The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, December 09, 1892, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON MIST VOL. 0. THE OREGON MIST. IflSlKUr.VIEIIY III I DAY mOHIMNU THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY, J. It. DEEOLE, Manager. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. utt.t-rlpllan Hal... O ii ciy oii.ve.rlii ailv.iit-t On. fujiy l liuiulln. Ullitfl M- Advvrll.Mif Hate. l'rnfF..lotial e.nla on. year Vi OllPOollilllll nil. l!Mt..... .,. I'M Half ihiIiiiiiii mi. yaar ., 75 .biiitrl.r triiliiinii on. .nr , On. Hu h uiiu nmuih V! On. hu ll Hire, month. w 5 UU. Ini'li.ll mouth. , 1.im notlr, lni'.iil.ir line fur nm In r tluni 10 i'ill p.rllne for eaeh iilinm'iil In ..rtlnn. 1,KI ilv.rtlMiii.nl, II. Ml per Inch fur llr.1 liirtliit, ami 74 cunt. ivr Inch for vnrli ul qumilluMMImi, COLUMN A COUNTY 1I HI.CTOll Y. i;anmr Ollirer. JtirlK , Ui.ii Hlaiiclia-'l. lUlul.r ck.r ..K. K. yuli'k, H . IIW.ii. HlHirlfT '. A. M..., IM T-MHir r....... K. M. Wh.rton, n(i,ni.la city Hji.I. f w huul. ...X J. l irH. n, Vuriimi A.-.mr ,.W. II. K r. rUlnl.r Surveyor A II. I.ilil , K. uli-r Coinin a.l mi r... in. i. n nn Miurrr. vciiiuuiii Id. vs. il.rum. M.v.i-r. cti.if llle. M.nNlc,-r.t. ll.l.nM(., No. M-Regular eomiiinuicatloii. llr.l ami (Him eaiiinjar in .will mniiih l 7; TO r. m. .1 MhmiiiId Ii.II. V Lit Inn ui.iii Urn In jowl tmidlnt luvltxt to at- in tin. MtNin.-ltaliilr Loir.. No. tBli. tn.iilliit. Matitnlay on or Ixfur. e.i-h full uhhui t 7:11 r, M. t Mmuinlr h.ll, o..r Hlanehard'. tor. Vl.llluii ni.iiiu.r lu Ou .lauinng in vlled Id ull.iul, Omt lfil.l.ow-Ht llnlm. 1-o.ln. No. 117 Mil awry Katmilajr iilitlil .1 7 .0 Tranlut lirctlireii In gowl linlln ror.lUlly Invite J u aiieim. . The Stalls. ' Dtiwn rlv.r (Ikwi) rim.. at S HO l. H. III. fll'M. Iti.ittll i.ln.M. at . i M. Th laull lor V.rllonla .ml I'ltt.llliriC 'V, St. Union. Mi.nd.y, Wwlu.wUy .ml Krld.y .1 Sam v" Th. mull far M.r.lil.nit. ClaLk.tilit ami Mlrt l.ve tlulnn Mon.l.y, fttlii.-uay .no rrma 1 I'l M u.ii.frallwar) north elm. a 10 t. m.i fur forllniKl .1 r. . Tr.v.ltl.i Me Hlv.r M (.. HTR4M111 0. W. Smvmi- Uv m. Illrn for l'ortln,l t II . a. Tii..il-, Tiiiirwluv .nil H.tnnl.y. U.1-M Ml. II.Ivuii for I'l.t.k.nl. M.iuil.y, w.iin.iy .nil rnu.) i ;wi , . Hrntvi. Iuii-ln IIln (or fort l.iul 7;i . a. r. turuliiK .ismr. a.. HT..MRR JOIIIIfH KSHrfWO Iavm. Ilcln for Piirtlitnil dully niit Hnliil.y . .1 1 . . r rlvlnii .1 I'ortl.ml .1 I0.S0; rolnrnlnK, lo.ve rnril.nv ( I r. a.. rriiiin .i . unn ... lMtOPESSIUNAL. ; II. R. CI IKK, rilYSICIAN and SURQKOX. 81. Helen", Oregon. J) K. J. K. HAI.U PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Cl.tukiinl.. Coluniliin counly. Or. JR. W. C. HKI.T, PH YSICIAN and SURGEON. lUlul.r, Oron. ll.UAM OHIHWOI.ll, DENTIST. Hr. IIki.ksh, - ' - On boon All Work OuaninltHiil. I. A. MvllaiDS. A. S. Dksmbn. rcURlDR A PKKS8ER, AT T0RNE YS-at-LAW. Oregon City , Oregon . Prompt attention given Uml-oftW business. n. 1.1'iti.k. SURVEYOR and CIVIL ENGINEER, ttt. Helen., Oregon. (Joniity .urveyor. I.nml surveying, town plutlliiK, and engineering work promptly (lone. W. T. Huhhsv. J. W. ilRAPKH. Iil lURNKV A DRAPER, ATTORN HYS-at-LA VV, 'Oregon City, Oregon.' Twelve V' ' iiiiTii noe nil Keitlxter of the United atv leu Lmrl Offlce here. recom mend. u In oin "iieclaiiy w n a'"'"."' .... ..... h.l.ip. Ill 1.11 ill i;iu:v ' C.mrls and Involving the Office. tioncrul Land IR0CKKNHK0U(lH it COWING, ATTORNEY-at-LAW, Oregon City, Oregon. ( Late speelul Knt of Oeneral ll,J,r','J,,'1J Honieatend, preemption and Hi iger Land ainilicat on., and olher Land orure uilne-Va specialty. Olllce. .etond floor, Lend Offii e Building. JAPANESE I 1- CURE A new .nil complete treiilmtmt, 'onin.i Hot ami I ill". .....i.,- iti-hliitf, Cli ionltlnK' AIM) in niHl. In- ronlo, oilier way. Kraut bunolH t the ffw J ... I f..inall U.'RKIIHnnvn 1th. The firm runilerlng.n oper- j in. Heniony hm ,' mi. never - .-, ( th: I.... . ... .K .ffllt IlV 111.11. "llj- ' . - I i.V'yma..,.Whyr.ni; H terrible I1huo when o wnen . "'"T.- . . i mot Klven with 6 Ikix.s, n Willi o " ' . Huinnlo. miarantee ,i1. Henri Uiii lr free "'l'.'" wholo.ale to renin" my '",'-' euroi PACIFIC COAST.. Immense Crops Raised Over Idaho. All A feminine horse thief. w Irrigation Question Will Occupy Mu:h of the Time of the Idaho Legislature. Yuma oimplalus of tramps. Lot Angeles Is to have a glas factory. The ptnenutcrop in Navada is Urge. Much land it b ting taken up in Arl sona by homesteaders. The Omur d'Alene Indians predict an extraordinarily hard win'er. The irrigation question will occupy tr. tl,i. ti.