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"THE MIST"
', OIVES ALL ,
The Official and OlHer Ne ws
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Colnmbia : County.
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Offlclal Paper
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Columbia : County.
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VOL. 10.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1893.
NO. 31.
THE MIST"
OREGON
THE OREGON MIST.
INNI l:iKVl:llV IICIUAY MOIIflllNU
THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY,
DAVIS BROS., Managers.
OIT1CIAL COUNTY PAPER.
Knbnrrllloii Hale.
Olio copy one your In advance 1 M
On copy all iiKiiilhi 7o
Single oopy., i
Advertising Hales.
Proteaaloual oiin1 nna year I t2
One noliiiiiu one vear.. ......... liift
Half 4'iIiiiiiii una year , , 7ol
Uiuirlur Hlmiiu oiih vunr
llnri Inch mill mini
III ,. .
One lueh three tuniitha m 1
Hue I ii nil al uioullia '
I,oi'l uotlmia. in cent, per line for It rut llior
tlnn ; III cuiiK per Una lor each .uheo,iieiit In-aertlnii-
l.egul adverllaamolila, I.W per Inch fur II rut
liiMirllou, awl 7 ( euula pur liiuli for each atibae
quunt Iheurtlon.
COMIMlllA COUNTY DIUHUTOllY.
County Offiiwrs.
Ileal, lllnni'li.nl, Kalnler
K. K. Hull, H', Helena
, '. A. Meeele. HI. Helen.
Judge
Clerk
Mharlir
Trcaanr r K
Hupt. l Sohoola.....
A HKltKlfir ...........
M. Wharton, Columbia City
T. ). Cleelmi, Veruolila
W. II. Kyaer, Kalnler
Surveyor,
A. B. I.lltlo, Ka uler
,. , . IH. (I. H m mover, Veruoula
Co.uu.le.louera Ja w Uuumi M;yw-
- Society naltcva.
MAnNtc,Hl. Helena Iidge. No. ltaRegiilar
eoi ii'niliiiin llrnt end third Saturday In
each niimili H17 IIO r. H. l Mnwiiilo ball. V Inll
Itig member. Ill good .lauding InvU.il to at
i..i.,i M iMimo.-Kiiliilur Lodge, w. 3i mawu
meetings tiHtiirilfiy on or buiore each lull moon
at 7:80 l' . M. l MuxmiIii IihII, over lllauchard'.
loir. VI.IIIiik ni(iiiilH)r ill good .lending In
vited lo attaint,
Dun Km.i.'iwii-Hl. Helena Lodge No. 117
Mouta Bmrv HiiIiimIiiv nlulii at 7:1 0 Trnn.leiit
tirnllirou In uowl .landing cordially luvlletl lo
atlCllHl. I
Ilia Hall.
Iiowil river (iHtat) donna at Wl, a.
liii liver liit) done, al 4 r. M.
. 1 h mall lor Vriioiil ami i'lUahnrii Icavo.
Mt. lU'lcna Monday, an.idHy ami frlilay al
A.M.
Tim mall lor Miimhlainl. Claukanle anil Ml.t
Invni cjuiiin Momlay, VVmlu.Mlay and Prlday
ma.
Malta (railway) tnwlh cloat a' 10 A. a.; for
I'urilaiid al nr..
Traveler' liuldo lllvrr Itaute.
HtkKk(I. W. Siiavk- tvea St, llolena
for Cortland at II . a. Tnelay, i liurwlav and
HitiirdM). Lravca SI. Iliilvua lor I latakaul
Monday, Wt'diumlay and Friday at S 00 a, h.
Imai.im-U'avra ft Helena lor Port
land 7: 16 a. M, iitiirnliiK at;:l r. M.
HTKAMKit Johki'II KKLMHifl l.favc Ht. Helena
for Portland dully exi-eiii Holiday, ai 7 a. a., ar
rlviint al Portland at mm); rvlttrnlinr. Iav
I'onlaitv al 1 1. at., airlvliiK at Ml. Helena al4.
PUOFKSfjlUNAL,
JR. II. r. cuvr,
rilYSlCIAN" and SU11QE0N.
8U Helena, Oregon.
IR, 1, K. HALL,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
OlatHkmile, Coliimhls county, Or.
Y B- I.ITTI.K,
SURVEYOR and
v CIVIL ENGINEER,
St. Helen. Oregon.
County surveyor. Lund surveying, town
pliiliiiiK, sntl fiiKliieering work promptly
done.
COPYRIGHTS, atoJ
IT or Information and fro. Handbook write to
HUNtf t-U., d Hhoadwat, Naw You.
Olili'at tinroatt fiir aeoorlna' patenta In Aiunrlns.
K?try patfiiil taken out ly u 1. timtialit lMfnr,
tbo putaui by a uulloe giion Ire of etaarge lu Vam
larireat etrmilattnn ot any aetmtlfln paper In the
world, iseiuiiillilly lllnatraieii. Mo Inttililreuk
man altouid be without It, Weekly, S.i.oo a
yar !.) U monllia. Aildreaa MflNN k CO
tuuuauaua, UUl luroadway, New Vurk CIU,
Tha Ovarland Route.
