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Newspaper Page Text'THE MIST" OIVEJ ALL The Official and Other News . or- Columbia : County. liTOI Official Paper nf- (V)lumbia : (flinty. VOL. 10. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1893. NO. 31. -THE MIST" THE OREGON MIST. THE OREGON MIST, MMUKUICVKIIY MUDAY MOIININU -it- THE MIST PUBLISHINQ COMPANY DAVIS BROS., Managers. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER Subscription Hal,. On eopy o( var In advance 1 M On copy l mouth 76 Rlngl oy i .... A4rrOnir Hal. Professional cards en year I 12 One column 4iii year. ...... Vi6 Half column mi year 74 uuarfer column one your .. 40 On Inch on nionlh (I no t iwli lliri- mouths On Inch .lie mouth.. , Local notices, IA cents per hue for first Inser tion; iu cents par nil tor eauii ute-tiut iu aarllno. Legal edrertlii.inents, I.W per luirti fur flrat lnmrltu, Hint 7S cents per Inch fur koIi aiile queiil Insertion, COLUMIHA COUNTY DlllKOTOKY. Calmly Officer. JhiIk ....... b'-an Illauchard, Rainier Clurk K. K. yulck, H'. Helena Sheriff - . A. Maul--, Ml, ll.de,,. Truaaur r K. M. Wharton, I'ulumMe l.'lty BUil. of School. T. i. l.'lertou, Veruoni Aunaanr ........W. II. Kyeur, Kaluliir surveyor- .....a. u. i.iiiiu, na-nier jii. (1. Hi bo , Vetuoule Commissioners...,. U. W, llarnua, May get. Moeietf Nolle. MarHIC-l. Helens l,ortge. No, IU -Regular cnuimouicnimns n rat aim mini naturuey in aai'li mmilh at 7 . HO r. N. al Manilla liall. Visit lull members 111 good aiainlln( Invited lu at- 1"m..hic. -Rainier tida. Nn. lflttd meeting" Saturday on or llorach full moon l 7;!tu r. M. at Maxinlit hall, over lllauchard's lore. Vlslllug member 111 good staudliif In Tllodtoatland, Oun Fai.t.owa-Ht. Helena Lode No. 117 Mt every Hatwday night tl 7:1 I ran. I. lit brethren In good eUittdlug cordially Invited 10 tleud. 1.." "! ' - - 1 Tk Mall. tlnwn rlror (boat) flnoi at l:N A, M, I'll ilvcr (Iii.ii i-lo. illr a. I da wall fur Varifuiil and Pittsburg l.avoa At. Helens UunUity, Wednesday ami Friday at a.m. '1'ha mall for Marshland, Cletskanl and Mlat leave. Qiilim Monday, Wodlienday and Friday at UK. Malta (railway) north cloa a" 10 A. N.i fur 1'iirtlalld al 11 r. M. IL.. - - . . -1 Trt.ltrii iMtilsle Hirer Haul. Ht0. W. BilAVaa-lave Ht. Helens fur Portland at II A. H. Tiieday, Thursday and Saturday Leave St. Heleua fur tiaukaule Munday. Wednesday and rrlday at :00 a, m. STK a M KM latins l.eevea t. Helens for Port laud 7:l a. M, rtliirulng at S:W1 . M. Htk a M kk Joaxi'H KKLLotin lavtaHI. Ilalona for P.irlliuid dully except Sunday, at 7 A. a. , arriving-t Portland at 10 80; reluming, leave I'iirilmiv at 1 r. MM arrlvlim al Si. Helena 1'UOKKHSIONAL. jjr. h. k. ci.irr, TIIYSICIAN and SURGEON. Bt, Helena, Oregon. J-Jtt. J. R. II ALU. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Cltkiile, Columbia county, Or. D. LITTLE, SURVEYOR and CIVIL ENGINEER, Bt. Helena, Oregon. Comity urTyor. Lnnd tirvey lug, town rtlalllnK. ntl engineering work promptly ilone. OAVKATt. TRAD! MARKf. DISION ATCMTa, OOrVRrOHT. atol for tnfnnnatlmi and fr Handbook writ to MDriN A CO. ail Bkoauwat, Niiw OliiMit bureau for aMurliw l-atanta In Amarloa. ary potent laaan out by ua la brouaht bn'iira Uia putiUe by uuuo tna trw ot eluus In tu gtintitit mttim tanriwt etrmilaMoii of any aolantltle parwr In tha Tbs Overland Routs. Two tralna dally, leav ing Fifth and I ilreeM, Urand Contral Depot. Nn. 4. "The Limited . Faat Mull," IravliiK at 17:!K) r. u., carrlua Veatl. llmle Tullnian I'aiatw ISIevpliik and ImiiIhk rt:iir and free Keellnlng tllialr Cara throtiKh from Portland to lihl nairo. via Cull lie 1! Hlllffa. without ehange. Thla train make airoi ma nmilloii for IJonver, Kama. City, Ht. Louia, ll.-lnna, llutte andt. 1'aiil i aliaiearr ej through I'lillmaii Sleeper andCliairCar for Walla Walla, Culfaa, Fariiilngtoii, Hookford and Bpoltan, making direct connei'tluna for Dayton, om eroy, Moai-ow and Ciiuir d' Alone. No. k. " overland Flyer," leaving at :5 A. a., carrlea I'ullinaii l'alao and Tourlal Bleeperi from rorlland toMlnaourl river without change. Through tralna arrive at T.lf A. M. and r. u. r.KAVR l'OKTl.AND. .axv Sam FiiANCIiiro. Oiilumhla...Miiyl,ia,2n mate May , 17, 2 Oregon May I, IB, 2" Columbia.. May H, 20 State May 12, 24 Orogim way , ai The company reacrvea toe rigni to uiiue "'r.KrNu'WYs'TOniA ItOUTE-Morn. lng boat Icavua I'orllaud dally, except .Sunday, hi 7 A. M,: returning, leaves Aatorta dally, o "pt Sunday, at f. N'Kht boat leaven I'orl land dally, except Saturday, at r. m.i return lng, loavea Aalorla dally, except Sundiiy, at A. M. The morning boat from Portland "'akea landing, on the Oregon aldeT ueadaya, Thura daya and Haturdayai on the Vtaahluglon aide Mondnya, Wedneariayi and Fridays. From As t..rla the morning lot makes laudlngs op the Oregon side Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays, and on the Washington side Tuesdays, Thur dava and Saturdays. ..,.. CAHOADK KOUTB LaT Ash street at A. H. dallv, except