- r,.,.Ki,.. i. .n ail. inucn oi ins umt) oi me tuaiio Ljegisia- linrmnant ana In th Mti .7. ,t i largest increase in number of new poU thJKtata southern part of offices Is in the Southern SUtes. Rath- l. ' . . bone suggesto an amendment to the law, An attack was made on three horse- making the mailing of green-goods cir th levee near Santa Ke. N. M. Ooa was oulars a continuing offense from the time killed and one wounded, and the other of mailing to the place of destination, provddto beawoman dressed in male so that the prosecution can take place at attire and armed. either point. similar enactment In The Tuscarora, Nev., Timtt-Kevieio regard to lotteries has about swept them says that, in consequence of the closing out of existence in two years, and he be down of the mine, many peep e ure Hevea the same effect weuld follow in taking advantage ol the pleasant the cases of green-goods swindles, weather to sesk "greener fields and pas- The Navy Department will soon send tares new." a special oommnnication to Congress in The total production of raisins in Oal- connection with the transportation of ifornia this year is 1,8J0 carloads. The enlisted men from New York to San crop will be found, when all is shipped, says the Secretary of the State Ktisin Association, to be three-fourths of last year's shipment. The Bradstreet commercial agency re- ports thirteen failures in the Pacific Coast States and Territories for the past week, as compared with eleven for the previous week and thirteen for the cor responding week of 1891. . ' The Governor of California has au thorized an election at Cerro Uordo, Inyo oounty, to vote for all offloers who were voted for on November 8. This is owing to the destruction of the ballots at that precinct on election day. Considerable excitement has been ero a'ed in Vancouver, B. C, over the fa-t that the two local firms, who control the entire coal snpp y, have issued circulars stating that all coat must be paid for in advance or no delivery will be made. Tbe Coos Bsy, Or., ATewi tpeaks of the loiiowlng s "a peculiar coincidence" Captain M.rshall'a little daughter Jen- nie died last Tuesdav. She was horn the day Cleveland was elected in 1884. and died the day he was again elected in 1892. The City Council of Oudea and the county of We bar, Utah, have appropri ated $30,000 as a bonus to induce the Southern Pacific to remove its shop from Carlin, Nev., an I Terrace, Utah, to 0den. A contract his teen .igned by all tbe parties, and the reuovat takes place at once. Adells Freeman has entered suit to suitain her heirship to G istave Exerate, w5' ,..?!?Be,rt3.,t.. m m" tint muntloiiMl in the will. The nroner- ty includes much valuable business property in the central part of Los An geles, The plsintiff is married, and re sides in San Diego. A move is now on foot to bring into Boise City the hot water from the arte sian wells about two miles above town and utilise tt for heating purpose. Pipes are already laid, and the experiment will be tried, in tne new city nan ana in the nnblio-school building. If it is a success there, it will be generally used throughout the city. Bv far the largest water-storage proj ect ever undertaken in the United States is that on tbe Anions canal, nine miles from Fhwnlx, Work will begin at once 1 to pot an embankment on tbe west side oi tne canal at tne alliance oi three miles, which will form a lake of that patron, and the other to Cortes, the con length and twenty feet deep. Water will queror of Mexico, be let in from the Arizona canal during , Emperor William has at last consented tbe rainy season. ' to let a German military band visit Chi- Donald McRae. Commissioner of Uma- tills county, Or., is the inventor of a cultivator, which promises to revolu- tionise the farming Industry. It Is ee-! peclally designed tor killing weeds, and mission the Willapa Harbor Tannin Ex will also thoroughly nulverise the soil, trai-t Works will nrenara an exhibit of The shovels are flat, heart-shaped pieces of steel, and by an Ingenious mechan- leal contrivance tney nave a reveraiuie . ! 