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VOL. 10.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1893.
NO. 33.
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COLOMBIA COUNTY DIUIiOTOUY.
County Olflciera,
Judge . .,. Uian Blencherd, Italnler
Clerk K. K Quick, H'. Helen.
HtmrllT A. Masai, hi. iimn
Trcsenr r ,...K. M. Wharton, Columbia City
Hupl. of school. T. J. Cleelou, Venionia
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,, w, it. n'.tar. ueiuier
A. H. UtiK Ka'Uler
H. II. H'ho.uuver, Veruoiile
II. w. lleruea, Mayger.
Surveyor
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Societf Notion.
MasonicI-hi. Helen. Lodge, No. MReguIar
ruiitiuMUiealloiis Hrl end Mni Saturday In
eaclitnoulh at7:Wli'. a. t MiuhhiIo ball. Vllt
tiiH mauilJora lu good standing Invited to at-
'"iuaomo.-Rainier l-ndite, No 21 Slated
meeting. Haliirday onor before each lull moon
at 7:8u r. a. at Miwonlc hall, over Wancbard'a
.cue, V lull Inn mutiiljura lu good .lauding In
vited to attend,
Don Kau.owa-.8t. UaU-im Lodge No. 117
M.wi every Hamnley night at 7:SU Transient
breilueu in good .milling cordially luvltod to
attend. -
Ilia fflall.
Down river (boat) cloea at :0 a, m.
Vu river lioatlclue at 4 r. a.
liieiaallfor Vemunla and rittstiurjr Lavs
St. Helena Monday, Wedneaday and Friday at
a A , If , ;
Tim mall tor Marahleiid. C'latakaiite and Mill
leave. Muliiu Monday, Wedneaday and Friday
"Valuifrallway) north cluM a' 10 A. lor
Portland at r. M.
Traveler' Uulde-.ltl ver Houtra.
STSANKSO. W. BIIAV8R- Leave. Ht. Helen.
l..r Portland at II . a, Tuesday, Thursday and
Ktimlav. Leave. HI. Helena for t'lalakanle
M diiday! Wedneaday and Friday at :00 A, a.
Btk.mkr lHti.iit-l.eavii M. Helen, for Port
land 7:4 a. M. retiirtilnii at 8:S0 r a.
raKKH Jokki-m KaLi.mm-I.eave.Ht, Helen,
for Forilnnd dully exeept minday. at 7 A. a., er
rlilnuat r.irtluud at 10. HU; reluming, leave
Forllanv at 1 f. a., arriving at Mb Helen, an.
l'KOFKHSlONAL.
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rilYSICIAN and SURGEON.
HI. Helen", Oregon.
yyU. J. E. II ALU,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Clatdkniile. Columtila comity, Or.
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Tht Overland Routs.
Two train, dally, 1eT
lug Fifth and latraeu,
Urand Central Depot.
V. 1 "Thi Limited
I KaMt Mall." leaving at
47:iMi V. ., earrlca Ve.tl-
jliule riillman t'niaee
isieeplng and Dining
r im.m and free lteellniiiu:
Cliair Cara thMugli
from rortiana to utn-
u.,.i win li,wll llhiffa.
without chanifO. ThU train tnak w direct c on
neetlniit for Denver, Kanaaa City, HI. Louie,
Helena, H.itte and hi ;.l'au ! Xhw.,!f.h
J'ullnian Weeper and Chair Car for VV alia alia,
C I ii, Karn liiglon, Koekford and Hpokane,
niakliiK direet eoimeetlona for Dayton, l'oui
eroy, Moacow and dour rt'A'f";
No. 8, " Overland Flyer," leaving at MS A. u ,
earrlea Pullman falaeeand TouH.t Weeper,
from forUand to Mlaaourl river wltliout change.
Through tralna arrive at 7: A. ; . and f. a.
vive H&M FRANRiara.
Columbia... May 1,1,
8lale........,Mny f, 17, J
Oregon May 4, 16, J
Columbia May S, i
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WndWTORIA ROUTK-Mom.
lug boat leave. Portland dally, except Sunday,
at 7 A. .t returning, leave. A; tofto
nriv Aatmla dally, except .Bitiulay, at I A. I
a. The tnornlng boat from 1'ortland niakea
landl g on the Oregon .lde Tueaday., Tl.ur.'
day. and Saturday.; on the WaahltiHlon aldo
Monday., Wedneadaya and Friday.. From Aa.
toriathe morning lrmlJfrZi
Oreaou aide Monday., Wedneadaya and rrldnj a,
and on the Washington, aldo Tueadaya, Thur.
dAWADK7u)fflS Leave Aah atreotat SA.a.
TO DAVTON AND WAY LANDINGS Mon
day, Wedneaday, Friday, 7 A. M. .
Ocean .teauiera leave from Steamahlp wharf
"'aLL OTHER Stoamera loave from Aah-.treet
TleVot offlca 2M Waahlngton ataeet,
aoruMTliIrd? W. H. HUHLBUKT,
eo AiiUtant General PwerrAjjentj ,
V Solentifto Annrlcan
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THE PACIFIC COAST.
