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Newspaper Page TextTUT; TklTCT" ''THE MIST" GIVXB ALL Tie Official and Other News or- . - Colombia : County. -MTIIS-. Offlclal Paper or- (Mumbia ; !nunty. THE OREGON MIST. 8T:TIKF.RNS. ORFX;nN FRFI.A Y SIIPTRMTIRI? 1 iftW xrn THE OREGON MIST. iki:u kvkii ruiDAt noiifiina THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY, DAVIS BR03., Managers OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. M Svr I asl)ie Hat. On ciioy on year In advauc..,.....,,...,.,,,.,.!! io On com iHOuliu..,..,, it Slugl oux AavarlUiMg Hat. Proht.tlonal tarda oh year , ,... It Oiieuolninn one r lis Halt uoliiiini on year , ;t Unarlar column mi )ar.. , .....,., 40 Ott Inch on niot.lli, ...,,.... ..., 3 On luuli litre montha ..,......, I Ou limit all inonllia . Local noli oca, III t enia par llii (r flrat ln.er Hon; Hit-nut. per llu. lor uh tuuMiiieiil lit ertlnn. I.i(el edvrtliniit, II SO per Infill for Krai lnertl.m, mul 7 cent, per luuli lureeoli aube queulluMrtloii, COLUMIHA COUNTY IMlirXTUin. C'oitHir Olfieer. Jnd..... ,. ! Ill Wenr-lia-l. Habitat Were K. K Uiil.-k, H , Helena Bm.iir , , a, m... . i . ma Tr.'.aor r K. II. Wlieiwu, i ulitmU i.iljt Bitot. l Ii.miI..... ..T. J. i'ii"ti. Venioti a lnini , Mf. II. K. t. It. Mil. r Surveyor . a. u. I.IIH... na ui.-r Commit.! iitcra.... n, n a MQ.iiuvrr, ve.i.uiua 10. . Ilaruea, Hay Kir aailf Nanlcva. MahoWIC Ht. Ilalena ll.. H. M-RKHlr ciniiiiiiiicailiiii4 nr.t nii-i (lilrii Haiuruay III ell iimiitn t7 WF. M. al Mnuiulo hall. Vl.ll lua maiulwra In suotl luUln luvliail to al laii'l. M.Nio.-IUIilr Uidaa, Nil. ll-Nlatail moclliir Kill nr. In) mi or iMlnraaw li lull moult al I i r. a. at Mu.-nilu linll, over lll.ui Imnl llui. Vilnius uiaiiilitra lit s"S tuillii ln viU'd looll.inl. tn.li Kei.l. iw.-Hl lloln. Ixxla No. 117 Maria vry Maliinlay iimlil al 7 .0 Traii.lant tirailiran In sokI awuillus ounllallr luvltatl Ui aiunil. Ik Hall. Down rlvar (Imal) cIimu at t SO t.U. lip ilvar (iMMiilcloMwat ir. u. In lull lr Variiiinl ami I'lU.ldirf laavaa SI. Ilvlaitt Uoiei), MadiiHlar ami Friday al I a, a. Tha mall lor MaraldaiM. ClaUkaiita ami Mlat laac Qiiiiiii aloiiilaf, Mdlintwlay ami Kilday at u a Mailiinillwar) norili do. i 10 a. a.; fur Purllauil all r.a. Travaliiii Uuia lllr Mamaa. HriAiiaad W. Hn.a-Uavm at. llalaui for I'oruaiiil al II A. M- Tuawlaji, lliiimlavand H'tiinlay. Iava HI. Ilalvua for lal.kaiil M.uila, Wailiiimlay ami Krl'Uj a( 1 00 A. u. HrxAMaa Ihalka Ixiaraa HI llolam lor Port land 7 il a. M. itiurnlns alt nor. M. HtKAeaa Joaitrii Ki.i.aia-litH. Illn for I'lirlUnd "lnlly ! Hnmlay, at 7 a. m .. ar rlvln a( fonlaiid at 10 HO; rvturnlus. ! t'oriiauv at I r. M.. airlvlua tm. IU.lan.au, I'HOKKHtilONAL.. D n, h, r. curr, rilYSICIAK AND SUItQEON. 