Sundayi returning, leave limine ville at 12:S0 r. M.. arriving at Portland at 6 r. m. TO DAYTON AND WiV LAN DINUB Mon day, Wednesday, Friday, 7 A. M. Ocean steamers leave from Steamship wharf "'all OTHER Steamer leav from Ash-tret r5i- Ticket offlc 264 Washington strtet, ooElv rbird' w.h.hoklIiurt, A.,Utant0.n.r.l P""Xrui50T. i 8 v r liLJlk.1 m Ufc" THE PACIFIC COAST. An Attractive Exhibit in the Mine and Mining Building. A HYDRAULIC PLACER MINE. Oregon Excellent Display In, the Educational Exhibit at tha Chicago Exposition. Tlio tot ul Columbia rlvor enlmon park Will iw ItUolll ZiO.WV l-ANVH. 173.1XXJ html of IftHt your. An Inlcrtmtional irrigation convention la cull' 1 to inwt t Jlirning, N. on nOVt'llllMT 7. A colony of thirty fiiniillcg Ih roportod tritvt'linif wllh ita ti'iiinri ovcrlniiif from Nciirnekii to tlio vintiily of Olympia, Tliu Indiana in aoino imrtu of (ircimn nntahly at ( Irunt, linvn imoii olli-ri nu po ll li'M ur khiu at irom i.ou to 7 niiifco. A. I). ChililrCHM. iimiiiiuiT of tlio clear- inii Iiouho at Ui AnirelL'ri, lias remiiic at iho volirilation of Uie I'lt-uring-liouHo Dank. Tlio ilcDimidira In tlinLog Ant'oli-af'llv Ilank, it la euui, will not gut 25 mnU on tliu ilolliir, owIiik to the loom) uiothodkof Iihkiii'h i-iiiployt(l. Thu HpottHiifl titir AftHofintion in ursins tlio clitlitia ol AlontnriH, Idaho unit l'.ut i-rn WiiHliitiL'ton to a BittiiiK of th UnlU'il 8tuttw Cireiiit Court of AdiwiiIh niiil tlio locution of Hokane an Uoairabla lor all eonrcrMKi, CharlcN JolinHon, a member of an ex- tenaivo nana of fri'iirht-cnr tnlevcH work in U'twwii Kan Franriaro and Hacra- monto, liu Imvii arrcHtcil at the luttor ritv. 1 ho other thieves will probably be lakcii in a low uuva. Ling Hinir, a Chriitlanixeil Chinexo, aim Iota bM-n prntiloveil on tbo raveinm cutter Oliver Woleott for ti'ii year an tlio Captain H private Me wan I, linn Im-n arrokted on btiard that venue! at Port Townaend for ftnuiCKline opium into the I I 1 v u iiwiu t ikinu viiiiiiiihi a .1 r.... itv;lui. v.i. ..i.i.. n lien the man's apartmenlH were w areheti, eilitcfn five-tnt'l can of pro- f in ei opium were lotinu ronceaied be neath liia hunk. The people of l tima and vicinity held iiial luectins rm'entlv. and uniini- motialy Bgieed to reipteat United Ktules Attortiey-lteneral Olncy not to appeal to the t'niteil Mute Mipreine unirt me A luixloueH Intiil-irrant case, recentlv de- cidiil in favor of the rlaiuiantH by the United Htalea Land Court of Private Claims. The rcavona (jiven are that tlio Hettlorii on the urant are perfictly (alia fled with the decision. A flnhertnan on the Iower Coluuibia had hia net in the river, and wan mak us a drift, when Uie Hteanier 1. J. Pot ter DftHiteil on her wav to Atftoria. The raDtnin tlid not aee the net, and in paw ing one of the veasel'a big wheels picked It up anil won nil it around uie eliall, lakinir t he Hibernian anil part of in boat witli it. Fortunately he wax no completely tangled in the net that he was held firmly in one place and carried around, and eacnned be in if dashed to pirns. Ilia ouU-riea for help were heard and the steamer waa (topped, and he was released. Jn speaking of Oregon being nnrepre- aenteu in the national Koara ine cinca go Tribune of a late date remarks : "Or- eiron in without reprenenlution in the delilierations of the National Commis sion, and in thla incident there in an other feature of the old Cleveland-Pen- nover fetid. One of Oregon's National Coinmisnioners is ill, and his alternate resinned, lo this resignation tlie uov- ernor paid no heed. Oregon's other Coinmicsionor is not in the city, and the Oovernor'a refusal to notify the Presi dent of the vacancy- in the commission leaves Oregon without a spokesman. Oreironiuns are fearful that they will fare ill in tlie apportionment of jurors ol awards, and have asktHi ine r.auonai Commission to take such action as will result in Oregon having a voice in the body's delilierationa." One of iho most important features preccnted to visitors is tlie magnificent ediiinuonni exhibit, now limy open ana complete, in the department of liberal arts. earl vail of the States and Ter ritories are creditably represented. Par ticularly are the most distant States well represented, from the Atlantic to the Piicillo, and of these no exhibit is more attractive than that presented by the State of Oregon, Its Becilie character istic are numerous and many ot tnem unique, and at once hold the attention of the passer-by, In the department of ornithology there is a magnillcont dis play of all the game birds of Oregon el egantly mounted. There are free-hand and mechanical drawings and photo graph work illustrating all features ol public-school work through the several grades. Of the higher institutions of learning the State University, the State Agricultural College and the Willamette University lead in their exhibits. The entire exhibit is a tribute to the enter prise, skill and ability of the teamen and schools of the Web-foot