Two traliu dally, leav
ing Kilt ti and lalreeta,
Urand Central Depot,
No. 2, " The Limited
Kt Mall," leuvliiK at
7:l r. M., earrlea Vnall
loile Pnflinan I 'Hi ace
slni'iiliiK and liliilng
Cara and free Kcclltilng
Chair Cara IhrouKli
Irom Portland to Clit
eauo.vlaCouncll Hluffa.
without change. Thla train makea dlreet con
mii'tloua lor lk-nver, Kanaaa City, Ht. !ula,
Helena, Hit tie and Ht. Paul; alaoearr eathrouah
Pullman Sleeper and Chair Car (or Walla Walla,
Colfax, FiirmliiKton, Koekford and Hpokane,
niakliiK dlreet eoniieetloiia for Dayton, Pom
eroy, Mnaeow and Cooir d'Alemo. ...
No. , " Overland Flyer," leaving at 8:46 A. a.,
earrlea Pullman Palaee and Tourist Weeper,
from Portland toMtaaotirl river wltliontchange.
ThroiiKh train, arrive at 7:'JIS a.m. and V r. a.
lli;i,AN PlBJIIB.lo
T.KAVK I'llltTI.ANn.
I.kavkhan Francisco.
Columbia... May 1,1,M
Htnte May ft, 17,29
Oreunn May 4, 16. 20
Columbia. May S, 21)
State May 12,24
liregou May 9, lil
The company reaervo. tlio rtgnt lo cnange
.team o an.1i.ig Uya. , , .
PUKTI.APII1 Ainu a-i."o' ""''7u7Y."
Ing tioat leaven Portland dally, except Sunday,
at 7 a a rutiirnlng, leavea Aatorta aauy. ex-
"1.1 Sunday, at sr. a. Night boat leavea iW.
iu...i ,iiiv Kseiuit HHturdav. at H r. M.: return-.
l!iB,Thiv missst tois" 1
landiSSs mi
nna , - V t t X.' a
?Xd;.
torla the morning boat makoa .a.m.ng. on tlie
Oregon aide Mondays, Wedneadaya and Friday., I
and on the Waililnglou .Ide Tuesday., Thura-
lnva and HaturiUya. . '
CASC A 1K Kt)l)TKLeave Afh atroot at OA. N.
loava, w eune.iinya aim rriunj'., i
1a j i exwint Sunday ; reluming, loave lionne-,
vine at I2::m r. M.,arrivli.g at Portland at 6 r. a.
To DA yton AND WAV l.ANDlNUS-Mon.
difreant
ti Sf S. , . I
AI.L OTHER Steamer, leave from Aan-.treet
dltrlf. ur..l,ini,.n at.aa '
Ticket orllce 2M Waahlngton .treet,
eoFielr Third. W. H. HUKUIUKT, ,
Aaalatant General Pauenger Agent,
I'VtVlaud, Or.
-. vu u u.iiti.itlluT '
M Amertoao
mrtll iO AVt AT, 1
j?Jr TftaDI MARKS,
i?'-3lU DMION ATCNTa,
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Very Rich , Gold Discovery
Near Sisson, CaL
BRAVE CCEUR D'ALENE WOMEN
Indian Salmon Fishers on Fraser
River Form a Union to Shut
Out the Japanese.
Heavy rain are reported in Arizona,
V" I"" '"" "7 ""
i uui.vn
UK train.
The Woman's ChrlNtian Tomneranco
Union at Sacramento is waging war on
wide entrance to laloom.
Some of tho Outir d'Alorm womon av
tlioy will not ahIc (or a now baniutt until
the country lion free coinage of silver.
Boyi at Port Orchard, Or., are butty
liarvuHting the ecu crop on IhIhikI Hoi k.
They have now (iUU dozen reucly for uliij)
mant, , .
The poliiwmon of San Joe have bopnn
uit to compel tlie Common Council to
raine tlu-ir Bttlurics an required by the
Btiite law.
The Captain of the Oregon wm given
a reception at Aiitoria recently for his
400th continuous trip to and (rout Ban
Francinco.
Four hundred Indian nalmon flnhera
on Fraxer river In British Columbia have
formed a union to Mecure a raise of wages
and froexe out the Japanese.
There Is consternation among the Re
publican clerks who hold government
situations at Mare Inland. There is a
rumor that they are. to make way for
Democrats..
Ninety-five per cent of the oranire
growers of Riverside have entered into
,,.. fllP mnhia I nrntmimi an.l In
..!,.'- .,.,!..,. I... l... I.W lnlunUl.
I TlWm. .1. U.I.K. l.Vi IMkW UWII ...IV.VIJUI v.
The reports Irom the Lick Observatory
are to the effect that the comet, which
has lately attracted so much attention,
j has a companion, whose tail joins thatwho has charge of shipments, has re
el t"o original. ceived a large consignment of strawber-
The Riverside Bank, which frilled somo ries. These were five days on the route,
time ago, continues to receive collections making the Journey of 2,500 miles
from outstanding accounts, and there is through all kinds of weather. Straw
a general feeling that, if the bank peo- berries are considered by frtiitmen to be
pie are given time, depositors will be the most liable to injury of any fruit,
paid in full. j and the condition in which the consign-
The wreck of the once-famous whale- 1 ment reached Jackson Park is thought
hac k Wetmore. which has been nound- .
ing on the Oregon shore off Coos Bay for
many months, has been sold for 2S0.
The cargo of coal brought tlio magnifi
cent sum of )5,
A disease over which the doctors aro
in dispute has raged with considerable
virulence in the smelter town of Ana
ronda, Mont., for the last ten weeks. It
is called by some black measles and by
ethers black smallpox.