The Oregon Display at ' the
Chicago Worlf Eair.
HICII COMPLIMENTS PAID IT.
A Unique and Practical Method of
Displaying the Wood of the
Web-Foot State.
Five largo ships will load grain at San
Diugo tliin McaHon.
Tli total valuatlun of tlieeatate of VV.
8. IjiilJ, who tliinl at Portland gome time
ago, Id 7,DU0,o6H.
Tiie Atlantic and Pacific railway In mi
Ing the I'rt-Houtt and Arizona Central for
fS.ouo lur une ol niatorni).
l'ortloni of HoutlicttHloru Oregon are
alii to nave lieon di'VnutuU'a liy grawn
hoppcni and crickctn thig auinmur.
Htoi'kton i willing to contrilmto flOO,
000 and tilt) right of way into the city If
it ran he atmtircd of a coinputing rail
road in tlio Han Jimquin Valluy.
Judite Koaa at Loa Anttt'h'g lias over-
nil i'd the demurrer in the caae of the
Bout horn l'gi'lllo vs. Juana C. Arulza, in
volving a large amount of railroad land.
A bar of gold valued at f 10,000 wag
brought to Virginia City from Hilvor
City. The bar in the remilt of thecruah
ing of eight toni of ore from the Oest
Hiine.
The fanioua Pavls will cane li again np
boforo the Jiutto (Mont.) courta. It ia
thought tlio Hoot conteatantg and the
heirx of Joint Davia will divide the es
tate between them. ,
A resolution han paxaed the Lou An-
gcles Chamlier of Commerce indorning
the Midwinter Fair and gtiggeating that
a rtixM-iul at union of the Lcgixlature be
called to nmko an apjiropriution.
Geronimo Kliziililo, a Fronchman who
haa resided in Cocopali county, A. T.,
for vearn. baa fuel arrived at Yuma. He
aaya the atory of Fergution Cline and
party relative to tlio finding of a lottt
city went of Yuma ia without foundation.
Senator White vinited Mare Inland
navy yard recently, and thoroughly in
apected tiie bitmncM methoda of the
government. Through the heads of the
various department ho obtained much
information, and waa enabled to take
notes of many things that are needed to
place the inland in close buainwa condi
tion with Eastern navy yards.
The Sun Dlcito Union says: Several
psta new to this part of the country
lave latlev been discovered by Horti
cultural Commissioner titninls, among
which are the hlack aphis, the woolly
aphis, the Norfolk Island pine scale and
the Telranychusa macuiatas, commonly
known as the six-snotted mite. Borne
of the above have never before been
known west of the Rock) Mountains.
John McLauirhlin. foreman of the
Providence mine at Nevada City. Cal.,
beat Charles Kunge over the head with
a two-round weiuht. and fractured his
skull. This enraged the miners, and
after McLaughlin was released by the
court on a bail of 5,UU0 he had to be es
corted by olliciala to his hotel, a crowd
following and shouting to " Hang mm."
If there hud been a leader among these
men, it ia believed McLaaghliu would
have been strung up.
Twenty-seven canneries are packing
salmon on tlio Fraser river this year,
and 1,326 boats are at work. Bockeye
salmon, which is the only variety packed
there in large qualities, are running now
in immense numbers, the average tako
by steady fishermen being 1,000 for
twelve hours. The run has never been
better tha i at present, and tlio canner
ies cannot get away with the quantity of
linh supplied them, thouuh some of them
are packing 1,500 canes daily. Recently
fish were so plentiful that 6 cents each
was the price an kid by many fishermen ;
but, owing to the great supply, num tiers
were unable to sell. If the run contin
ues ten tlays longer, as it doubtless will,
the pack will aggregate fully 450,000
cases the largest ever put up on the
Fraser river-, while some canners expect
the pack to run over 600,000 cases.
Every packing establishment has madd
preparations to pack to their full capac
ity, and will fill every can.
The following item ia from a recent
issue of tho World's Columbian Illus
trated, the oflleiul organ of the exposi
tion: "Oregon has adopted a unique
and practical method of displaying the
woods produced in that State. At Jack
sou Turk there is a house constructed
entirely of Oregon woods. It is ten feet
square' and nineteen feet high, and is
surmounted by an open cupola. Tlio
body of the structure is a yellow pine.
The roof is of red-cedar shingles, and is
supported by four Doric columns. The
columns are of maple, and are very rich
ly carved. The roof of the cupola is
supported by four small Doric columns
of carved ouit. Tho Interior is 'finished
with panel work containing about all the
woods of the State, among which are
manzatiita, madrone, yew, laurel, myr
tle, ash. maple, oak, spruce, balm, fir,
sugar pine, bird's-eye pine, cherry, curly
maple and alder. The house forms the
Oregon pavilion in the forestry building."