State. Chicago Inter-Ocean. One of the most attractive exhibits to the public in the mines and mining building is the model or miniature hy draulic placer mine in the Oregon sec tion, which as a drawing card to the general public is only surpassed by the silver statue of "Justice." The placer mino consists of a bed of gravel about fifteen feet long and six feet wide, with sluiceway through the middle. A small lndraulio ram throws a vigorous stream of water against the gravel bank, carry ing the dirt down in the sluice where the gold is caught by the rilllcs placed cross wise in t he box. A number of Oregon f liicoMiiining properties gave the gravel, 00 sacks of 150 pounds each coming front the following properties; Inpftun A flaker, Centennial and Willow Springs in Willow Springs district, Davenport in tlio Davenport district; on tlie opening day some gravel from the Basin mine, the property of Captain dough of Port lami, was worked over; a clean-up was made after each bag was worked, but the gold was allowed to remain in the boxes in order to give visitors an insight into the system of placer-mining. A final clean-up was niade late in tlie afternoon. which netted about one ounco ot gold dust and two nuggets weighing alxmt one-eighth of an ounce each. This spc ciul attraction is in charge of F. H.Kowe, sntiRrinteiident of the Oretrnn minim? exhibit. New York Engineering and Mining Journal. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. The tln-nlato factory at Elwood. Inrl has resumed work, giving employment to ow nioii. Canada supplies nearly all tlie nltltn bago used by Amricun manufacturers of lead pencils. Four hundred and forty persons in this country live on the labor of every iw workers, . There are seventy-seven sine mines in rrursia, which produce one-null ine world's xmc. It is stated that women hold 160.081 shares in Philadelphia building and loan associations. The distance from Now York to Mel bourne via San Francisco is 12,205 miles ; to Hongkong, IU.WU miles. Glass bricks are made so cheaply that it sctuns oniy a matter ot lime when glass nouses may come in fashion. During tha last three years English capitalists have invested $218,000,000 in Mexico and American capitalists ISia. 000,000. British mann'acttircrs of agricultural machinery and hardware acknowledge that the United States is in keen com petition. Fiftv-six years ago the block on which the C'hicairo postofllite now stands was sold at auction for (005. It is now worth 16,000,000. Tlie Amoskeag mills, which has closed for the month of August according to vote of its directors at Manchester, fl. II., employs 8,000 hands. The most expensive fur Is the skin if the black fox of Kainlchatka. These an imals are scarce and hard to kill, and a single skin sella tor about i,ow. Tolioggan expresses have been a feat- nro in the bowlder district of Montana the past season, and have been very use ful in conveying freight to points olf the niain road. The smallest horse in the world is named General Tom Thumb. He be longs to a museum out West. He is three feet high, and weighs only eighty live pounds. The salaries nnid to persons in the civil service of the United States amount to $00,000,000 annually. This amount nays the wages of 180,000 persomi. The average is ftwu a year. The fast train over the New York Cen tral and the Lake Shore between New York and Chicago must, it is stated, carry seventy-five through passengers to pay the cost ot running it. In round numbers the total amount of life insurance written by the different Insurance companies of the world is f 12.000.000,000. Ul tins sum in.rruo.uuu, 000 are placed in the United States. Soil in Egvpt is tilled by exactly the same kind of plow as that used there. 6,1X10 years ago. The furrows made are extremely shallow, and the clods are further broken np with a big wooden cudgel. Notwithstanding the world's great me chanical progress there arewinedietricts In trance, jmin and Italy where the grajK-e are still trodden with bare feet under the idea that the wine is better when made so. The British insurance companies dur ing the year 18H2 received in premiums 17.518,007, and paid out in losses All,- (k!2.tHi7. The expenses and commissions pid bv forty companies are placed at Ofero,700,000. Electric street railways in tho United but tea have in operation a mileage wiucn exceeds the sum of streei. railways run by other powers, viis.: 6,H30 miles run bv electricity. 4.4G0 by horses, 640 by cable and ozo ty steam. A writer has flzured out that the United States produces 2,200 pounds of grain to each inhabitant; lien mark, 2.00li ; Canada, 1,600; Russia, 1.200; Koumania, 1,150; Spain, 1,100; France, OIK); Sweden, 980; Argentine Republic, urji. i.iMiin m. tf-naH.. -nut. U..I. ghim, 600; Portugal, 550; Ireland, 500; PERSONAL MENTION. Attorney-General Hendricks of Ken tucky prides himself on the fact that he line from a laborer to his present place ol dignity and honor. Charles Foster, ex-Secretarr of the Treasury, is meeting the usual fate ol the unfortunate. Now be is charged with gross mismanagement, if nothing worse, of the financial afl'airs of those who had intrusted their interests to his care. A horseback ride to last three yean tnd to extend from Texas to Patsroni has been planned by Colonel E. F. John ston of Philadelphia, Philo Beveridge of Chicago, M. C. Picking of Ottnmwa, la., and K. btigecomb, nephew of Lord lulge comb. Mine. Laltoudv. widow of the great French sugar retiner, who left her a for tune of $30,000,0. 