A teli-gram from Needles states that
1450.000 of bonds of the Nevada South
ern railway branch line from lions have
I been sold n New York eity. and it ia
thought work will be pushed on to PI
che and Uoode Springs at once. 1 province. The uisplay begins with the
At the meeting of the International lowest grade and specimens of work done
Irrigation Congress in Los Angeles on by the pupils from the time they enter
October 10 Secretary Greshain state school until they are turned out thor-
that the Department of th Interior will oughly schooled, fitted to take their po-
bo represented by an oflieer for the pur- iition in society, and are to be seen in
pose of giving such information as may their regular order. The studies include
be desired. all bronchos known to the educational
In connection with the recent row at worl'U bntf " he P"PU?. xoe' J W
Federation cannery on the Naas river, one thing, judging from the exhibit, it is
V iiish Columbia. Eraser, who was one in penmanship and drawing. Thecourse
to principals, in correspondence crit- ' intruction makes a special point of
. ...i-s tlie policy of the missionaries deal- th(!8.e two neraary wqnirementa of the
ing with the Indians, and holds that ftudent, and the result is most gratify
t' e .uot connected with the church are in? to instructors. The various
U.e best Indians up there. ' J at are best , representod in the
. ,. ,. . ..... exhibit are those of the Christian Broth-
A very rich gold discovery about thirty ere BroU,er8 of IheSacreti Heart, Broth
miles from Sisson in the EddyMounta n en)'of chrigt sktiin of the 8h
has caused much excitement. The hills ,10r(1 Sisters of the Assumption, Jesus
are full of prosKH?tors, and every Inch Marie SiBUrg si()ter9 of chariti Con
of ground in the neigh Whotxl is ot ated. gre?atin of the Holy Cross and many
1 he owners of the original strike were St hers of the well-known parochial in
pmr men, but have abstracted in the .liintinnu
iiuiKouuruuuu oi riu,wuiii guiu iruiu uiu
quarts taken out.
As the davs pass, the mass of evidence
In the District Attorney's and Sheriffs
olllc.es at Stockton corroborating the
statement of Schults that he murdered
a saloonkeeper near Stockton increases,
ami wuen in lis entirety it is miute pub-
"livil ivn OIH.1I17I.T .1. 1Q IIIIUII7 HIU"
lie it will prove to be one of the most
interesting and romantic tales in the .
history of American crime. The manufacture of the new army ri-
Los Angeles reports a ease of faith fle (Kragjcrogonz) is being pressed vig
etire which, it is stated, has astonished orously. It is believed the -first lot of
the people of that section. Mrs. Ada U. completed arms will be ready for deliv
Walton, who had been an invalid for ery and issued to the service about Sop
twelve vears, most of the time bedrid-. tember 1. - .'
don, claims that while on her bed she The chief of the bureau of statistics
distinctly heanl a voice telling her to reports that during the twelve months
arise, as her faith had made her whole, ended June 80, 1893, the number of im
Sh called for a wrap, jumped out of migrants landed in the United 8tates
bod and walked into the dining room. ; was 497,9:16, and during the preceding
She has had no trouble in walking since, vear 019,320. .
The attention of the outside world is , The ohargos of perjury made against
being largely attracted to the exhibits 'the Jmn iterprote? employed at
2uKOnJ8 ma?ing a,' 1 ,e 8r,Ht,Whlte tho United States custom-house in San
City. Many of our Eastern exchanges Frundgoo have been overruled by the
come to us with articles descriptive of Trea8nrv Department. Acting Secretary
the resources of our State,
1 lie editor
of the Holt County (Mo.) Sentinel, writ
ing from Chicago, pays Oregon the fol
lowing Jiigh compliment: "As repre
senting the States of the West at the
exposition, Oregon, the land of big red
apples, stands pre-eminently at the head.
Although she has no State building, Or
egon makes a magnificent showing of
ner resources in the several buildings of
ivcjm uuimiiiun ui
tne lair,
Her display in the horticult-'
ural bu lding is everywhere acknowl-, K"",lY V ,D "T"
edged as being peerless. Here she shows "J1? Secretary Smith. It is under
poars weighing-five pounds, apples six sW Burroughs claims that after a sol
nches in diameter, plums argor than dl0,r has l)e.en nined in a legal way
. w. n i. - naiiQinn orantral t.liA nmnmmainnoi
goose eggs
cnerries throe and three-
lonrtns inches
in circumference and
peaches 17 inches. In her agricult-.
nral booth she exhibit, grain, and
Kisses mat are acknow edged by m -
? tn u ,in,.. . riii -t.. .1..
r"""'" " L"o ,
flour test made at the fair flour made'
fmtn nrn,.n., wlioaf waa f,.,..l n,.i..
j hit: ?er f. than an other
Inthe mining department
ihiiiiwhi a w pimui iiiiiid ig RClfV UU1I
. -. . .. .. . r
Irom the gra'
Oregon's pin
i,e fishery di
" 1'"""
t,u,n m. g'.ioi junv no m i. mkuii 110111
lacer-minlng properties. In
department several tons of
me lamotlS UOIUinbla river Salmon are
ghown, together with fishing boats, fish
wheog( otCii and in tho (oregtrv depart-
some Bpedmens of
timlier that astonish the world. A block
cut rom a fori,gt of t))e Wcgt
meaaurea
TliflA font anmt Thlsj la iha latyvnaf.
V.lAnlr l waa a. k I.. I. I.
a . numi v i nu iiui , emu IV abviavia
much attention."
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
What tires people at the World's Fair
is tne waiic ot miles in every nuiiuing.
Five hundred school teachers of Phil
adulpliia are on a visit to the exposition.