11,. Inlantlnn nf arhl.h lalnffloa U1UV1UU, .IlV 1.1 UHWU v. TT I . . U u BD u t.v. them of rubbish, so that they will cut clear and smooth at all times. Never since the settlement of Idaho have there been such immense crops all tract. , over the State as during the pnst season. The Emperor of Germany has con Scientific research attributes a beneticia1 eented to send to the World's Fair what chauge in the climate to the multiplies- will be one of the moat remarkable and tion of irrigation canals, which moist n attractive features to be seen at Chicago a great extent oi country ana create a humid atmosnhere. It has been, oh ssrved that frequent rains now fall dur ing the months ot Juiy ana August. Nature is dosing up the gap between wet and dry seasons and equalising the rainfall. For some weeks the affairs of the pro posed San Francisco and Great Salt Lake railroad have been very quiet, and there is now no douht that the pr, j ct w 11 fall through. The sole cause of its non-success has been tbe lack of interest tukon in it. Manv people who were nl.mnraiis for a competing road became shy when it came to raising subsorip- tlons, and it has been impossible to raise enough money to push the road to com pletion. As a consequence the whole scheme it on the verge of dissolution Much preliminary work in the way of ...ai arn.L had been done, and about $3 1,000 had been spent in this manner The work of obtaining subscription, was ' thsn taken up.and though urgent efforts aiBle and directly opposite the Mexu;an wankeewith a capital stock of $40, nnlvnna.third of the amount liianlmr. The California World's Fair mnn,i..j i i. . oaa' of money agreed noon before tne ojnns TT TT 1 T .'""l j . . . , , 0OU1O De noawiu um ukou ui", was agreed at the neginning ma. an t,. .hnnlrl he allowed In which to collect the subscriptions, and if at the . -i .u-. .Ka nau.tt.aarv amount tnh7uirr,iiifr' ill would OI money w. r ---- -. -- - be released irom tneir piouxo. i tni.k. There sre still over i wo monme i ii.au .It Mr. W the general lack -of r . i u .v... lra nrnmnt... nf XSZTtonm ilwnanviA and see no use in attempting to carry vuv matters any further. This road was to Si .v.. nnmnatitor of the Southern Pa- clflo and the new transcontinental line. ST. HELENS, I NATIONAL CAPITAL. Annual Report of the Fourth Assistant ' Postmaster-General for the Year Ending June jo. Ex-Governor Geary of Iowa has form lly assumed the duties of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. The Presi dent delegates to him the power to sign treasury warranto and act as Secretary of the Treasury in certain contingencies. Superintendent of Censns Porter In hie annual report strongly urges that the census office be made a permanent bureau of the Interior Department. Regarding the cost of taking the elev enth census, he says that the dUburse menu up to June 80, 1892, amounted to $8,203,693, and of the thirteen volumes in which results have been embodied there are now In the bands of the print, er eight quarto volumes, but the Infinite detail of the office work makes it Imnoa. biuiu w .oreieii tne aate oi tne compie- tlon of the whole work. xne annual report oi Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General." Itathbona ahowa 4,105 new postoffices were established during the year, a greater number than ny prevlons year except 189J, when it was 4.427. The year closed with 67,119 posHnic4i in ,ne uniteo states, xne Francisco. The naval officers are said to be mad all over at the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, owing to their in ability to get tbe company to transport tneir sailors, as tne treasury uepart- ment has ruled against sending men cross the continent by rail, the Navy Department is greatly embarrassed in its enorts to supply men lor tne vessels on the Pacifio Coast. Recently the de partment desired to send 100 men to San Francisco for the new coast defense vessel Monterey. The company in formed the department that they could not take the men for several weeks yet. The department has determined to ask Congress for authority to transport its men across the continent by ralL The monthly weather-crop bulletin shows that November was slightly colder than usual in the greater portion of the conn try east of the Rocky Moun tains, with a deficiency in temperature generally throughout the Northern States and as far south as North Caro- alt. There was more than the usual amount of rain in the Middle Atlantio States, Southern New England, the northern portion of the Gulf States, Tennessee, Eastern Texas, Illinois, In diana, Michigan and California. The unusually heavy rains in the North Pa cifio States resulted in great loss to the railroad and agricultural interests. The weather has been favorable throughout winter wheat region and the recent rains doubtless benefited great! It the late-sown wheat, but the ground con tinues very hard throughout the spring wim. states. Cotton picking is about I -. I C .11. U. .1 n - heavy rains. The weather in Southern f. ..." California was favorable, and the re- nrvrt. ihnw that th nranirn nron iariDen. fug as well at could be desired, the fruit coloring fast. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. Great Demand for Space In the Mining Building Sp iln to Ask the Cortes for an Appropriation. The Spanish Cabinet will ask the Cor tes for $150,000 for the World's Fair and to send all archives pertaining to Co lumbus. Among the exhibits at the World's Fair will be two swords from Spain, one of which bslonged to Isabella, Columbus' cago during the World's Fair. The best men will be selected for the perpose from the bands of different regiments, , By request of the World's Fair Com- Washington hemlock or, as it is now called, Alaska pine. The exhibit will consist of a c ird of bark, tbe hemlock . . I I 1 1 - ... 1 .tU it 9XvrllCL .DH IDH1U.I IUIII1CTU lbU IV, IIOIU- lock lumber, flooring and cross sections; i90 photographs of the works, showing the process of manufacture of the ex- next year. It will consist ot a collection of presents received by his grandfather, the Emperor William ; hU father, the Emperor Frederick, and himeelf from their fellow-sovereigns in Europe, as well as from the people of Germany. The collection will be intrusted to the care of the Latin-American department, but the conditions under which it will be exhibited have not been announced. The presents consist of -jewels ana otner per sonal ornaments, silver plate, decora-' tlnna and an infinite varie'" of other ar ticles. The collection is wurth millions of dollars. There is great demand for space In lht mining building at the World's Fair, and moat of the States awarded space are fut completing their arrangements for , exhibit. California, however, is the one state which is showing a decidedly Wulnir anirit. thong it wae assigned oneof the most di'e i rab'e parts of the mines and mining building, in the main ....... . . ..... Br,ari has not yet acceptea tnis space. moreover, iu ' . . world's rair management, me oocreiary nf th California Association said they were not yet in a position to i state ...iIia. thaw ttA.ii-Ai tiiA .nana allotted 7u. X. it Inoh of the -""-Mt-"-.---; -.,, mine mining .uimiui ..., .averal estates, wno ao not anow wiiotuer thevwant to place an exhibit in the l iLltn m tint .-a nlamnrlnir for ln creased allotment. The World's Fair management is consiaeramy wrongui .up ,, i . 0ver the lassitude shown nv tne uai.io-- ,,i, commission, and is anxlonely awa t- ing a reply one way or the other. OREGON, FRIDAY, EASTERN ITEMS. Bank Cashier Leaves Nothing But the Empty Safe. POMPADOUR JIM'S SCHEME. Excitement in Tennessee Over Whites Being Whipped by Negroes. There are three Keeley institutes in Missouri. The Chicago Pork Trust will kill 12,- ooo nogs daily. American capitalists have secured con trol of the bituminous-coal product of Nova Scotia. A movement is on foot to raise a fund for the relief of the late Samuel J. Ran dall's widow. A hill fia. tiAan tnt.rnrlllAawt lntl tfiA Georgia Legislature to allow State banks to issue notes. There is excitement in McNary coun- ty, Tenn., on account of negroes whip- ping white men. The pension estimates for 1894 are n05,000,000. The deficiency for 1893 is estimated at $10,683,621. During October the elopements from hicago to Milwaukee are said to have Obicago't averaged eleven per week. The New York Ihrald't Washington correspondent wants "the President's salary increased to $100,000." One of the largest natural-gas wells ever discovered in the Indiana belt baa been drilled near Muncie, Ind. The trained nurses of New York are planning a home where they can have a place to go when not employed, Tbe Louisiana law providing separate compartments for blacks and whites on railroad cars is held to be constitutional. Hungarian laborers on an Ohio rail road locked their boss in a tool chest, and were burning him when he wae res cued. Sixty thousand more pupils are en rolled in the public schools of Kansas than there were voters at the last elec tion in that State. Tbe Prohibitionists carried South Oar- olina on the popular vote at tbe recent election, and expect to make It a dry State in the near future. Awordinir to a Homestead di'Datch the Carnegie Company has contracted for improvements snd extensions to the mills to the amount of $175,000. municate with the shore, have been sug- The sixteen Belgian glassblowers, who gested. ere held since November ltt at New The electric street cars of Albany, M. York on suspicion that they were con- y., are provided with an automatic de tract laborers, have been released. vice that shows the name of each street The Chicago Yacht Club, it is an- Just before it is reached, nouneed, is arranging for the establish- The Board of Agriculture shows thst ment of a Western naval academy on the total yield of corn throughout Ksn- the city lake front near Fifty-first street, The most conservative estimate Mis sissippi's cotton crop at half that of last ytas. or two-urds of an average crop, which would place it under 700,000 bales. B. J. Martin, cashier of the Webster