0, lives in asmall house at St. Cloud, and spends about $1,000 year. Her son, however.-is compensat ing for this maternal economy by squan dering tlie fortune with a prodigal hand In the marriage of Miss Catherine Weed Barnes to Henry Snowden Ward, editor of the English photographic mag azine, Now York loses one of its bright est women, and the " right little tight little island" will gain one of the best womon amateur photographers in thir. country. Gabrielle Greeley, daughter of thu founder of the New York Tribune, is married to Rev. F. M. Clondinin, pastor of a fashionable church at Westchester, N. Y. She is active in all the charitable work in the parish, and has done a crest deal toward building the hospital, which is now nearly finished. Baron William von Falier, the only eon of Baron Lothar von Faber and part ownor of the world-renowned lead pen cil factory in Nuremberg, died in Ger many a few days ago. The family is one of the wealthiest in Germany, and its members stand high among the patri cians of old Nurem'jtM-g, Lord Binnmont. who is descended from the last King of Jerusalem, suc ceeded to the title last year at tho death of his elder brother, lie has traveled extensively in the United States with the avowed purpose of wedding an heir ess. His name tlgnres honorably on tlie service records of the British arm v. Robert Buchanan in a communication to the London Chronicle remarks : " It is not for my pen to proclaim what the hand which holds it has done, but I could stake my oath thut I have fed more mouths and helped more struggling com rades than all the societies of authors put together. I care little for fame and ess for money," EASTERN NEWS. New England Farmers Ua able. to Secure Help. TICKETS MADE CF ALUMINIUM. Pension Commissioner Extend the Time in Which Suspended Pensioner May Act. - The wheat crop of Illinois is the small est ever known. Chicago's unemployed number more than ever beioro. . The troops will soon lie removed from toe I'-ast lennessee coal mines. The biggest gas well in America was struck near nttsburg last week. . It is raid all the members of the Cab inet will keep house this winter. The Mormon Tabernacle choir will go Kast to sing at the world's fair. Work will lie begun on a new Federal building at Uuriington, la., at once, Hot weather has given East Tennessee tlie best cotton crop in twenty years. The Board of Trade of New Orleans Is working to secure a better mail servise, There was an increase o! over $17,000,- 000 in the amount of currency during July. A nlairue of grasshoppers is sweeping down on the uiruiers in ine lennerea Valley. Aluminium car tickets are in use on a Michigan-street railway, and are quite popular. Tlie United States Watch Company of Waltham has resumed work, but cut down pay. I.ahor day in St. Louis, it is predicted. will furnish the greatest procession ever seen there. More hard coal has been mined so far tliiu vcftr than ever before in a corre sponding period. Girls nuvy legally smoke cigarettes on the streets. So reads the decision of a Louisville (Ky.) court. West Virginia haB suffered from a long-continued drought, but a recent vi olent storm has ended it. In the Brooklyn elevated railroad sys tem steam as a motive power is to be superseded by electricity. Secretary Smith says the Cherokee Strip will probably be thrown open to settlement on tepteriber i. New York is havinir no end of trouble with its cable railroad on Broadway. It breaks down every day or two. Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio an nounces that under no circumstances will he be a candidate this fall. Returns from recent school elections in Kansas show that women are fond of exercising the right of suffrage. Advices from Labrador report the cod- fishing excellent and salmon-fishing fair. There are no reports of distress. The property in the county of New York which was exempt from taxation last year amounted to $O04,O0O,uoo. A Ttiiltimnm OHiilinlt. romnanv bos dis charged 1,000 hands because tne nanus would not discount its city warrants. The new postmaster at Dundee. Mich. among his other qualifications has a mustache szti inches iroin tip to tip, There is trouble brewing in railroad circles ol Nebraska over the injunction i- : . i : :' 1. l proceeuirigs in uie maximum uvigiit A company has applied for incorpora tion which proposes to construct a snip canal from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie. The Australian ballot