situated. Another bill applicable to all public land states the law to settle accounts between the United States and Missis sippi, which allowed for school pur poses all lands embraced in reservations which would have have been numbered 16 and 36. The states are to be al lowed $1.25 per acre for the loss of such lands. Represenative Ellis has introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicat ing liquors in the capitol building. This bill was passed by the house at the last session of congress, and was re ported in the senate. No one, with very few exceptions, wanted it passed, but men did not want to go on record as opposing it. The bill might have passed the senate if it ever came to a vote, but Senator Hill, of New York, would never allow it to reach that stage. He was always ready to talk it to death whenever it appeared. Mr. Ellis may push it along, and it will no doubt pass the house if it ever comes to a vote again. All members of the Oregon delega tion indorsed Binger Hermann for com missioner of the general land office. His successor, Mr. Tongue, and other members of the delegation called per sonally upon the president and urged his appointment. Mr. Ellis went among the members of the house, and especially those from the West, and got their signature to a paper in which Hermann was indorsed for the place on the ground that it would be to the in terest of the West. From the Jlonania. Baker City, Or., April 2. Albert Geiser, superintendent of the Bonanza mine, brought in about $10,000 in gold bullion this afternoon. In addition to this, he has shipped sixty tons of con centrates, valued at $60 a ton. On ac count of the many improvements which were made this month, the mill was only kept running for fifteen days. A Russian land owner at Batoum during the big oil strike there had an income of about $30,000 a day from his wells. Big Wool Hale at f aid well. Salt Lake, April 2. A special to the Tribune from Caldwell, Idaho, says: One of the largest wool sales of the year was completed liere Monday. Col onel James Clinton, jr., representing Hecht, Liebman & Co., of Boston, pur chased of Robert Noble 400.000 pounds of the clip of 1896. The terms are private. Light require eight minutes and eighteen seconds to pass from the sun to the earth when at iu mean distanca- NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All the Cities and Towns ol the Thriving Sinter States Oregon. Sixteen hundred sheep wore sold in Huntington last week at an average price of $3 per head. Clerk 0. A. Jennings, of Lano coun ty, issued a marriage license last week to Thomas C. Purcoll, aged 67 years, and Elizabeth Hoffman, aged 57 years. More beef cattle have been shipped from Gazelle this season than any pre ceding winter, says the Lakeviow Ex aminer. About 700 carloads have gone since September. A barge loaded with 150,000 feet of lumber belonging to (Jeering & Co., sank near the fishermen's cannery in Astoria. The lumber was washed up on the beach, and can be saved. Senfert Bros.' have bought the lease held by The Dalles Canning Company on their cannery above The Dalles, and will soon begin putting it in repair. They expect to put the cannery in good condition before tho fishing season opens. The Coquille river is cutting away tho sand behind the south jetty, at Ban don, and will in time, if let alone, cut a channel clear through to the owan, leaving the breakwater in the river, says a correspondent of a Coquille City paper. Two shifts are at work at the .Tewett mine, in Josephine county, and the work is progressing at the rate of about four feet per day. About 250 tons of good ore are on tho lump, and a new mill will be erected as soon as the roads got better. Dr. J. II. Hawkins and Joe Lyons, of Douglas county, have imported twenty prairio chickens from Eastern Oregon and turned them loose in the vicinity of Drain and Snowdeu. Their effort to introduce this favorite game bird into Southern Oregon will be ap preciated by sportsmen. A trapper who has been hunting and trapping on the Malheur river south of the agency valley this winter, reportB to the Vale Advocate one of those prodigies of nature known as a wild man. The Advocate says the biped is of giant Btature, being at least seven feet high, having long and massive arms that reach to its knees, while the whole body is covered with curly, glossy hair. In the chase after the escaped con victs from Idaho, one of the officers, Hugh Fulton, had a peculiar accident, and a narrow escape from death. At Vale, when he was mounting his horse, the animal backed into a well sixteen feet deep. Fulton went down first, and the horse after him. By a remark able chance, the animal did not fall on him. Fulton received a couple of broken ribs. The horse sprang to its feet and began to strike at Fulton, and came near crushing his skull before a rope could be lowered to the endangered Washington. Beef cattle are scarce in Yakima. The offloe of registrar of the univer sity of Washington has been abolished. The log drives in the Palouee are making some progress, although the river is too high for speedy driving. Governor Rogers has announced the appointment of E. A. McDonald, a sil ver Republican, of Tacoma, as dairy commissioner. Several of the stockmen about Water ville are preparing for a spring round up to see how many of their stock they have lost during the winter. A force of men is now at work grad ing the Northern Pacific railroad at Ritzville. The company intends grad ing the track from Cheney to Connell. A farmer living nearZillah is report ed to have raised thirty-five tons of potatoes on five acres of land without cultivating the ground after the first planting. The Puyallnp Commerce says that hops are already up a few inches, that the big Meeker yards have had their first plowing, and the men are now scalping. News lias been received in Walla Walla that it is Governor Rogers' in tention