The color line' has not been drawn at
the World's Fair. There is no dwtinct-
lve Afro-American exhibit,
Captain Kane of the Chicago police Is
making a mont decldinl crunode against
the dive In the World's f air district.
The World's Fair Commissioner aD'
pointed from New Mexico by President
Cleveland has been seated 'and Vt lute,
the old member, ousted.
The large statue of Columbus that
stood before the main portal of the cold
storage building has been donated by its
owner, W. II. Muilins of Kalem, O., to
be erected upon a suitable pedestul, to
mark the graves of the dead liremen.
Idaho's World's Fair Commission suf
fered another loss, tliis time by theft. A
solid gold-lined silver enp, presented by
tlio ladies of Wardner, was stolen. The
silver chain and Maple by which it was
fastened was also taken. The enp cost
the ladies (60. There is no clew to the
thief.
It has been unofficially decided by the
local directory not to return to the na
tional government the 1,929,120 derived
from the sale of souvenir coins. The
majority of the directors consider their
action in voting to rescind tlio rule for
Humlav opening and the return of the
appropriation all that is necessary in
tlio matter.
Owing to the fact that it was discov
ered that several thousand single-admis
sion newspaper passes to the World's
Fair were stolen, the management can
celed all these passes, and will get out a
now lot to be exchanged for the old ones,
to be properly issued as fast as possible.
It is not believed many persons secured
admission on them till the fraud was dis-
! covered. A number of those presenting
the stolen passes have been arrested, and
an effort will lie made to make them tell
the names of the persons from whom
they secured them.
Oregon is one of the States which has
made extensive displays of her fruit
ftroducts, and her section in horticulture
mil has attracted wide attention. The
fruit ia renewed every two or three davs,
Bna i, brought daily from the distant
' ,.,, .. amnt aituinwi. c, H In ino
to be remaraame. Jtne oerriee were wen
preserved and seemingly as fresh as the
; day they were picked, a thing which is
' considered the more remarkable in view
I of the fact that cold storage en route
! was dispensed with.
One of the most interesting and com
plete educational exhibits to be seen at
Jackson Park is that of the province of
Quebec, which is in charge of Brother
I Andrews of the Christian Brothers. Two
sections in the gallery of the manufact
ures ouiiiung are uevoieu w snowing ma
work of the parochial schoolsin this part
ures building are devoted to showing the
Ha L"B '1""!:
? u,"TT. c r "!
the dilTorent stages of scholastic training
vf tiiA
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The numher of pensioners dropped
from the rolls since March 4, 1803, is
245, and the total number of pensioners
, l . I . 1 .
uspended mnee March 4, pending a fu
thor investigation of their cases, is 6,090.
riamln ha onk a latinr til thn (Inllncrip
of Customs at San Francisco exonerating
the interpreter and directing that the
twelve Japanese be deported "to the
country from whence they came."
It is reported that R'ffresentatiye
Burroughs of Michigan will introduce a
resolution in the House to investigate
the present workings of the pension of
i . - .
nT-V . JI.!-V : u iT..:i 1 .
has no right to suspend him from the
"r - , , , , i.T. "
ro 18 ; .r to nU pension, or to com-
KJfa" 'n lti K
""-"' "" -e i j-b
draw a pension. .
. , 1 v ,
An Important change has been made
hv tlm Trettsiirv Dnnartnient in the elas-
8i'Htion of rl Uut iil lower uve (T.ty
on some irratlos nparly 100 per cent. The
.- - - f - . -
fered by, wool importers that certain
,Hoflof li it li-clnu. ,rnnl vnra iiwt n
--b'"."-'" w ,r ; j
analogous lo ine graous cuvssineii lower
in the wool schedule of the MoKlnlev
mil. nereaiwr maienai a iuwii ai n
nd 150 flamatine skin wool and 179 kas-
sapbtttchia skin wool, second quality of
the first or highest class will be known
390 and 307 Servia skin wool and 3S9
kaaaapbatchia skin wool, aecond qnahty
of the third class. The changes in dntv
auwii - Hina - t.liA rAtna nrARorihorl for rlif-
- ,. . r -
feront classes will be seen to be great,
EASTERN NEWS.
Great Northern Boycotted by
the Union Pacific.
TREASURY GOLD RESERVE.
Immigration Statistics for the Month
of June The Weight of tha
President Etc .
Now York's new city directory con
tains 400,000 names. - ,
The Kansas wheat crop is estimated
at 23,000,000 bushels.
Krtinn. the ereat eunmaker. with bis
party is in this country.
New York bankers say that the money
scare is practically over.
The Treasury gold reserve will soon be
up to the full figure of f 100,000,000.
Preliminary work to the opening of
the Cherokee Strip is well under way.
The winter wheat crop will be 80,000,-
000 bushels less than that of lost year.
George Could is reported to be a loer
by the " squeeze" to the extent of flO,
000,000. The enlargement of the Erie canal has
again become an important question in
New York. . .
Impure milk poisoned half the West
Point cadets, but all were saved by the
post surgeon.
Secretary Herbert savs : " The United
Sta'es ought to have twelve such ships
s ',ho Victoria."
The failures for the first six months in
lH'.CJ have ltecn 6,2:i!l, more than in any
previous like period.
Senator Voorhees declares that Con
gress will continue uninterruptedly in
session for a full year.
The Mormons are proselyting with
much success near Beaver Dam, Va.
Most of their converts are young womon.
Senator Berry of Arkansas savs that he
has voted three times for free silver, and
that be is not in the habit of changing
his mind.