w as used for the first time in Florida recently at Jackson ville, and gave unqualified satisfaction, New England farmers are reported to be unable lo harvest crops that are re markably tine because ol lnsumcient help. The railroads centering in Boston suf fered a depreciation of more than $10, 500,000 in stock valuation during the month of July. There will be no more deaths from ' heart failure" in Philadelphia, for the Board of Health has declared that mere is no such disease. "V A colored people's insurance company, which had no existence, has been vic timizing the colored people in ew Jer sey out of large sums. Taunton, Mass., some years ago deeded a site to the United States for a Federal building and, having lost patience wait ing for tlie latter, wants the land back again. It is rumored in New l ork that Will- lam B. Hornblower will be selected to fill the vacancy on the United Statet Supreme Bencli caused by the death ol Judge lltatchlord. A plot of ground. 75x100 feet, on the corner of Fifth avenue and Eighty-firBt street in New York has been sold to Au gust Belmont for $285,000, or at the rate of $38 a square foot. In Milwaukee an old couple took fright and drew their savings a few thousand dollars from the bank. Since then one of them has sat tip all of every night guarding the money. Judge Lochren.Pension Commissioner, has extended until October 10 the period within which pensioners whose pensions have been suspended may make proof of their right to receive them. A irreat scheme of changing many ol the important surface railroads in the section of New York city above Twenty third street into roads operated by ca bles instead of by horses is agitated. Wolves and covotes are increasing in numbers on the Btock ranges in South ern Alberta as in the Dakotas and other Northwestern- States, and are causing serious trouble anil loss to the ranchers. The leaso of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern ro the Newport News and Mississippi Valley has been canceled on account of the law in Kentucky prohib iting foreign corporations from operating railroads. President Fisk of the Pan-American Bimetallic Association has written a let ter to the Board of Trade and Transpor tation of New York, in which he says: " Unless the East stops its senseless clamor to reduce the country to gold standard, which would mean reducing the people to feudal slavery, a combina tion would at once be formed with the West and South to withdrawal! business relation from the Bait." NATIONAL CAPITAL, Preparation for opening the Cherokee Strip are about completed. It is the present expectation ot necretarv fmith to have the opening day set between (September I and September lo. Upon inquiry at the pension office it is learned that up to date there havo been 6,472 pensions suspended, which were granted under the act of June 27, 1800. averaging 170 daily. A large pro portion of these cases, it la said, were suspended pending a medical examina tion. . . II. H. Gil fry of Oregon has not been displaced in the Senate, a erroneously stated. He is one of the men designed to remain. He i a Democrat. It i scarcely to be expected that Charles Newell will remain. Gilfry has served during the Republican ascendency in the senate witn satisiaction. Senators Dolnh and Mitchell have in troduced all their old bills of last session which failed to pass. Senator Dolph'i bills relate to the increase of appropria tions for the Portland building and pub lic buildings at Salem and Baker City, an assay office at Portland, a number of proposed changes in the land laws and several pensions aim claims uius. sen ator Mitchell's bills include The Dalle boat railway, several proposed change in judiciary laws and a number of pen sion and claims bills. Senator Squire has introduced all the bill that have been pending in former Congresses rela tive to Washington, including public building bills for the four principal cit ies, right ot way and land on is. S. H. Boyd, the United States Minis ter to Siam, has not tendered his resig nation to the President as a result of the publication of a personal letter which he wrote to Mr. Holderman, expressing views on the Siamese situation in very undiplomatic language and reflecting npon Secretary Gresham. While Cobnel Bovrt will not he asked to resign, it is understood his tenure ot orhce will be ended bvtheappointmentof a successor, Mr. Holderman called on Secretary Gres ham to explain why he made ttie Koyd letter public, hut the Secretary declined to hear him, stating that he was wholly indilTerent on the subject. Mr. Boyd was appointed Minister to Siam October 1, 1800. The Ealary of the position ia o,ow. Secretary Gresham of the State De partment needs $luo,uou to pay the ex penses of his office. A good part of this deficit is due to the expense incurred in the entertainment of foreign visitors, notably the Duke of Veragua. While the Duke was in Chicago being luxuri antly provided for, he wrote to the Pres ident expressing