Here is another high compliment in a
recent editorial correspondence to the
ft. .Joseph (Mo.) Herald : "Adjoining
the exhibits of Missouri in both the hor
ticultural and agricultural buildings are
tlio displays of Oregon, the Legislature
of which State appropriated a scant l(ti0,
000 in all for the purpose of properly
representing the State's resources and
Industries at the World's Fair. The con
trast between the two displays is so great
as to put nil MisHonrians to shame. In
the Oregon booth in the horticultural
building over sixty varieties of apples
aro shown fresh and beautiful on plates,
while there are countless jars and boxes
of peaches, plums, primes, etc., so ar
ranged as to demand the attention of all
who pass. Visitors rush through the
dusty Missouri space to get into tho Or
egon booth and admire the products of
the far Western State as arranged eo
captivatingly. The same is true ot the
agricultural exhibits. While the Mis
souri pavilion is more favorably located
It does not command one visitor, while
dozens visit Oregon and inspect her
honest exhibits of grain and grasses and
the general product of the farm. Her
wheat is shown in two-bushel sacks, and
all who wish to examine it have only to
delve into the tacks and try a handful."
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.
The Tcrre Haute distillery, the largest
in me world, win soon resume opera-
IIOIIS.
The export of American hay to Eu
rope creates much comment " across tho
water."
India ink is made in Japan from the
soot obtained by burning the shell of an
ony nut.
Jerusalem has taken a new start in
the line of progress and established a
urewery.
Liberia exports 1,000,000 pounds of
collee annually, Une-hall ol It goes to
ucrmany.
Skunks are bred on New York farms.
Their skins are deodorized, and become
valuable in the fur markets.
One of the most curious farms In the
United States and one of the most prof
itable is a frog farm in Illinois.
The Iron Moulders' Union of North
America entered upon the thirty-fifth
year of its existence July 5 last.
In Japanese saws the teeth point to
ward the handle, and both saws and
planes cut toward the workman.
From the American aloe tree is made
thread, needles, ropes, rabies, paper,
clothing, soap, sugar and brandy.
Ventilated boots are an improvement
welcomed by many who think their feet
nevti a little iresii air an me time.
A cloth of very fine texture is made
from the bark of the paper tree, a mul
berry growing in the South Sea Islands.
The maize crop of the United States
rovers an area greater than England,
Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Denmark.
Tho Mexican Land and Improvement
Company of Kansas will experiment
witli coffee-raising on a largo scale in
Mexico.
The citv of London drinks every year
4r,IHKi,lUU gallons of malt liquor, ,inj,
000 gallons of wine and 1,600,000 gallons
of spirits.
The linen industry in Ireland gives
employment to upward of 100,000 per
sons, and has an estimated capital in
vested of 75,000,000. ;
Tho world's agriculture occupies the
attention of 20,000,000 men, represents
acspital of (224,000,000,000, and has an
annual product of over 120,000,000,000.
We have stored in the Federal Treas
ury :!02,lKX),000 silver dollars; we have
6H!000iO00 silver dollars in circulation
and about (80,000,000 in smaller silver
coin.
Wall paper is made to imitate cretonne
closely, and in these designs is enjoying
a wide sale among artistic folk, who find
it a beautiful background to the orna
mentation of the room.
Some idea of the slaughter of ele
phants can be secured from the fact that
in Zanzibar alone some 600.000 pounds
of ivorv an marketed every season from
the tusks of 10,000 elephants.
Statistics of new mill construction.
compiled by the Textile World, show
that 102 now mills were erected in the
six months ended June 30, 18113, as
against 135 for tho corresponding period
in 1HH2.
The human hair is absolutely the most
profitablecrop that grows. Five tons of it
are annually imported bv the merchants
of London. The Parisians harvest up
ward of 200,000 pounds, equal in value
to 80,000 per annum.
The development of the lace Industry
In Ireland has been a great boon to the
impoverished people. In embroidery
alone 12,000 girls are employed, and
1,007), OOU dozen Handkerchiefs were sent
hist year to the American market.
By irrigat ion 25,000,000 acres are made
fruitful in India alone. In Egypt there
aro about 6,000,000 acres and in Europe
about 5,000,000. The United States have
just begun the work of improving waste
area, and have already about 4,000,000
acres of irrigated lands. ,
PERSONAL MENTION.
King Carlos of Portugal leaped from
his carriage the oWier day to interfere
with a fight and prevent a probable mur
der. His Majesty overpowered the
stronger party, and turned nim r te
the police.
Little Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
is 13 years old, and her doctor after a
study of her constitution says that she
has used up just eighty years worth of
nervous force. Her life is too exciting
lor a person ol iter supersensitive nature.
Ex-Premier Mercier, accompanied by
0. Desmarais, has left Montreal on his
tour through the t rench-Canadian cen
ters in New England, where he will de
liver addresses advocating the advantages
to be derived from Canadian independ
ence. .
General Alelandro Ybarra. who has
been mentioned as a coalition candidate
for the Presidency of Venezuela, is now
residing in Boston. He married tho
daughter of Thomas Russell, who was
United States Minister to Venezuela un
der President Grant, ,;r '
K. 8.' Hanjitsintjl, a young Sikh
Prince, is this year a contestant in the
Em-listi university cricket mutches and
one of tho best all-round members of the
Cambridge eleven. He is called simply
" Smith " by his daily associates, who
can't catch his right name.