Philadelphia no longer fears cholera.
into such excellent, condition has the
Delaware Bay and river quarantine serv
ice been put.
The National Alliance of Theatrical
Employes bos been organised at New
York. John Williamaol New York was
elected President.
The gross earnings of the Atchison
during the vcar ending Julv 1 was 50,
6t,60ti, an' increase of (3,501,815 over
the previous year.
A monster lock, to be built on the Cat
bert Shoals canal at Birmingham, Ala.,
w ill bo when completed, it is claimed,
the largest in the country.
The russet shoe, which has attained
such wide popularity within the last few
. . . .j . troai,ia
W f " & East. "T
.in the leather trade in the East,
P? """"rr,01 t"e.,V;1"'aK lXm
position is t3.UOO.000. a million greater
man n was on June , ana mere is rear
of a financial crisis in its affairs.
Mr. Cleveland now weighs 300 pounds,
seventy-live pounds more than his nor
mal weight, and is greatly inconveni
enced physically in consequence.
Railroad passenger rates from Louis
ville and Indianapolis to Chicago are
down to 1 cent a mile. A thorough de
moralization in rates cannot be avoided.
During the past ten years the normal
standard of production for wheat in this
country has varied from 13.Si to 16 bush
els per acre, making an average of 14
bushels.
Tho statement of the Philadelphia
Board of Rovision of Taxes for this year
shows a real-estate valuation of $749,
358,447, as compared with $732,300,892
last year.
What is described as a gigantic speci
men of an antediluvian monster has
been discovered in Boyd county, Neb.
Workmen are now engaged in exhuming
the monster.
Cashier J. J. Bush of the defunct El
niira (N, Y.) National Bank has been
arrested upon a warrant charging him
witli making false reports and falsifying
his accounts.
Immigration statistics for the month
of June show that 61,907 alien steerage
Sassengers were landed on Ellis Island
uring that month. As usual. Italy
heads the list.
Secretary Lamont is considering the
suggestion of General Schotield that
there be created a military department
ot the lakes, with headquarters at Bnf
f ilo or Oswego.
In the Massachusetts reformatory for
women good behavior is rewarded by
permitting the well-behaved ones to
wear dresses with smaller checks. The
bad ones wear very big chocks.
The State Supreme Court of South
Dakota has decided that the Western
Union Telegraph Company must accept
messages tendered whether or not writ
ten upon the regular telegraph blanks.
A building is nearing completion at
the corner of Pine and William streets,
New York, which, although it is only 16
feet 3 indies wide, is 135 feet high. The
brick and stone in it are held together
by a metal skeleton.
The irrigation canal, constructed at
great expense in Kansas are said not to
be entirely successful. The fault is not
in tlie irrigation system, but in the fact
that the ditches have been made too ca
pacious for the water supply.
Tbo Francis 8. Bartow Camp of United
Confederate Veterans of Polk county,
Fla., has unanimously adopted resolu
tions expressing their grateful apprecia
tion of Mrs. U. 8. Grant's recent acts of
courtesy to Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
Tlie passenger department of the Union
Pacific has sent out circulars to the local
offices in 'St. Paul declaring a boycott
against tlie Great Northern in so far as
recognition of its tickets is conirned.
The Union Pacific requests all connect
ing lines to dishonor tickets of the Great
Northern bearing its name.
The present administration' reports
that the expenses of the pension special
examinations division for two months
amounted to $30,859. To the amount
saved through examinations and rejec
tions may be added $8,604, which was
recovered' in cash by special examiners
and covered into the Treasury, making
a total net saving to the government oi
$116,088.
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.
It Is estimated from the census of 1800
that the insect pests cost the fruit grow
ers of the United States about $4,000,000
a year.
Statistics are said to show that the In
troduction of machinery into manufac
tories has decreased the number of the
unemployed.
The Wagner Company owns 700 par
lor cars and sleeping coaches, valued at
IU,iuij,uiju; tne Pit 1 1 man uompany z,3W,
valued at $33,000,000.
To make 1,000 cubic feet of illuminat
ing gas eight pounds of coal, costing 2
cents, and lour gallons of naphtha, cost
ing 12 cents, are required.
In the five or six months of the year
during which the sardine fishery lasts
600,000,000 of these little fish are caught
off the coast of Brittany alone.
The entire number of locomotives
owned by the German railways in J 8!i2
was 14,788. The number in the United
States in 1801 amounted to 33,563.
There are over 7,000 miles of com
pleted electric railway in the United
States, and in a year to come there is
little doubt the total will be doubled.
At the Maple Sugar Laboratory at
Montpelier, Vt., during the past season
4,750,762 pounds of sugar were tested.
The bounty on this output will amount
to about $72,500.
In the central part of the State of New
York over 15,000 people are engaged in
the cultivation of more than 20,000 acres
of grapes, which produce annually from
40,000 to 50,000 tons.
The average wage per week of women
in Kansas and Wisconsin is $5.27; in
Minnesota $0. In Indianapolis the sum
paid for shirt-making ranges from 30
cents to 60 cents a dozen.
Admiral Belknap thinks that "since
steam and electricity have taken posses
sion of the naval soul seamanship is al
most decried as a lost art by the rising
generation of naval men."
The area planted in cotton the present
rear is estimated at 19,701 ,385 acres, an
increase over last year, of 7.20 per cent
and about the same as in 1887; also
showing very little difference from 1888.
The $3,000,000 which the hat manu
facturers of the country have to hand
over to the inventor of the sweat-band
used on hats affords a striking illustra
tion of the value of genius when it makes
hit.