his regret that he would be delayed in reaching Washington to pay his respects to the cine! executive. He was informed in reply that the Pres ident would release him from anv obli gation he miuht feel in that direction. He was further advised that arrange ments had been made for his return to Spain. Of course the Duke was left to fix the date himself, but there was no mistaking the anxiety of the department to have his visit come to an early end. The expense of the entertainment of the ltake will not fall short of $4tj,oou, not to mention tlie entertainment by private persons. Senator Vest has introduced a bill to fix the number of grains of gold and silver in gold and silver coins of the United States, the silver dollars to con tain 464.4 (trains of silver or 516 grains of standard silver. Vest also offered a joint resolution setting forth that the American people from tradition and in terest favor bunetalism : that it is the established policy of the United States to maintain the parity between gold and silver, and that it is the duty of Con gress to speelily enact such laws as will effectually maintain these objects. The most sigrificant bill introduced iu the Senate perhaps was one by Senator Hill of New York. The measure he pre sented leaves no doubt of his position on the financial issue. While repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, it unqualifiedly pledges the country to bi metalisin. It is "A bill to repeal certain sections of the act of July 14, 1890, en titled an act directing tlie purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon and for other purposes. ' This repealing act. however, " is not to be constrmd as abandoning bimetaltsm, but it is hereby declared that the policy of using both gold and silver as standard money ol the country snail be estao lished. and to the accomplishment of that end the efforts of the government shall he steadily and safely directed." The Weste v. people are felicitating themselves on the position assumed by Senator Hill. They are pleased that he should have so unqualifiedly pledged himself to bimetalism as to indicate his willincness to favor subsequent legisla tion looking to the restoration of silver M money metal. ' WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. World's Fair Managers are devoting much attention to schemes to increase the attendance. The Duchess of Marlborough expects to revisit her native land in September, and will attend the World's Fair. What is claimed will be the largest .agstaff ever erected is to be dedicated to the World's Fair bv the State of Wash ington in September, Governor Lewelling of Kansas will soon appoint a commission to lay. his gulf transportation scheme before for eign representatives at the World's Fair. The British government has sent Ma jor Cragie to Chicago to report on the agricultural statistics accumulated by the various governments at Uie w orld s Fair. It is now eoneeded that the stockhold ers of the World's Fair will not get any of their money back. It is also conceded that in addition to their Io.dUU.000 the citv of Chicago will not get any of ita $5,000,000 back. At a meeting of the National Commis sion Commissioner Goodell of Colorado precipitated a lengthy and heated de bate by a resolution reducing the sala ries of Commissioners St. Clair and Mas- sey, members of the Council of Admin istration, to $2,500 a year. Now they are getting $6 X) per month. The matter was finally referred to a special commit tee. Some of the official and directors of the exposition have a scheme to charge 25 cents' admission to the fair after 6 'clock in the evemnor. The matter haa been under discussion for several daya, it is said, with good prospects of being carried through. It is believed that bv doing this the increased attendance will be large enough to more than double tha receipt taken in after 6 oclock. FOREIGN CABLES. China to Establish a Modern Postal System Soon., SLAVE TRADE IN ZANZIBAR. British Agricultural Statistic Show Very Unsatisfactory Condi tion Dr. Koch. Bangkok, Siam, has a trolley street' car line, which pays handsomely. The Duke and Duchess of York re ceived over 9,000 wedding presents. A master chimney sweep is among tho new members ot tlie Uerman Ketchstag, New custodians of Shakespeare's house in Stratford are both patient and oblig ing. The Rhine wine production this year will be unusually large if crops do not tail. The Franco-German frontier line I to be remarked to avoid awkward " inci dents." In Italy. France and Austria only from 4 to o per cent ot the criminals are welt educated. The slave trade ia booming in Zanzibar according to the Bishop of that benight ed region. In France it is proposed to arm the postmen.who have charge of the delivery of postal orders. Quite a colony of Americans has set tled in Cowles, Isle of Wight, for the yachting season. Dr. Koch and his once-vaunted con sumption cure have fallen into sad dis repute in uermany. It is cited as complimentary