Bank at Eudora, Miss., is missing with all the cash in the bank. The sum taken is variously estimated at from $25,000 to $50,000. The New York merchants want one of their townsmen chosen for the Senator- ( I ebip. They make tbe claim on the ' grounds of political right and business ' propriety. Matthew Laflin hat subscribed $75,000 toward a permanent home for the Chi cago Academy of Sciences. The only . j condition is that an equal amount be ob- tained from other sources. I The report of the German Commission ' investigating the cause and spread of cholera has been received at Washing ton. It contends that cholera cannot be transmitted in merchandise. I Jim Oorbett's scheme for the construc tion of a massive building, in which he is to nolo sparring exnioitionB ana ap- near dailv in nlava durimr the World's Fair at Chicago, bids fair to be accom- plished. A man who sued the city of St. Louis for $25,000 damage caused by kick from a mule has lost his suit. The Court decided that the mule at the time of the transaction was not acting as agent for thecity. . While much remains to be done and further improvement is still needed in many lines, the tone of the report on the Indian school service in general and In detail shows improvements that are gratifying. . Thomas G. Hodgklns of Setauket, L. I., has jiist given $50,000 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of New York and Brooklyn, and the eame amount to the Society for the Pre- ventionof Cruelty to Children. The Island County Savings Bank of Galveston, Tex., received a package from New York supposed to contain $10,000. When opened it wss found to contain brown paper cut in slips about the size of a bank note. Nothing is known as to where the robbery took place or by whom effected. Mr. Frevvogle will bring suit against Frick at Homestead, Pa., for conspiracy under a State law that protects jurors from the spite of those who do not like the verdict they bring in. Tne penalty is a heavy fine and long imprisonment, Freyvogle was juror in the Critchlow case, and Frick demanded his discharge lrom tne Electric ugnt uompany, in which Frick is a large stockholder. The consolidation of the four mam moth export breweries of the United States the Anheuser Busch and Will iam J. Lemp of St. Louis and the Schlita 1 D.U.. mitt. ... t in .in. nl 1 i 1 UW.ITI" IIAI WUUBIUWO.HWUU.UI WW.- m m to gnppiy the world with beer ia the gigantic enterprise which ia being fathered by the Rothschilds of England. ml. M... .umlnanl (nAr.Al.1 men in the ship-building and ehipping Interests of the United SUtes have com ttu1 thm llml.,, nr.ranl.at.lr.il nf a r- - r "r-:- r r". be called tbe " Society of Naval Archi tects and Marine Engineers," whose ob- lect shall be to promote the art of ship- all - Ixtaotnnhaka rts-. h aam. "7 . au''"K will take place at the naval review In jthespring. DECEMBER 9, 1812. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL. The Highest Viaduct In the World-Value of the Honey and Wax Produced In the United States. I The pepper plant of Borneo is used to make beer. I I There are over 100 mines In the Lake Superior district. 1 Thiriy-four cotton-spinning mills are in operation in Japan. I Thirteen hundred railway trains are handled daily in Chicago. The railroads are still short of suffi cient cars to move tbe Western crops. 1 It takes 100 gallons of oil a year to keep a large-sized locomotive in running order. I I The 885 electrical railroads in the United States cover more than 4,000 miles. ' England spends ninety-nine times more money in intoxicants than in edu cation. In 1S00 our prodnct of hardware was valued at $190,000,000; in 1838, 07U, 000,000. The saloons of London, if set side by side, would make a distance of seventy five miles. The Black Hills promise to supply the pnre tin needed in this country at no distant day. There are now in the United States twenty-one law firms composed of hus- bands and wives. t Whisky may be made from molasses, t, potatoes, tomatoes and many othr substances. ne wotio. consumes B.UTO.wxuiUO pounds of paper a year, and is supplied by 4,600 paper mills. The National Lead ju?4 Linseed Oil Company will continue la a trust with a capital of $18,000,000. Talk is no longer cheap. It cost $9 for five minutes' nse of the telephone from New York to Chicago. The various English bicycle manufact- nrers make $5,000,000 annnally by -the eale of their machines, Wholesale saddlers have been advised by their national organization to make fine display at the World's Fair. Pittsburg capitalists have leased a large nail mill at Georgetown, giving employment to 600 men and boys. Electroplating has been applied in an ingenious" and effective manner