to retain company C, of the National Guard, in the service, if pos sible. The principal of the, Cheney normal school has announced that the school will continue until commencement, June 16, despite the fact that the gov ernor has vetoed the appropriation. The Olympic reserve is included be tween the 47th and 48th degrees of lat itude, and the 123d and 124th degrees of longitude. The reserve taken in about two-thirds of the Olympic pen insula. The warehouse at the end of the long wharf in Ocosta collapsed during a strong gust of wind last week. The building has been a familiar landmark since the birth of Ocosta, and will be greatly missed. The Commercial Club of North Yak ima has sent for a lot of sugar-beet seed to be distributed among farmers of the Yakima valley. A patent has been received at the Spokane land office conveying title to the Northern Pacific Railway Company to 25,000 acres of land in southeastern Stevens and northern Spokane counties. The land lies in township 29, range 44, in which the town of Milan is situated; and in township 81, range 45, and township 81, range 46, just north of Newport. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, llopklimA Company's Kevlcw of Trade. ' ; One could write yards of matter and fill iniiiiinerablu columns, of spaco iu attempting to describe tho wheat mar ket and its variations this week, giving t reason for each and every movement. A well-known operator puts it correctly and tersely when he says "the market is suffering from too union news and too many statistics." There is all kinds of news in wheat, and statistics enough to supply everybody, but whether traders are any better for hav ing so much information is a question. Figures themselves don't lio, but it is said liars can figure, and they evidently have been doing it in a manner that may be satisfactory to themselves but certainly not soul-filling enough for the public who aro growing rather ohary of statisticians and their methods. In speaking of figures, it must be confessed that they aro unusually favor able for higher prices, but they, like bad orop reports, are ignored. The visible supply for the week was cut 1, 407,000 bushels. Tho total is now 89, 028,000 bushels, compared with 61, 045,000 bushels last year; for tho same week one year ago, a difference of 22, 000,000 bushelB. The world's stock for the week underwent a decrease of about 5,000,000 bnshels. World's shipment for three weeks have been under 4,000, 000 bushels, while the supposed or esti mated requirements of the importing countries is 7,250,000 bushels per week. Wheat and flour on ocean passage de creases steadily, and this week was re duced 1,500,000 bushels. If that is not. a phalanx of figures towararnt pur chases of wheat, tho buyer had better go out of the business. Sad to relate, however, statistics have little effect upon the market, and professional sel lers go right ahead, never thinking that there is the barest sort of pooaibility of a day oi reckoning before the new crop is in the shock. Corn has held Its own, and there is very little change to be noted in the market. That corn possesses merit on its own account has been and is daily demonstrated by the course of the mar ket Xlarket Quotation. Portland, Or., April 6, 1897. Flour Portland, Salem, ' Casoadia and Dayton, $4.10; Benton county and White Lily, $4.10; graham, $3.40; su per line, $'J.75 per barrel. Wheat Walla Walla, 76 77c; Val ley, 78c per bushel. Oats Choice white, 4042o per bushel; choice gray, 8688c. Hay Timothy, $18.00 14.00 per ton; clover, $U.5012.50; wheat and oat, $9.00(9 11.00 per ton. Barley Feed barley, $17.50 per ton; brewing, $18 19. Millstuffs Bran, $14.50; shorts, $16.60; middlings, $26. Butter Creamery, 40 45c; dairy, 8040c; store, 17)i80o per roll. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,5060c; Garnet Chilies, 6575o; Early Rose, 8090o per sack; sweets, $3.00 per Dental for Meroedj new potatoes, 8)40 per pound. Onions $2.002.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 4.00; geese, $4.005.00; turkeys, live, 11 12c; ducks, $4.005.00 per dozen. Eggs Oregon, 9o per dozen. Cheese Oregon, 12)o; Young America, 1 3 )'o per pound. Wool Valloy, 11c per found; Eastern Oregon, 70o. Hops 9 10c per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $2.008.50; cows, $2. 25 8.00; dressed beef, 4 6c per pound. ' , Mutton Gross, best sheep, Wethers and ewes, $3. 50 3. 75; dressed hint Ion, 60 per pound. Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00 4.25; light and feeders, $2.603.00; dressed $4.505.00 per cwt Seattle, WaBh., April 6, 1897. Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per ton. Oats Choice, $23 24 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per ton. , Corn Whole, $19 per ton; cracked, $19(320; feed meal, $19 20. Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent, $5.00; Novelty A, $4.60; California brands, $5.85; Dakota, $5.65; patent, $6.40. Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton; shorts, $18. Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton; middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30. Hay Puget sound, per ton, $10.00; Eastern Washington, $14. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 26c; select, 24c; tubs, 23c; ranch, 15 17. Cheese Native Washington, 120. Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $16.50 18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets, per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c; rutabagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per sack, 40 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $2.90. Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10 lie; ducks, $06.60; dressed turkeys, 15c. Eggs Fresh ranch, ll)12o. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 7c; cows, 6Jc; mutton, sheep, 9o per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6c per pound; veal, small, 8c. Fresh Fish Halibut, 4U8c; salmon, 5 6c; salmon trout, 7 10c; Bounders and soles, 8 4c. Provisions Hams, large, 11; hams, imall, llc; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry salt sides, 6c per pound. Ban Francisco, April 6, 1897. Potatoes Salinas Burbanks. 90c 11.10: Earlv Rose. 6575c; River Bur- banks, 60 70c; tweets, $1.00 1.75 per cental. Onions $1.75 2.25 per cental. Eggs Ranch, 1012o per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery. 13Wc: do leconds, 12 3 13c; fancy dairy, 12c; leconds, 11 12c. Cheese Fancy mild. new. 6Uc: fair to good, 6 6c; Young America, 7 8c; Eastern, 14 140. TARIFF BILL CHANGES. A tlenenil Itt'inodi'llng by the Senate Committee. Washington, April 5. The Repub licans of the sciiato committee on finance are continuing their work day and night on tho tariff bill with the in tention of rejiorting it to tho senate at tho earliest possible day. They aro not prepared to give out any results of their investigations and state that they have not reaebod any conclusions lis ti the proposed changes. There is, how ever, a well-defined impression about the senate that tho bill will be gener ally remodeled and the rates considera bly reduced in many schedules. Thero is a general belief among West ern senators that thore will be material changes in rates on wools, especially those of the third class. Among other suggestions urged is a return to the Wilson law of 8 ocnta a pound duty on hops, instead of 15 cents, as proposed by the Dingley bill. It is claimed that the proposed increase will be an injury rather than a benefit to the producor, and a hardship to the consumer. There is much contention about the lumber schedule. The American lum bermen interested in Canadian forest" appear to be especially conoerned over the Dingley rates. The committee is not receiving any verbal statements except from senators, but is giving close attention to type written presentations of fact and argu ment Secretary Gage Will Comply. Washington, April 5. Secretary Gage today announced that he had de cided to comply with the requirements) of section 27, of the pending tariff bill, providing for the retention of samples of merchandise, imported under orders given subsequent to April 1, and whioh were not purchased and directed by the owner to be shipped for import into the United States prior to April 1. This action, however, will be taken un der section 249 of the revised statutes, which authorizes the secretary to exer cise a superintendeney of the oolleotion of customs duties. DlioDutd by Americana In France. London, April 5. The Times will publish a dispatch from its Paris corre spondent, saying: The Dingley tariff bill has caused considerable excitemont among Ameri can business houses here. The ques tions growing out of it have been dis cussed at a large meeting of the Ameri can chamber of commerce, at whioh the American embassy was represented by Henry Wignaud, secretary of Am bassador Eustis. The vice-president of the chamber said: "America sends France 180,000,000 franos' worth of goods duty free, as against 80,000,000 worth sent by France, duty free, to America. The chamber suggests that the United Sataes -should reduce the tariff in some import- ' ant French exports, the natural result of which would be that France would admit many American manufactures at a reduced tariff. The advantage to America under existing conditions by France admitting some articles at the minimum tariff Is over 18, 000,00, francs. The chamber hopes that Presi dent McKinley's request for additional discretionary power may be granted, so that reciprocal commercial relation V. .1.. 1.1 1 ..l.n.l 1.. AMJn. nnn wtvmm. mnvlrata fnr manufactured American?' products." SPAIN'S EASTERN WAR. Madrid Authorities Declare the Philip pine Revolt Ended. j, Washington, April o.The Spanish legation has received official dispatches from Madrid, under date of April 8, an nouncing the most decisive' engage ments in the Philippine islands since the insurrection there began. The losses were heavy and 1,830 prisoners surren dered as a result of the shelling of Cavi levego. The officials of the Spanish legation are highly gratified at the an- ' nouncements, and state that the results practically close the conflict in the islands, these being the last of a series of severe engagements. Sand In Their Powder. T nti fl,v.i Anvil K TI.a TY.il.. V.. will publish a dispatch tomorrow from its Salonica correspondent who rays he has been informed on reliable au thority that a large quantity of gun powder sent to the frontier from Con stantinople has been found to consist chiefly of sand. The vali of Manistir has discovered gross abuses in the sup ply of provisions and accoutrements to the army. Coinage of Silver Dollars. San Francisco, April 6. An order has just been received by Superintend ent Dagget, of the mint, from Director Preston for the coinage of 800,000 silver dollars. This, in addition to the regu lar coinage of gold, will keep the pres ent force employed for some time, and thus render unnecessary a reduction of the number of employes which has been expected to take place. Turkey Wanta to Fight, Too. Constantinople, April 5. The fight ing between the Christians and the Mussulmans, which is daily reported from Crete, is creating a very bad im pressioif here, and it is believed that the Turkish government will soon pro- tiose to the powers that Turkey herself be permitted to take action against the insurgents. , Ileaaoa for the Blockade. St. Petersburg, April 5. A blockade of Greece, which the Russian press thinks the best way of forcing the situ ation, by exciting the Greeks to ho tile acts on the Turkish frontier, baa . vi deo tly been decided upon. Insnrgeats Attack at Blockheaa. Athens, April 6. The insurgents to day fired several rounds at the Bulson- oaria blockhouse, occnpied by the in ternational troops. The Italian gun returned the fire.