that near ly all the monarchb of Europe are at tended by American dentists. Russia proposes to have an interna tional fruit expositi :i and congress at St. Petersburg in the tall ot W.H. The finances of the Leeds corporation water works for the past year show a clear net balance of prom ot 0,351. It has been found necessary to open a home in Sydney for servant girls out of employment, owing to existing depres sion. As a result of the recent experience with France in biam the H-nghsb govern ment manifests a strong disposition to join the triple alliance. Russian crop prospects have greatly imnroved. A fairly lartre vield is now expected, especially of rye, the chief breadstuff ot tne nation. IVincess Marie Bibesco swam the Hel lespont recentlv from the European shore to the Asiatic, recalling the ex ploits of leander and .Byron. In Germany quantities of watermel ons are grown, but the people do not consider them fit for food. They use the luscious fruit to feed the pigs. The Alps this year are in splendid condition for climbing, and ascents are being made already, which are not usu ally undertaken until a month later. News comes from Paris that Mme. Rhea, the actress, has married W. F. Hart, her leading man. who is 25 yean uki uiiu tuny twenty yeans tier junior. i.i i t -1 1 ..". i - f It is 223 years since a blow was struck in the House of Commons until the row of week before last. That historic blow cost its author an imprisonment in the Tower. A good deal of high play has been go ing on just lately in some of the London clubs, the practice ot paving with paper" has been very much on the increase. The State railways of Cape Colony. South Africa, yielded last year 4 14s 8J per cent on a capital of 18,500,000, against 4s lis id per cent on 16,500,- 000 in 1891. It is reported that Baron de Roths child and Jacques Laboudy, a million aire sugar retiner, will start shortly a 1 cent sporting daily paper named the jockey uiuo. According to the opinions expressed by various Berlin journals the intended Boer "trek" into German Southwest A frica will not be sanctioned by the im perial government. The tirailleurs of the Russian army are to be equipped with snowshoea next winter, l he r russian troops on the Russian frontier have used snowshoes with satisfaction for several winter. Baron von Bauer, Austrian Minister if War, said at the sitting of the Budget Committee of the Austrian delegation tlie other day that the present condition of society did not permit of the abolition of dueling. , The financial returns of the Australian colony of Victoria for the year ending July 30 are expected to show a deficit of about 1,068,000 in addition to a debit balance of 960,000 brought forward from last year. . The new tax on Stock Exchange trans actions, which went into force in France the 1st of last month, has well nigh par alyzed business on the French market and almost caused the total abandon ment of the Bourse. The Indian railways show a net loss of 08 lacs of rupees. This unfavorable re sult is attributed to the heavy fall in ex change. Had silver remained at par, the guaranteed railways would have shown a good surplus. British agricultural statistics show very unsatisfactory conditions. The number of failures among farmers in the British Isles during the first six months of this year was 40 per cent larger than those of the corresponding time in 1892. In South Africa the Kaffir servants have formed a union to which the mem bers have to give a " character " for their mistresses. No member is allowed to enter upon a situation unless the regis tered character ot tne mistress of the hiiuse is satisfactory. 'An imperial ukase issued recentlv for bids the killing or capturing of fur seals on Russian land without special permis sion from the goverment. Persons vio lating this decree or engaged in unlawful pelagic sealing will render themselves table to imprisonment from two to six- tern months and forfeiture of ships, equipments and the sealskins already taken. All cases of unlawful noachim? oa. seal lifo in Russian territory will be referred to a district tribunal sitting at Vladivoatock. ' PORTLAND MARKET. Whiai-Valley, $1.00(81.02),; Wall Walla, e092)c per cental. rivorR, FKKD, ETC. Fiodb Standard, $3.40; Walla Walla, $3.40; graham $3.0? ; superfine, $2.50 per barrel. f Oats Whfte,4243c per bushel ; gray, 40c; rolled, in bags, $(1.250.60; bar rels, $6.60 6.75; cases, $3.76. MrixsTcri'S Bran, $18.00; shorts, $21.00; ground barley, J22i!23; chop feed, $18 per ton ; whole feed, barley, 80 86c per cental; middlings, $23(328 per ton: chicken wheat. $1.221.25 percental. DAIBT PEODUCX. BtTTTBK Oreiron fancy creamery. 