Women do a fair share of farm work
in nearly all European countries. They
are especially efficient in JXorway and
Sweden. Too many men are withdrawn
from profitable occupation to serve as
soldiers.
The total receipts at the New York
cuftom-house for the fiscal year that
ended June 30 were H38.032.028 94, com-
rjared w th H20.732.613.90 lor the previ
ous fiscal year, or an increase of nearly
$17,300,000.
The largest State building in the United
States and the seventh largest building
in the world is the State Capitol of Texas.
It was begun in 1881 and nnisnea m ish.
It cost $3,500,000, and was paid for by
3,0i)0,000 acres of public land, deeded to
the capitalists who had the work done.
In 1800 there were about 275,000 women
engaged in money-making occupations,
as follows: One hundred and ten law
yers. 165 ministers, 31' J aucnors, osa
journalists, 2,061 artists, 2,138 architects,
chemists and pharmacists, 1,106 stock
raisers and ranchers, 6,135 government
clerks, 2,4:38 physicians and surgeons,
13.182 professional musicians, 56,800
farmers and planters, 21,071 clerks and
bookkeepers, 14.465 heads of commer
cial houses, 155,000 public-school teach
ers.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Queen Victoria is, it is said, especially
skilled in making omelets, while the
Princess of Wales excels in making tea
and buttered toast.
Mrs. Ormiston Chant, the well-known
preacher, says she has officiated in
churches of all denominations except
the Church of England and the Koman
Catholic Church.
MissRoalfe Cox of the English Folk
Lore Society has made the interesting
discovery that the story ot uinaereiia
has been told in 345 different ways, and
that it appears in the oldest literature
of Egypt and India.
" Senator Stewart is visiting Mexico to
look after the working of his silver mine
at Zaeatacas. Before returning to Wash
ington in the late autumn his family will
make an extended Western trip, includ
ing a stay at the World's Fair.
When Queen Victoria left Florence
she rejoiced the heart of at least one
woman. Lady Colnaghi, the wife of the
Ilritish Consul, was presented uy ner
with a bracelet bearing in blue enamel
her initial and the motto " Honi soitqui
tnal y pense."
George Vanderbilt has bought 20,000
acres more of land in the "Pink
Beds " district of North Carolina near
Ashville and near the residence of Bill
Nye. Mr. Vanderbilt will establish on
his new purchase the most complete and
extensive game preserves in-the United
States if Mr. Nye can be kept off the
premises. The Vanderbilt now own
50,000 acres in North Carolina.
Henry H. Faxon of Quincy, Mass.,
the implacable foe of liquor-selling, has
complied with the Bay State law and
filed with the Secretary of State his ac
count of legislative expenses. The
amount is $600; there are two items
only, and one reads : " For distributing
literature calculated to influence the stu
pid, impracticable and cowardly Legis
lature to repeal or radically amend the
absurd drunk law of 1891, $550."
" Uncle " Henry Martin, for forty-five
years the college janitor of the Univer
sity of Virginia, claims to be a lineal de
scendant of Jefferson, the founder of the
university. Though he cannot read and
write, he explains to visitors the great
picture, " The School of Athens," in the
public hall, naming without a mistake
the Greek sages therein depicted from
Plato to Diogenes. He knows all about
the library, it is said, and its fine por
traits and statues.
J. D. Garrison and W. J. O'Connell of
(fee International railway survey have
jnst returned to Washington after an in
teresting expedition into Central and
South America on the work of the sur
vey. They have been gone since April,
1891, and have traversed the country
from Ecuador north through Colombia,
the Isthmus of Panama and Costa Rica
to San Jose, with an alternate route to
Carthagena, Colombia. They report the
entire line practicable to build at reason-
expense.
FOREIGN CABLES..
Curious Outbreak of Cattle
Disease in Wales.
A RUSSIAN MOB KILLS JEWS.
The Chilian Congress Passes an Act
Reorganizing; the Currency
of That Country.
The crops in Bulgaria are in a very
bad state.
Extraordinary heat ia prevalent all
over Spain.
The grain harvest in Thessaly prom
ises to Be exceptionally good.
The German Chancellor von Caprivi ia
said to be suffering from diabetes.
. The Czar has ordered the departure of
all vessels to the eastern shores of Siberia,
England has lost fifteen ships and
2,352 officers and men in the last thirty
years.
The Chinese Minister to France has
lodged a strong protest against French
aggression in Siam.
The marked decrease of fat fish in the
North Sea is attributed to the great in
crease of steam trawlers.
The prospects of winter and summer
wheat in Russia have improved greatly
since the beginning of June.
A Moldavian lady is at Bar own ex
pense constructing a railway from one of
her estates to the nearest town. v
Now that the army bill has passed the
German Reichstag, the Fmperor, it ia
said, will make Caprivi a Prince.
Commercial treaties with Portugal,
Sweden, Holland and Switzerland have
been passed by the Spanish Cortes.
The Lord Mayor of London has ob
tained the baronetcy upon the marriage
of the Duke of York according to cus
tom. In Southern England hay is now worth
$50 a ton, and farmers are selling their
cattle. This means a dearth of English
beef.
A letter mailed in London April 7 and
remailed in Hongkong made the circuit
of the world in the fast time of sixty
two days.
Paris hostesses give afternoon enter
tainments at which literary and scien
tific lectures are the attraction. It is a
great success.
The Greek government ha. decided to
enforce the law against brigandage
passed by the Chamber after the Mara
thon murders in 1670.