Through the efforts of Mrs. Lewis
Rice of Frederick, Md., enough money
hits been collected to put an imposinx
monument over the grave of Francis
Scott Key, author ol ' The Star-Spangled
Banner." His remains are interred in
a Georgetown (D. C.) cemetery.
Miss Kate Kane of Chicago gives no
tice that she is out for a Judgeship. She
is willing to accent a nomination from
either of the political parties or from
lmth of them, but, if ignored, will run
independently. , It is apparent that Miss
Kane believes in the wearing of gowns
by Judges. ' , ; .. . r -
Frederick Emerson Brooks, tho Cali
fornia poet, is a sylph-like creature,
weighing 250 pounds. He has a face like
the full moon, but it lights up marvel-
ously when he begins to recite one of his
quaint, droll ana pntnetio poems lor a
roomful of his friends. He is a native
of New York State, but has fived in San
t raneisco for soventeen years.
General J. C. McKibben of Maryland,
who was the second of Senator Broder
ick in the duel with Judge Terry in Cali
fornia, which resulted in Broderick'a
death, is still hale and hearty. Speaking
of the duel the other day, he said that
it was a most unfortunate aftair, and
that there waa really no cause for it.
There was nothing in the langttago used
ov uroueriua tnat itistineo tiie com Da t,
but the state of feeling in California at
the time was such that duels were fought
upon very flimsy pretax ot upon none
at all.
EASTERN NEWS.
Present Indications of the
Corn and Oats Crops.
THE GRASSHOPPER IN TEXAS.
Wheat Crop In Canada Whites on
the Cherokee ' Strip Sugar
Crop of Louisiana.
Reading (Pa.) Council has voted $6,
000 to fight the smallpox.
Grasshoppers have destroyed several
crops of corn in the vicinity of Pilot
Knob, Tex.
. Canada's total wheat crop this year
will be about 10,000,000 bushels larger
than last year.
Baby Ruth is to have a Shetland pony
thirty-eight inches high, which has been
sent to the President from Scotland.
Louisiana has a large prospective su
gar crop in sight, and she is anxious to
know what Congress is going to do with
it. ' .
Three negroes by a stratagem jbed
the Pacific Express Company at Wich
ita, Kan., of about $7,500 in currency
and silver.
It is said that full v 25,000 whites have
settled on the Cherokee Strip and threat
en to make trouble if the government
attempts to eject tliean.
A radical reorganisation of the coast
survey is contemplated by Secretary
Carlisle. Some of tl changes mas re
quire Congressional action.
The Pennsylvania ailroad system is
said to have decided to substitute the
lomr-distance telephone for the telegraph
in tiie operation of its lines. .
The death rate of children nnder 6
vears of age in New York week before
last was 63 per cent otthe total number.
or 703 out of a total ot 1,257.
For the first time on record passengers
have recently been able to breakfast in
London on Sunday and dine in New
York on the following; Friday.
From present indications the country
will have ftillv 400.000,000 bushels more
of corn and 60,000,000 bushels more of
oats than were produced last year.
Two hundred and three inmates of the
Kansas Soldiers' Home, who have been
treated for alcoholism, have left the
home, able to maintain themselves.
A St. Paul special savs it is estimated
that 3,000 to 4,000 idle men are there
and hundreds more arriving daily. Many
are from railroads and mining regions.
All fears of trouble from idle working-
men at Denver have disappeared. Those
who have not left the tity will be given
employment in conte&iJlated public im
provements. The new Chinese Minister, who will
arrive in Washington about the middle
of this month, will replace the present
legation of nine persons witn a mucn
more imposing suite.
There la apprehension that trouble
mav arise between the whites in South
ern Florida and the Seminole Indians
over the thrashing of one of the chief's
sons, who was caught poaching.
The slaughter of the innocents now
going on in Cleveland is something ter
rible. Twenty-two deaths from cholera
infantum and kindred diseases were re
ported at the health office the other day.
A defalcation of tlO.600 haa been dis
covered in the cash of the National Bank
of Paterson, N. J. Abram Fardon, the
paying teller, was arrested, and con
fessed. He is 60 years old and unmar
ried. Because a reporter at Denver had crit
icised the conduct of Governor Waite
the latter and his nephew threw the re
porter out of the Governor's office when
Ke called to see if there was a news item
to be got.
It is reported at Springfield, 111., that
William Whitman, the American Ex
press Company's absconding cashier
from that place, is in Mexico, and requi
sition papers will be applied for to cap
ture mm.
The reported robbery of Mrs. Amnion
at Chicago by men who personated de
tectives is earn lo navo uwa auiipiy a
ruse of the woman to secure a present to
make up for the supposed loss from an
old and wealthy friend.
The fight of the miners in Southeast
ern Kansas is still on, but the importa
tion of negro miners from Alabama Has
weakened the strikers, for the new ma
terial are good workmen and fill the
places of the men who quit work.