22H 26c: fancy dairy, 17M20c; fair to good.l516c; common, 12c per pound; California, 3544c per roll. Uhkkss Oregon, iz6c; Can lorn ia. 1113,W6: Young America, 14,'-4c per pound. JSoos Oregon and Eastern, l&Wloc per dozen. totJivrBr Uhickens, old, 4.oo ; broilers, large. $2.0003.00: small. $1.60 (82.00; ducks, old, $3.604.00; young, $2.503.50; geese, $7.60 per dozen; tur keys, live, 12)14c per pound ; dressed, none in the market. TIOrrABLKS AMD FRrjITS. Vegetables Cabbaire.l Jic par pound t California potatoes, $1.00 per sack; Ore gon, 75c; new onions, l)$c per pound; cucumbers, Oregon, 25c per dozen ; Cali fornia, ll.za per box; string beans, z4c per pound ; tomatoes, 80c (ojf 1.00 per box ; green corn, 1012)c per dozen; sweet potatoes, 24&3c per pound. Fruit Sicily lemons, $6.00(36.50 per W.i U I ..W. 11,1 .11. II V, . V ' , W,UIU,V, W per box ; bananas, $1.503.00 per bunch ; oranges, $3.00 per box ; pineapples, $6.00 per dozen; cherries, oowoc per box: new California apples, $1.25 per bushel ; peaches, 80c$1.00 per box; Oregon, 60 75c iter box: Oretron peach nlurua. 76crai $1.00 per box; apricots. $1.25 per box; currants, 45c per pound; Bartlett pears, $1.25l-50 per box; raspberries, 67c per pound; black raspberries, 6c; Cali omia figs. 76c(S$1.00 per box: water melons, $2.003.00 per dozen; canta loupes, $1.501.75 per dozen; huckle berries. 15c per pound: irranes (Muscat and Rose of Peru), $1.001.25. STAPLE GROCERIES. Dried Fruits Petite prunes, 10g 11c : silver, ll12c; Italian, i3'c; German, 10llc; plums, 8(i9c; evaporated ap ples, lOftUlc; evaporated apricots, 12 16c; peaches, 10(&12gc; pears, 7lle per pound. Honey Choice comb, 18c per pound: new Oregon, 1620c; extract, 910c. Salt Liverpool, 100s. $16.00 : 60s. $16.50; stock, $809.60. Cor fee Costa Kica, zZc; Kio, Zlc: Salvador, 21)c; Mocha, 2630c; Java, 24K30c; Arbuckle's and Lyon, 100- pound cases, Z4.&oc per pound; Colum bia, same, 24.86c Kica Island,$4.756.00 ; Japan,$4.75 : New Orleans, $4.50 per cental. Beaks Small whites, 3ic; pinks. 3c; bayos, 3)se; butter, 4c; lima, 4o per pound. SvEcr Eastern, in barrels, 40(3 56c; in half-barrels, 4257c; in cases, 36 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California, in barrels, 2040c per gallon; $1.75 per 0, 6c ; confectioner A, 6)gc ; dry gran ulated, 0c; cube, crushed and pow dered, 7)c per pound; Ja'c per ponnd discount on all grades for prompt cash; maple sugar, 15(3 16c per pound. CANNED GOODS. Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted. $1.752.00; peaches, $1.852.10; Bart lett pears, $1.75(32.00 ; plums. $1.37 (3 1.60; strawberries, $.252.45; cherries, $2.26(32.40; blackberries, $1.85(92.00; raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.2S 2.80; apricots, $1.65(42.00. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.001.20; blackberries, $151.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.163.50; peaches, $3.504.00; apri cots, $3.50(34.00; plums, $2.753.00; blackberries, $4.254.50. Meats Corned beef. Is. $1.50: 2s, $2.40; chipped, $2.55(4.00: lunch tongue. Is. $4 : 2s. $6.75 : ' deviled ham. $1.75(32.15 per dozen. ish sardines, lis. 7ocftS2.Z5: Kt, $2.15(34.60; lobsters, $2.30(33.60; sal mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.25$1.50; flats, $1.75; 2-lbs, $2.26(32.50; -barrel, $5.50. provision. Eastern Smoked Mbat and Lard Hams, medium, uncovered, 15(316c per pound; covered, 14(3164c; breakfast bacon, uncovered, 16(3 17c; covered, 16 l nH16p short clear aides. 13(314o: drv salt sides, U)12)c; lard, compound, in tins, 10c per pound ; pure, in ting, 13 14c; Oregon lard, ll)12)c BOPS, WOOL AND RIDBS. Hops '92s, 1016c per pound, accord ing to quality; new crop, '83s, 15317c Wood Um oo.ua valley. 14(p315c: fall clip, 1314c; Willamette valley, 10 12c, according to quality; Eastern Ore gon, 6(3 14c per pound, according to condition. . Hides Dry hides, selected prime. 68c; green, selected, over . 65 pounds, 4c; under 55 pounds, 3c; sheep pelts, short wool, S0(350c; medium, 6080c; long, 90c3$1.25; shearlings, 1020c: Ul low, good to choice, 35c per pound. LIVE AND DRESSED MEAT. Beb Prime steers. $2.50(32.75: fair ... 1 . Q nn,3,o Kfi . 1 ..I. : . - cows, $1.602.00; dressed beef, $3.50(3 6.00. Mutton Choice mutton. $2.76: dressed, $6.00; lambs, $2.002.60; dressed, $6.00; shearlings, Zjc, live weight. Hoos Choice heavy, $5.00(35.50; me dium, $4.50(35.00; light and feeders, $4.505.00; dressed, $7.00. V BAD $4-0U(S5O.W. BAOS and baoqinq. Burlaps. 8-ounce. 40-inch, net cash. 6c; burlaps, lOJ-ounce, 40-inch, net cash, 7c; burlaps, 12-ounce, 45-inch, 7,c; DunapB, io-ounce, ou-incn, u:,c; burlaps. 20-ounce, 76-inch. 14c: wheat bags, Calcutta, 23x36, spot, 6c; 2-Duanei oat Dags, vc MISCELLANEOUS. Tin I. C. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual ity, $8.otD(39.00 per box ; for crosses, $2 extra per box; I. C. coke plates, 14x20, prime quality, $7.50(38.00 per box ; tern plate, I. 0., prime quality, $6.60(37.00. Nails Base quotations: Iron, $2.26; teel, $2.35; wire, $2.76 per keg. - Iron Bar, 2o per pound; pig-iron. 123(325 per ton. ... Stibd Per pound, lOJo. - , Lead Per pound, 4,bc; bar, 6tc Naval Stores Oaknm, $4.60(36.00 per" bale; resin, $4.80(38.00 per 480 pound; tar, Stockholm, $13 ; Carolina, $9 per bar rel; pitch, $0 per barrel; turpentine, 66 fvr gallon ia ear kiU,