There are now between 13,000 and 14,
0C0 miles of telephone circuits in the
metropolitan area of London, a region
covering aoout ouu square nines.
I A prominent English physician of
large experience with drunkards say.
that he can recall hundreds of recoveries
among men, but only five among women.
The financial crisis in Spain has seri
ously reduced railroad traffic, so that
nearly all line, are badly crippled and
eome have been forced to offer new issues
of bonds on the market.
Freiherrvon Maltzann, German Secre
tary of the Imperial Treasury, has re
signed. It is probable that he will be
succeeded by llerr echraub, one of tho
Ministers of Alsace-Lorraine.
It is hinted oc British authority that
the closing of tlie mints at India to free
silver coinage is only a " first step in a
process which will not be completed un
til gold is made a full legal tender."
There has been a curious outbreak of
cattle disease near Cardiff, Wales, sup
posed to be caused by blood-poisoning,
and this in turn to be due to the drought
and the tact that, rabbits ran on the pas-
lure.
The anti-Semite publisher, Heppner,
at Berlin has published a book in which
he argues that the Berlin office of the
Reuter Telegram Company is a source of
danger to Germany and ought to be
closed py the government.
The Chilian Congress has passed an
act for reorganizing the currency, and
having received the sanction ot the uoun
en ot Mate, the act has now become a
law. The object is to redeem the paper
money ana resume specie payments.
A commercial convention between
France and Russia was concluded three
weeks ago. France reduces the duty on
petroleum, and Russia reduces the du
ties on some fifty-three articles, includ
ing wines, spirits, linen textiles, fancy
goods and clothing.
The Jews of the town of Yalta in the
Crimea refused to obey the decree to re
tire within the pale. For several days
the clergy exhorted the population to
rise and expel them. This caused a mob
to pillage the Jewish quarters, and many
of the Jews were killed. Troop, restored
order,
A company has been formed in Milan
for supplying the city with tricycles. At
a trifling cost a person may hire one of
these machines and take a drive either
for business or pleasure. Each tricycle
has a driver, so that the hirer lias noth
ing to do with either its propulsion or
direction. -
A proposition to hold a world's fair in
London in 1895 or 1896 was discussed at
a public meeting to promote the object
two weeks ago, at which Mr. Conybeare,
M. P., and other prominent men sup
ported the proposition. A universal ex
hibition has not been held in London in
thirty-one years.
The London Times says: A better
feeling generally prevails, owing to tlie
belief in some quarter, that the action
of the Indian government in stopping
free coinage at the Indian mints will
tend to strengthen the hands of the
American government in regard to re
pealing the Sherman law. .
The British government ten years ago
offered a reward to any of its army officer,
in Burmah who should learn Chinese.
As not one has been tempted so far, the
reward has been raised to $1,000. After
passing a preliminary examination offi
cers may go to China for a year to study,
drawing full pay meanwhile;
The court-martial appointed to try
Captain Burke, Staff Commander Hawkins-Smith
and the surviving officers of
the British battle ship Victoria has
opened at Valleta, Malta, upon the Hi
hernia, the flag ship of Rear-Admiral
Tracey. Captain Burke and other, were
heard. The testimony was direct that
Admiral Tryon had blundered.
PORTLAND MARKET.
Whsat Qnotes Valley, $1.001.02)i's
Walla Walla, 9295o per cental.
nvorB, rsso, itc.
Fiona Standard, $3.40; Walla Walla,
$3.40; graham, $3.00; superfine, $2.50
per barrel.
Oats White, 45c per bnshel; gray,
4243c; rolled, in bags, $6.256.60; bar
rels, $6.60(46.76; cases, $3.76.
Hat Best, $1517 per ton; common,
$10ftl3. .
MiLLSTurrs Bran, $17.00; shortsr
$21.00; ground barley, I2024;" chop
feed,' $18 per ton; whole feed, barley, 80
85c per cental; middlings, $23el28;
per ton; chicken wheat, $1.22fgl.25'
per cental.
DAiar produce.
Bctteb Oregon fancy creamery, 22
(325c: fancy dairy. 1720c: lair to
good. 1516c ; common, 12J c per pound ;
California, 35(844c per roll.
Uhf.kse Oregon, 12ac: uaiiiornia,
11 12c; Young America, ll.'c per
pound.
i!.aoszoc per dozen.
PooiTBT Chickens, old, $4.60rt?5.00:
broilers, large, $2.003.00; small, not
quoted; ducks, old, $3.504.00; young,
$2.603.50; geese, $7.50 per dozen ; tur
keys, live, 12c; dressed, 15c per pound.
VEGETABLES AND FBUITB.
Vegetables Cabbage, 14C per
pound; new California potatoes, $1.25
per cental; new California onions, lift
1c per pound; green Oregon onions, 10
17,J4c per dozen; cucumbers, 40c per
dozen; Oregon encumbers, $1.25(2.25
per box : string beans, UGslOc per pound ;
Oregon peas, l2c per pound; toma
toes, $1.00(81.25 per box. -
Jjrpitb Sicily lemons, so.&uigo.oo per
box: California new crop, $4.60(ai5.50
per box : bananas, $1.50(33.00 per bunch ;
oranges, seedlings, $22.75 per box ; na
vels, $3.504.00; pineapples. $6.00 per
dozen ; cherrie8,75ci2.$1.00 per box ; goose
berries. 3c per pound; new tjaliiomia
apples, $1.50(32.00 per bushel ; peaches,
90c$1.00 per box; blackberries, $1.50
per 15-pound crate ; peach plums, $1.50
(ifl.75 per box ; new pears, $1.00 per box ;
apricots. $1.25 per box; currants. 4te5c
per pound; Bartlett pears, $2.00 per
box ; raspberries, 67c per pound ; black
raspberries, 79c ; California figs, 75c4
$1.00 per box; watermelons, $2.'504.00
per dozen ; huckleberries, 15c per pound.