The Brooklyn pharmacists are endeav
oring to break up the practice of selling
drugs to the big dry-goods stores, and
have asked the District Attorney to
make a charge against one of the mer
chants in order to make a test case.
It is stated at Providence. R. I., that
$15,000,000 worth of certificates of the
Northern Pacific Grain Elevator Com
pany of Minnesota are afloat in the
country and there is but 50 per cent of
their value in wheat in sight as security.
For the first time since the passage of
the Sherman silver law the Treasury in
July failed to buy the full quota of 4,500,
000 ounces of stiver. The total pur
chases for the month were 2,384,000
ounces, leaving a shortage of 2,116,000
ounces. .
Secretary Hoke Smith was hanged In
effigy by enraged citizens of Rome, a
little town in Adams county, O., Satur
day night. A number of pensions had
been suspended there, and the climax
was reached when the pension of J. L.
Reed a veteran of the Eleventh Illinois
Cavalry, aged 83 years, was dropped.
The navv officials do not admit that
the krag-Jorgensen is a satisfactory gun,
and thev believe that Amorican invent
ors can "supply a much better one. The
Krag-Jorgensen gun will have to show
Itself far superior to all other arms to
insure its adoption by the navy, whose
board will soon convene at Newport, R.
I., to examine the latest inventions in
that line.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Reynolds in answer to questions con
cerning recent pension suspensions says :
" We are simply correcting abuses and
5 lacing all pensions nnder the act of
one 27, 1890. on an equality. We are
pledged to make the pension roll a roll
of honor, and will continue this work
nntil the people, woo demanded tne re
form, shall eall a halt."
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
The daily cost of operating the World's
Columbian Exposition is (16,000.
A straw hat, plaited entirely by Queen
Victoria, has been sent to Chicago for
exhibition.
Missouri will have eight herds of thor
oughbred cattle of the different breeds
at the World's Fair.
French and English newspapers now
publish exhaustive correspondence from
the World's Fair; some of it very amus
ing. Arrangements have been made for ex
cursions of colored people from the South
to the World's Fair, and it is expected
that 250,000 will thus be added to the
attendance.
The Boston Journal opened up t cou
pon contest for ladies to go to the World's
Fair. Miss Lizzie Borden received the
highest vote, 100,000, but declined to ac
cept, and the next highest was awarded
the prize.
One of India's potentates, the Mahar
ajah of Kapurthala, has reached Chi
cago, accompanied by one of his wives
and his retinue. The Maharajah has
come to see the fair, and will stay until
he has "done" the exposition thor
oughly. At the present rate the total attend
ance at the World's Fair for the six
months it is open will be 25,000,000. But
the estimate was for a total of 35,000,
000. The best months are yet to come,
and perhaps the higher figures will be
reached.
The picture, " In My Studio," in the
German section of the art exhibits at
Chicago has been slashed with a knife.
The painting is by Kahler, who, it is
thought, had the picture cut so as to at
tract attention. Artists think the in
jury can be repaired with little trouble.
The bonds of the World's Fair offi
ciils, found guilty recently by Judge
Stein of contempt of court in violating
the Clingman injunction by closing the
fair to the public Sunday, July 23, have
been filed, thereby suspending proceed
ings pending the action of the Appellate
Court. The case in which the parties
are held to answer cannot take prece
dence on the Appellate Court calendar,
and at the earliest possible time will not
be called before the end of next Octo
ber. Chief Buchanan in charge of the stock
exhibit at the World's Fair has an
nounced the result of the cheese contest,
which has been in progress there several
weeks. The test waa pronounced most
complete, most carefully conducted and
the most thorough ever made. The con
test was between twenty-five cows of
Jersey, Guernsey and Shorthorn breeds
each. The result is as follows, being a
decided victory for the Jerseys : Milk in
fifteen dayB Jerseys, 13,296 pounds;
Guernseys," 10,938 pounds ; Shorthorns,
12,186 pounds, cneese made jerseys,
1.461 pounds: Guernseys. 1.160 pounds;
Shorthorns, 1,077 pounds. Value of
cheese Jerseys, (193.98; Guernseys,
(136.92; Shorthorns, (140.14. Value of
whev Jerseys, (9.26; Guernseys, (7.73;
enortnorns, la.oi. increase in live
weiuht Jersevs. 14.72 pounds; Guern
seys, 27.60 pounds; Shorthorns, 31.91
pounds. Total values Jerseys, (217.96 ;
Guernseys, (164.65; Shorthorns, (99.36.
Het profit in niteen days jerseys,
(119.82; Guernseys, (88.30; Shorthorns,
181.36.
RATIONAL CAPITAL.
Further instructions in regard to the
acceptance of Chinese certificates have
been issued to the Collector of the port
of New York. The order calls for the
detention of Chinese upon the vessels
bringing them to this country until the
Consular certificates are fully investi
gated and nntil the bearers are fully
identified ; in fact, until there ia not the
slightest doubt as to theiaaright to enter
the United States.