for thu preservation of lace forme in metal. It is estimated that $200,000,000 have been spent In road improvements in Pennsylvania during the past filiy year?. The value of the honev and wax pro duced in the United States daring the gst year has been estimated at $30,000,- Sheet-iron kites, to enable a vessel when in distress during a storm to com' tun last season was 138,658,621 buaaela, or 24.74 bushels to the acre. The highest viaduct in the world has lust been erected in Bolivia over the river la, 9,833 leet above the tea level and 4,008 feet above the river. In New York the fastest elevators are in the Union Trust Company's building on Broadway near Wall street. They shoot up or down, carrying 3,000 ponnda, at a speed of 600 feet a minute. PERSONAL MENTION. The Richest Man in the World Numbe of Wives Requisite for the Hap piness of a Sultan. Ex-President Barrillas has been or dered by the courts of Guatemala to pay his barber's bill. Julian Hawthorne, who is the father of seven children, calls bis home at Sag ' Harbor "The House of Seven Gabblers." General Dodds. the victorious French commander in Dahomey, has African blood in his veins, derived through his mother. ! The esoteric London society known as "Tbe Souls" is to publish a paper, be I ginning in January, with Miss Margaret Tennant as editor. . Prof. Virchow, the German patholo- gist, has been appointed an honorary member the Imperial Russian Natural Philosophy Society. i At a recent hunt on the domain of ' General von Wedell Emperor William killed with his own hands 235 hares, 70 pheasants and 25 rabbits. Young Jam's Garfield is said to much resemble his father, the dead President, and in manners, voice and methods re- minds his friends of the paternal like- ness. - ' r. Oliver Wendell Holmes admitted the other day to a lady who went to him for information on the point that he did not know the name or subject of his first poem. It was developed by testimonv in a recent trial in London that the Prince 0f Wales was Indebted to the extent of $2,345 for box tickets to the London Lyceum. Mme. Adele Ceepay, whose essay on "The Dangers of the Emancipation ol Women" Mr. Gladstone wishes might be put witnin tne reacn or men ana women in England, is said to be a Vien- neese. - . " Ex-President Chamberlain of the Iowa Agricultural College is now forming in Ohio. His property baa an extent of 115 acres, and he is not such a theorist as to be unable to make a practical success of the business. ' Jnrge Shepherd, the newly appointed Chief Just ce of the Supreme Court of North Carolina and said to be the young-, eat man that ever held the position, be gan business life as a tele.raph operator. in Washington, D. 0. The salary of the Prince of Wales is .000 000 MAa,a. Fl,.!. T,.l.i $125,000; Duke of Edinburgh, $125,000, ana tne uase oi t am oriole, tni- queen's cousin, $60,000. The roval family costs British taxpayers $40,000 a week. Miss Alice Barth, a promising young artist of Baltimore, has just completed a fine oil painting of the venerable Enoch Pratt, which he will prese nt to the Pratt free school at North Middleboro, Mass., jj h ki .nt tw,t. . ' ' ' FOREIGN LANDS. The Mijares Incident Settled Satisfactorily. SALVATIONISTS MISTREATED. Extensive Street Alteration? Pro jected In Paris Spanish Securities. A fierce anti-British Republican sen timent is reported in Portugal. There are 950,000 persons, 90 per cent, men, in 875 Russian jails, built to hold 570,000. - An effort Is being made to establish a Masonic Grand Lodge for tbe whole of South Africa. The managers of Monte Carlo have excluded local physicians from the gam bling rooms. It is estimated that France will spend nearly $'2,000,000 for arms and ammuni tion for the cavalry alone next year. About 49,000 people in England pay a guinea a year for the privilege of dis playing their crests on their stationery and plate. At least 41,000 of the young women of London are supporting themselves by means which are disreputable and even revolting. The wheat harvest of South Australia promises to be excellent both in yield and quality. A large surplus will be available for export. Argentine cannot resume cash pay ments. A proposition for the conversion of piper monev has been suggested by the Minister of Finance. New Zealand has set apart two islands for the preservation o' iis remarkable wild birds and o her animals, forbid ding there all hunting and trapp'ng. An office has been opened in London, and a well-organized attempt ia being made to bring American lager beer into competition with the German product. Woman' t Century ia the name of a new weekly paper to be published in Weimar, Germany. It will be devoted to the ad vancement