STAPLE OBOCBBIES.
Dried Fruits Petite prunes. lOrtillc:
silver, ll12c; Italian, 13c; German,
10llc; plums, 89c; evaporated ap
ples, 10llc; evaporated apricots, 12i$
16c; peaches, J012c; pears, 7llo
per pound.
Honey Choice comb, 18c per pound :
new Oregon, 16(g20c; extract, 9(ail0c.
Salt Liverpool, 100s, $16.00; 60s,
$16.60; stock,"8.5039.50.
UoprEB uosta Kica, zzc; kio, zic;
Salvador, 21c ; Mocha, 2630c ; Java,
24)i(ft30c; Arbuckle's and Lion, 100
pound cases, 24.85c per pound; Colum
bia, same, 24.85c
Rice Island .4.75fte&.00 : J apan.M.75 :
New Orleans, $4.50 per cental.
Beans Small whites, a'c; pinks,
3c; bayos, 3c; butter, 4c; lima, 4o
per pound.
8ybup Eastern, in barrels, 40T55c
in half-barrels, 42(ffi57c; in cases, 35 oj .
80c per gallon; $2.23 per keg; California,
in barrels, 2040c per gallon; $1.76 per
keg.
Suoak D. 6c: Golden C, 6 Jc: extra
C. 6c ; confectioners' A, 65c ; dry gran
ulated, 6c; cube, crushed and pow
dered, yjc per pound; yo per pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash;
maple sugar, 1516c per pound.
, OANNSD OOOD.
Canned Goods Table fruita, assorted,
$1.75(32.00; peaches, $1.852.10; Bart
lett pears, $1.75(2.00; plums, $1.370
1.60; strawberries, $2.25(2.45; cherries,
$2.25(82.40; blackberries, . $1.85(2.00;
raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25f4
2.80; apricots, $1.65(2.00. Pie fruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.001.20; blackberries, $1.251.40 per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.153.50; peaches, $3.604.00; apri
cots, $3.604.00; plums, $2.75(33.00;
blackberries, $4.254.50.
Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.50; 2s,
$2.40; chipped, $2.554.00: lunch
tongue, Is, $4; 2s, $6.75; deviled ham,
$1.752.15 1 per dozen.
Fish Sardines, Js, 75c$2.25; 9,
$2.154.50; lobsters, $2.303.50; sal
mon, tin 1-lb talis, $1.25$1.50; flats,
$1.75; 2-lbs, $2.252.60; '-barrel, $5.50.
provisions. ,. ' . ,
Eastern Smoked Meat and Lard
Hams, medium, uncovered, 16(817 c per
pound; covered, 15a17c; hams, large,
uncovered, 16?l7Jiic; covered, 15.14'3
16Kc; breakfast bacon, uncovered, 16'
18,c ; covered, 1516,c ; short clear
sides, 18Hic; dry salt .ides, 12!
13c; lard, compound, in tins, 11(3
12c per pound; pure, in tins, 14(L5c:
Oregon lard, 11(3120. .
UVS AND DRESSED MEAT. ' '
Beep Prime steers, $2.50(92.75; fair
to good steers, $2.00(82.50 ; good to choice
cows, $2.002.25; common to medium
cows, $1.502.00; dressed beef, $3.50(3
6.00. :
Mutton Choice mutton, $2.75;
dressed, $6.00;' lambs, $2.002.50;
dressed, $6.00 shearlings, 2c, live
weight.
Hoos Choice heavy, $5.00(85.60; me
dium, $4.50(85.00; light and feeders.
$4.505.00; dressed, $7.00.
VAiv-$4.008fl.OO.
' BOPS, WOOI, AND HIDES.
Hops 1017ic per pound, according
to quality.
Wool Umpqua valley, 1415c; fall
clip, 1314c; Willamette valley, 10(4
12c, according to quaUty; Eastern Ore-,
gon, 6(8 14o per pound, according to
condition.
Hides Dry hides, selected prime,
68c; green, selected, over 56 pounds,
4c; under 65 pounds, 3c: sheep pelts,'
short wool, 30(i: 50c; medium, 60(880c;
long, 90c3$1.25; shearlings, 10 20c ; tal
low, good to choice, .8(6c per pound.
BAG. AND BAQOINO.
Burlaps. 8-ounce. 40-inch, net cash.
6c; burlaps, lOJ-ounce, 40-inch, net
casn, 7c; ouriaps, la-ounce, 4o-inch, i
7c; burlaps, 15-ounce, 60-inch, 12!iic;
burlaps, 20-ounce, 78-inch, 14c; wheat
bags, Calcutta, 23x36, spot, c;
2-bushel oat bags, 7c
MISCELLANEOUS. '
Tin I. C. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual
ity, $8.609.00 per box ; for crosses, $3'
extra per box; I. 0. coke plates, 14x20,
prime quality, $7.60(38.00 per box; tenia)
plate, I. 0., prime quality, $6.50(7.00.
Nails Base quotations: Iron, $2.25
steel, $2.35; wire, $2.76 per keg.
Iron Bar, 2Jo per pound; pig-iron, .
$23(826 per ton.
Steel Per pound, 16)o. s
Lsad Per pound, 4io; bar,