The circulation statement issued by
the Treasury Department shows that the
amount of gold and Biker coin and cer
tificates, United States notes and na
tional bank notes in circulation August
1 was (1,611,099,117, an increase during
July of (17,237,606. The increase dur
ing the last twelve months was in round
figureB (9,000,000. The per capita cir
culation, based on the estimated popula
tion of 67,066,000, August 1 was (24.02.
Minister Blount's report on the Ha
waiian situation has been received. It is
long and very comprehensive. The an
nexation plan is discussed in all details
and the conclusion drawn that Hawaii
ans do not want annexation. Minister
Stevens' act in raising the American flag
and landing the marines is referred to at
length, and the report puts that indi
vidual in anything out an enviable light.
The idea of annexation is shown to have
been the desire not of the people, who
according to the principles of this gov
ernment have the right to govern, but ol
the few. The report will probably not
be made public until sent to Congress.
When published the popular feeling in
favor of annexation will, it is believed,
be allayed. The result of the report, so
those who have seen it say, will be that
the government will permit the Hawaii
ans to govern themselves, and no other
government will be allowed to interfere.
That a desperate fight is to be made
to repeal the Geary Chinese exclusion
act during the extra or regular session of
Congress ia no longer doubted bv those
interested in Washington. While Rep
resentative Geary claims to have learned
nothing definite as to the administra
tion's attitude toward the law, he ac
knowledges that it would not surprise
him if there were a mighty effort made
by the enemies of the bill to either re
peal it in Congress or originate some
other plan to nullify it. Mr. Geary
would neither affirm nor deny the report
that the Chinese Six Companies had
levied another assessment on all Celes
tials in the country to raise a corruption
fund to lobby through its repeal at the
coming session. He did say, however :
" It is possible that the Six Companies
will not be able to collect the (5 per head
assessment said to have been recently
levied. Chinamen are very much dis-
S leased over the ill success of the Six
ompanies in expending the last money
they paid to prevent the passage of the
law or to have the fight made against its
constitutionality in the Supreme Court.
There is a possibility, however, that
inese mongolians may come up smiling
again with the money asked for. I don't
know what kind of a tight I may have
to make provided I and other advocates
of the law are again called upon to as
sert our rights.' It is believed that
Geary has received a tip from some ad
ministration official that the administra
tion will not act in any direction nntil
after the arrival of the new Cainca
Minister.
FOREIGN CABLES.
Women Bootblacks on
Increase in France.
the
INCOME OF LONDON HEBREWS.
A Noted Russian Physician Claims
to Have Found a Positivo
Cure for Leprosy.
Otto, the Insane King of Bavaria, is
said to be dying.
Italy officially announces "eminently
satisfactory " health reports.
Milan is so satisfied with its municipal
lighting experiment that it is now build
ing a street-railway system.
A pedestal and bust have been placed
over the grave of the late Charles Brad
laugh at Brookwood, England,
Sympathy for the unemployed poor of
London would be greater if so many of
them were not seen intoxicated.
The Prussian Home Secretary has is
sued an order to the provincial depart
ments to expel Russian immigrants.
The Italian Catholic mission at Mien
Yang, ninety miles from Hankow, China,
has been destroyed by native rioters.
Revolutionary movements have begun
in the provinces of Buenos Ayres and
Santa Fe, Argentine, led by the Radicals.
A Continental medical journal says that
of 646 morphinomaniacs brought under
observation 289 were doctors of medi
cine. The German Emperor is said to " per
sonally regret" the retirement of Hon.
W. W. Phelps, the former American
Minister.
Ex-Premier Depretis of Italy is re
ported to have received (600,000 from
Talongo, the imprisoned ex-manager of
the Bank of Rome.
From an observe I ion tower on the
Brocken in the Harz Mountains eighty
nine cities and 668 villages can be seen
in clear weather.
The Cardinal Manning memorial fund
in London has reached a total of (30,000
The money will be given to the homeless
poor of that city.
The Indian government has refused to
modify the terms granted to exchange
banks, who have appealed to England
against the decision.
It is announced that during the Czar
owitz' visit to England Queen Victoria
will confer on him the Order of the Gar
ter at Windsor Castle.
There was something pathetic in the
King of Siam's request to the French
invaders that they should stop Bhooting
and let diplomacy have a chance.
The Siam fracas has spread more gen
eral knowledge of that Asiatic country,
its style of government and its resources
than any other event possibly could have
done. ,
Cholera has broken out in St. Louis,
Senegal, capital of the French posses
sions in Senegambia. The deaths hate
already reached an average of fifty
daily.
The remarkable price of (300 was paid
in London recently for a fossil egg of the
sepyornis, an extinct .wingless bird that
inhabited Madagascar in prehistoric
times. "
The new Belgian Constitution will pro
vide that three-fourths of the Senate
shall be elected by direct universal suf
frage and the other fourth by Communal
Councils. .
Austria is having a hard time over the
resumption of gold payments. Gold is
at a premium at Vienna, as it is every
where in Europe when wanted in any
quantity.