of women in the Fatherland. ' Extensive street alteration are pro jected in Paris. They will be cm fined to the Boulevard des ltaliens and ad j lining streets and be finished in time wr the World's Fair in 1900. LotA R. Chnrchill intends to "pay an other visit to Sooth Africa. His journey to Masbonaland was not a commercial success, but he still believes that gold can be found in South Africa. It is estimated that 4,000,000 francs in Spanish securities are held in France. Spanish bankruptcy coming on the top of the collapse of the Panama Canal Company would be a heavy blow to France. . " The Pope has recently received from the converted savages of New Guinea a curious present, consisting of three crowns nv Va of feathers of the Upl birds. 1'ueie crowns, united together, form a tiara. Negotiations between the French Mis sion at Fez and tbe Sultan "have been suspended in consequence of the refusal of the Sultan to sign the concession for the construction of a Morocco-Algerian frontier railway. M. Averof, a Greek reeident of Alex andria, has presented the Queen of Greece on the occasion of her silver wedding with the enm of 200,000 drach mae ior the erection of a reformatory for young criminals. . Au influential committee, representa tive of those who in Liverpool sympa thize with the "Darkest England" scheme of General Booth, ia making ar rangements for a campaign which the General will shortly enter upon in the city and district. The Mijares incident In Venezuelan waters has been satisfactorily settled. This is the case where the Captain of the Philadelphia refused to deliver a po litical prisoner to the Venezuelan author ities, who had trumped up charge that he waa a horsethief. The new cruiser Rurik, built at the Baltic works, St. Petersburg, waa launched a few days ago. The registered tonnage of the Rurik is, the Standards correspondent says, 11,933 tons, and she can carry 13,250 tons. Her armor plater are ten inches thick. A dispatch from Paris state the scan dalous proceedings at the rooms of the Salvation Army in that city continue. Sa urday evening a band of fast youth and faster women invaded the platform and began a cancan. The police do not seem to desire to protect the Salvation people from attacks of this kind. English farmers are demanding that the benefits of recent land legislation a applied to Ireland shall be extended to Great Britain. They are agitating for the establishment of land count which will have power to fix fair ratea and make arrangements to enable the ten ante to purchase their holdings from the landlords. The income tax report for the King dom of Prussia, published four weeks ago, shows an increasing number of millionaires. There are 8,445 persons who con 'ess to more than 900,000 marks. The actual millionaires of Prussia are divided into three classes the mark millionairee, the thaler millionaires and the so-called Income millionaires. Prince Leopold of Prussia, the second . cousin of the Emperor of Germany, who took part in the recent long-distance ride between Berlin and Vienna, has recov ered at last from the effect of the race. Owing to the courtesy of Lieutenant Heydt, a contestant, his Royal Highness was allowed to reach the goal first. The Lieutenant has been rewarded with an imperial decoration for his refusal to pass the Prince when near Vienna. , j "As the Empress Frederick and Prin ces Margaret were walking to St. Mark' in Venice the other day, followed by a jap dog without muzzle or chain, the lit tle animal waa caught by a man whose business it is to take up stray dogs. The two ladies begged the police to order the man to give the dog up ; but, having no idea of the rank of the petitioners, tbe policeman said that to retain the dog they must follow him to the police office. This they did, and with many exni.e the Captain of the guard ordered the restitution of the animal. NO.'" 50. PORTLAND MARKET. Prewloo, Frnlt, KM. " Whiat Valley, 1.20; Walla Walla, $1.12(31.15 per cental. Fi oua Standard, $3.66 ; Walla Walla, 13.66; Graham, $3; Superfine, $2.50 per barrel. Oats 4446c per bushel; rolled, in bags, $6.25(6.60; barrels $6.60(675; :-aeet, 43.75. .. m . .. Hat 1113 50 per ton. Millsttjffs Bran, $.7; ahorts, $19: ground barley, $22.50(325 ; chop feed , $21 (822 per ton; whole feed barley, $181; middings, $2628 per ton; brewing barley, tl.C01.15 per cental; chicken wheat, $1.20 per cental. Bdttbb Oregon fancy creamery, Z2 36c; fancy dairy, 30c; fair to good, 2o27c; common, 1517c per pound. Chiiii - Oregon, H13c; Young America, 14 14 jc per pound. Egos Oregon. 32,a36c; Eastern, 27c per dozen. 1'ouLTBY Old Chickens, qnotea at t4.004 50; young, $3.003.bO; ducks, $4.0l6 00; geese, nominal, $10.00(4 U.Ot : turkeys. 12W13c per pound. Vaua-rABLBS Cabbage, $1.0 (Sl.60 per cental ; onions, 75U0c per cental ; pota toes, 769Jc per cental; tomatoes, 404 oJcper box; Oregon turnips, 75c$l UO per cental; young carrots, 75c $l per cental; sweet potatoes, $1.76 per cental ; Oregon cauliflower, 76c$1.00 per dozen ; celery, 60c per dozen. Fbuits Sicily lemons, $7.50; Cal ifornia grapes, 75c$l per box; Ore gon pears, $1.26l-60 per box ; banana, $2.50(3.50 per bunch; oranges. $4.60 per box; cran hemes, $8.76 per barrel; apples, 60c$1.60. , Staple OraMitM. Hombt JfJhoice comb, 1517e per pound ; new Oregon, 1820c. Salt Liverpool, $14.50(9117.00; stock, I1U.OU(311.0U per ton. Rick Island, $5.00(86.50; Japan, $4.85 per cental. Dbud Facrrs Petite prunes, 10(3 lie; silver,ll14c; Italian, 12(3 14c; German, 10llc; plums, old, 66c; new, 789c; apples, 4i9ic; evaporated apricots, 1516c; peacnes, 12ltic; pears, 78o per pound. CoFBB-CostaRica,21Ke;B., 20e; Salvador, 20c; Mocha, 27)i30c; Java, 27!(g,30c; Lion and Arbuckie's branda, 100-pound cases, 5 35-100e per pound. Bcams Small white, tt.c; pink, 8c; bayos.3$c; butter, 3c; iiinaa, 34'c per pound . Svbup Eastern, in barrels, 4055c; half-barrels, 4257Ke; in cases, 35(4 BOe per gallon ; $2.25 per keg. California in barrels, 2040c per gallon; $1.76 per keg. Boa a Net prices: D,4)c; Golden O, 4Hc; extra C, 4c; Magnolia A, 4c ; granulated, 6iic; cube crushed and pow dered, 5Jec; confectioners' A, 6!(c per pound; maple sugar, 15ltic per pound. Canned Goods Table frulte. assorted quoted $1.75(82.00; peaches, $1.85(42.10; Bartlett pears, $1.752.00 ; plums, $1.37, 1.60; strawberries, $2.252.40; cher ries, $2J2.40; blackberries, $1.85(3 2; raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2,259 2.80; apricots, $1.652.00.- Pie fruits: Assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.10(31.20; blackberries, $1.25 1.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons Assorted, $3.253.60; peaches, $3.504.00; apri cot. $3.50(84.00; plums, $2.76(23.00; blackberries, $4.004.60. Vegetables: com, $1.4001.85; tomatoes, 95c$1.00; sugar peas, 95c$1.00; string beans, 90 9bc per aosen. Meats: Corned beet, Is, $1.25; 2s, $1.852.00; chipped beef, $2.10; lunch tongue, Is, $3.10 ; 2s, $5.50 ; deviled ham, jl.60S!2.75 vr dozen. Fish: Sardines, 9, 75c$2.26; s,, $2.154 60; lobsters, $2.303.60; salm on, tin Mb. tails, $1.261.50; flats, $1.75; lbs., $2.252.60; bbl., $5.60. BCtMallaiMou er Nails Base quotations : Iron, 1 75 ; steel, $2.75 ; wire, $3.00 per keg. Iron Bar, 2J-4C per pound; pig Iron, $23328 per ton. Stxil 10c per pound. Tin I. O. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual ity, $8.25(38.75 per box; for crosses, $2 extra per box ; roofing, 14x20, prime quality, $6.62)6.75 per box ; L 0. coke plates, 14x20, prime quality, $7.508.00 per box. Naval Storbs Oakum, $4.605 per bale ; resin, $4.80(35 per 480 pounds ; tar, Stockholm, $13.00: Carolina, $9.00 per barrel ; pitch, $6.00 per barrel ; turpen tine, 65c per gallon in carload lots. ; Lsad 4c per pound ; bar, 630. Shot $1.80 par sack. HoHBBSHOas $5. . Hide., Wool and Hop. Hidbs Dry bides, selected prime,6) 7Kc; lJic less for culls; green, selected, over 66 pounds. 4c ; under 65 pounds, 3c ; sheep pelts, snort wool, 30 50c; me dium, 60(3 80c; long, 90c$l.25; shear ings, 1020c; tallow, good to choice, S 3o per pound. Wool Umpqua Valley, lfi19o; fall Clip, 1315Xc; Willamette Valley, 169 18c, according to quality; Eastern Ore gon, 10 16c per pound, according to condition. Hops 1520c, according to condition. ' ' Th. llwt Market. Bbkf live, lX2o; dressed, i Vrrmw T.1va is Kna n m ino pounds; dreesed, $6; lambs, live, 3V SMo per pound; dressed, 8c. Hogs Live, $4.604.80 per 100 ponnda; dressed, $8. . VAir 46o per pound. Smoebd Mxats Large ham, 13 14c; medium ham, 14($15c; breaktast bacon, 15(8 16c; short clear aides, 11 13c; dry salt sides, lligllc per pound. Laud Compound, in tins, 10llo; pure, in tins, 1417o; Oregon, ir 130 per pound. , ' Ba. and BaHta. ' Burlaps, 8-oa., 40-inch, net cash, 6c; burlaps, 10-oa., 40-inch, net cash, 7c; burlaps, 12-oz., 45-inch, 7c ; burlaps, 16-oa., 60-inch, e ; burlaps, 20-os., 76 inch, 14c. Wheat bags, Calcutta, 23x36, pot, 6c; two-bushel oat bags, 60, ." Can't Se. II. . A butcher in Waterville, Wash., can not understand what people see about his slop to make them laurh. Its m'u is "The Livo and Let Livo Butcher Shop," nd tho butcher aslut what ia there about thai to laugh at? Boatcu Transcript. Incontrovertible.' Cuhiomer Loolt here, I asked you ton something in gold, and you sold mo these mist-raMo plated btuds, - Clerk Well, they wero in prold vrhen yon got tiicin. Clothier i;urt Fnrnn.kei, ."ieiiT., ror..d. or.