It has been calculated that the annual
income of the London Hebrews is nearly
5,000,000, which means that they aro
eight and one-quarter times richer than
the Gentiles. 1
Shippers were astonished to learn re
cently that from the comparatively un
known port of Rosario, Argentine Re
public, 100,141 tons of wheat were ex
ported last May.
The German War Minister haa decided
that the handles of all hatchets, axes
and besieging material of the German
army must hereafter be made of Ameri
can hickory wood.
An overhead electric railway for Na
ples is proposed by Sig. Avena, a local
engineer. On account of the narrow
streets and steep grades surface transit
is not advantageous.
Several of the principal London banks
have informed their clerks that during
the hot weather no reproach will be cast
on them if they come to business in
light coats and straw hats.
Dr. Tomazoli, a noted Russian physi
cian, is about to make public what he
claims to be a positive cure for leprosy.
The chief ingredient in the remedy is a
whey obtained from sheep.
Daniel Colladon, whose death at Ge
neva occurred recently, was one of Switz
erland's most famous men. He first
lighted Geneva with gas in 1843 (he was
then 41 years old), and afterward in
vented the " fairy fountain."
Women bootblacks have been making
their appearance in increasing numbers
lately in Toulon and other French towns,
tidy and coquettish girls, who wear
gauntlet gloves in their efforts to out
shine their male competitors.
Influenza is believed to be dying out
in London after being more or less prev
alent since the first outbreak over the
world several years ago. For a consid
erable time the number of deaths from
the malady have been about twenty a
week. During the second week of June
only six such deaths occurred.
The King of Assam has 200 wives, who
are divided into nine classes. When one
of these ladies dies her body is let down
over the palace walls and then buried ;
it is against the law for a dead body to
be carried out through the palace doors.
At the King's death his consorts receive
permission to remarry themselves to any
of his subjects.
The manufacture of the new cable to
be laid between Lisbon and the Azores
was begun on June 19. It will be laid
in September, and is expected to be in
full working order bv the middle of Ho.
vember. The cable is considered of me
teorological importance, as the Island of
Floras, the nearest point to the enlf
stream, will be put in direct commnnU
eauon wiva a. aro pa.
PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat Valley, $1.06; Walla Walla,
96c per cental.
lour, feed, rro.
Floor Standard, (3.40; Walla Walla,
(3.40; graham, (3.00; superfine, (2.60
per barrel. '
Oats White,4243c per bushel ; gray,
40c; rolled, in bags, (6.256.60; bar
rels, (6.606.75; cases, (3.76.
Mn.LSTurrs Bran, (18.00: shorts,
(21.00; ground barley, 2223; chop
feed, (18 per ton ; whole feed, barley, 80
85c per cental; middlings, (2328
per ton; chicken wheat, (1.22(31.25 .
per cental.
DAISY PRODtfCg. '
BtrrniR Oregon fancy creamery, 22i
25c; fancy dairy, 1720c; lair to
good,1616c; common, 12 'c per pound;
California, 3544c per roll.
Chkksb Oregon, 12c; California,
U13c; Young America, lljo per
pound.
Eoos Oregon and Eastern, 16c per
dozen.
Poultry Chickens, old, (4.60;
broilers, large, (2.003.00 ; small, (1.60
(32.00; ducks, old, (3.604.00; young,
$2.50(43.50; geese, (7.60 per dozen ; tur
keys, live, 14c; dressed, 16c per pound.
VEGETABLES AMD FRUITS.
Vegetables Cabbage,l)c per pound ;
new California and Oregon potatoes,
(1.26 per cental; new Calil forma onions,
lJtc par pound ; green Oregon onions, 10 .
(817,hiC per dozen ; cucumbers, Oregon,
25c per dozen; California, (1.25 per box ;
string beans, 24c per pound ; tomatoes,
6575c per box ; green corn, 1012ic;
sweet potatoes, 36c.
Fboits Sicily lemons, (6.00(a6.60 per
box; California new crop, (5.506.00
per box ; bananas, $1.502.50 per bunch ;
oranges, (3.00 per box; pineapples, (6.00
per dozen; cherries, 6570c per box;
new California apples, (1.25 per bushel ;
peaches, 36S60c per box; Oregon, 30.
50c per box; Oregon peach plums, 75c(a)
(1.00 per box; apricots, (1.25 per box;
currants, 45cperpound ; Bartlett pears,
$1.25 1.50 per box; raspberries, 6f7c
per pound; blackraspberries, 5c; Cali
fornia figs, 75cg(1.00 per box; water
melons, (2.00(22.60 per dozen; canta
loupes, (1.502.00 per dozen; huckle
berries, 15c per pound. '
provisions.
Eastern Smoked Meat and Lard
Hams, medium, uncovered, 15(?16c per
pound; covered, 14166c; breakfast
bacon, uncovered, 16 17c; covered, 15
16c; short clear sides, 1314c; dry
Bait sides, ll)12Kc; lard, compound,
in tins, 10c per pound ; pure, in tins, 13
14c; Oregon lard, 11 124c.
STAPLE GROCERIES.
Dried Fruits Petite prunes, 10llc;
silver, 11 12c; Italian, 13c ; German,
lOigllc; plums, 8g9c; evaporated ap
ples, 10llc; evaporated apricots, 12C4
15c; peaches, 1012c; pears, 7llo
per pound.
Honey Choice comb, 18c per pound;
new Oregon, 1620c; extract, 9sl0c.
Salt Liverpool, 100s, (16.00; 60s,
(16.60; stock, (8.50(89.60.
CorrsE Costa Rica, 22c; Rio, 21c;
Salvador, 21c ; Mocha, 2630e ; Java,
24a30c; Arbuckle's and Lion, 100
pound cases, 24.86c per pound; Colum
bia, same, 24.85c.
Rice Island,(4.755.00 ; Japan,(4.76 ;
New Orleans, (4-60 per cental.
Beakb Small whites, 8!e; pinks,
8c; bayoa, 8c; butter, 4c; lima, 4
per pound.
Syrdp Eastern, in barrels, 4055c;
in half-barrels, 4257c: in cases. 36(3
80c per gallon ; (2.25 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 2040c per gallon; (1.76 per
7G ab D, 6 e ; Golden C. 6c ; extra,
C, 6c ; confectioners' A, 6c ; dry gran
ulated, 6c; cube, crushed and pow
dered, 7!c per pound ; Jc per pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash ;
maple sugar, 1516c per pound. ;
CAilNED GOODS. . ;
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted,
(1.752.00; peaches, (1.852.10; Bart
lett pears, (1.76(82.00; plums, (1.87
1.60; strawberries, (2.252.45; cherries,
(2.252.40; blackberries, (1.85(32.00;
raspberries, (2.40; pineapples, $2.25(3
2.80; apricots, (1.65(2.00. Pie fruits,
assorted, $1.20 ; peaches, (1.25 ; plums,
(1.001.20; blackberries, (1.25(31.40 per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.15(33.50; peaches, (3.50(34.00; apri
cots, (3.504.00; plums, (2.76(33.00;
blackberries, (4.25(34.50.
Meats Corned beef, Is, (1.60; 2s,
(2,40; chipped, (2.55(34.00: lunch
tongue, Is, (4; 2s, (6.75; deviled ham,
1 .75(g2.15 per dozen.
Fibh Sardines, Wg, 75c(2.25; )s,
(2.164.50; lobsters, (2.30(33.60; sal
mon, tin 1-lb talis, $1.25(3(1.50; flats,
(1.75; 2-lbs, (2.26(32.50; -barrel, (5.60.
LIVE AND DRES8ED MEAT.
Beef Prime steers, (2.50(32.76; fair
to good steers, (2.00(32.50; good to choice
cows, $2.00(32.25; common to medium
cows, $1.502.00; dressed beef, (3.50
6.00. . -
Mutton Choice mutton, (2.75;
dressed, (6.00; lambs, $2.002.50;
dressed, (6.00; Shearlings, , 2o, live
weight.
Hogs Choice heavy, (5.00(35.60; me
dium, (4.50(35.00; light and feeders,
(4.50(35.00; dressed, (7.00.
Veal (4.006.00. "
hops, wool and bides.
Hops 1016c per pound, according
to quality.
Wool Umpqna valley, 14(3 16c; fall .
clip, 13(3 14c; Willamette valley, 10(3
12c, according to quality; Eastern Ore
gon, 6314o per pound, according to
condition. ,
Hides Dry hides, selected prime.
68c ; green, selected, over 65 pounds,
4c; under 65 pounds, 8c; sheep peals,
short wool. 30(350c; medium, 60380cj
long, 90c(3(1.25 ; shearlings, 10(320c ; lei
low, good to choice, 35c per pound, v
bags and bagging.
Burlaps, 8-onnce, 40-inch, net cash,
6c; burlaps, lO-ounce, 40-inch, net
cash, 7c; burlaps, 12-ounce, 46-inch,
7c; burlaps, 15-onnce, 60-inch, 12o;
burlaps, 20-ounce, 76-inch, 14c; wheat
bags, Calcutta, 23x36, spot, 6o ;
2-btuhel oat bags, 7o - i .
' ' miscellaneous.'' " .'
Tin I. 0. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual
ity, (8.509.00 per box ; for crosses, (2
extra per box; I. 0. coke plates, 14x20,
prime quality, (7.508.00 per box ; terne
plate, I. C, prime quality, (6.60(37.00.
Nails Base quotations: Iron, $2.25;
steel, (2.35; wire, (2.76 per keg.
Iron Bar, Sc per pound; pig-iron,
$23(326 per ton. ,
Steel Per pound, lOJfe.
Lead Per pound, 4?fic; bar, 6VaO.
Naval Stores Oakum, (4.50(36.00 per
bale; resin, (4.80(38.00 per 480 pounds;
tar, btockholm, (13 ; Carolina, (9 per bar
rel ; pitch, (6 per barrel J tarpeatui
per gallon in caur lets.