8t, Helena, Oregon- jr. i. e. it alu PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Clatakmile. ColinuMii comity. Or. . LITTLK, SURVEYOR and CIVIL ENGINEER, 8t, Helena. Oregon. Comity aurveyor. I.nml nrvyln?. Uwn iilatiing, and engineering work promptly done. COviOHTS, atoJ torlnformatloa an4,na nandbook wriuito SUNM CO- ail Biioauwat, Naw Vona. OMort nuraa-t for aMUriiit patent. In Anurias. Srary patanl takan out by u. la brought Iwfor UiapuGua by uouoa glyaa f ra or eliaria lu lb taraaat elrmilatlnn of any adantlfla psnar In His wotTdT Bplatnlldly llluatratad. Ho Intalllnni nan ahnuid ba "Hbouk luWakTr. iJ.Oii a yeari ai.au ais montha. addiaaa MDNNAOO tiTuLuuiaiU. 3U1 llraanlwar.Ma tors Uta, Thi Ovarland Routs. Two tralna dally, leav. Ins Killli audi atresia, Grand Central Depot. No. a, " The Limited Faat Mall," leaving al 7:ao p. a.jcarrlea Vuatl hule Pullman Palsee Slni'plns and Dining Car. and Ire Kaellnliig Clialr Cara tlirnuKn Iroin Portland to CM pairn.vlaCouncll Hlllffa, without clmiife. Thla tram tmi'tlona (or llsnvor, Kanaaa City, Ht. Iiiua, Pullman Mleiuior andC lalrCar lor Walla Walla, Cii'l la xt Fa r in iigl nil , llneklord and Hpokan. InaMni alri.it eoiiiwctli.in lr Hayton, Pom amy, Moacow and t'mur d'Aleiie. No H " ovorlaud Klycr," leaving at :et A. , esrr P.. lm.T, , 1-sl.e. ml Tourl.t 81e.per. Irom Porlland loMI.aourl rWerwlil.oi l .change. Througlt train; "' f.? m a'v 4 r.a.va Portlanu. I IIVIHIH FXANC1WO. Coliimola.Mftyl,lll,' Htate. .May 6, 17, n Oregon May 4, 18, 28 Columbia May 8,20 xiata May 12. 24 llrugoii way , Tli company n roaarvii. tlie right to ohaug atPHinnr. or aalllng daya. POKT1.AN1) AND AHTOlti o '."r"! HHllina oajn. . . UuTnWfSrVitf dally, ox: 8,.mU. at e. St. Night boat .leave, ort. 1 dally.aieept Hnturday, atP. a.i return, leavei Aalorla dally, exeunt Sunday, at I a. nt t Jttnd ".ndlng. o Oregon .Ids Tuaad.y. . Tliur.' lav. and Hattirdav.; on the VUahli igton ; aid Monday., Wediio.rfaya and Kr days. Trom As. Uirla tlie morning boat make. I andlnst on tli Oregon .Ido Monday., Wednoadaya aiid Friday and on tli Waahlngtou aid 'lueadaya, Thur aava and Haturnaya. day, Wedneaday, Friday, 7 A. at. Ocean ateaiuera Iv from Bteamahlp whtrf 4 golentlflo American Agenoy for H-. TttADI MARKS, ESlSiYJP OiaiOK SATINTS CAMCAUK KUU I ft l.rar a... ""-:."- dully, except Sunday I returning, lv llonnc Vllle at 111;) r. .,srrlvliis at Po ri "','; ; TO may ION AND WAY LANDINGS Mon . 1 -U .,M. .1.1 w ALL OTHER Steamer lesvs from A.h-trtt dCr"Tieat offlc-SM Waahlngtor, atret, sfuTblrd; W.H.HUItUJURT. IAatttantOn.raJ P "'Ij.. THE PACIFIC COAST Oregon's Forestry Exhibit al the World's Fair. A DISASTROUS WATERSPOUT. Eastern Washington's Grain Har vest Promise to ba the Beat Ever Known. Spokane. Wabll.. rlalma m. nnr...1..l!.. Till) Kioto Blind Inatllula at RUm opcna ncptemtjer U. Jltlilding lit lia Antrclc la rnnnrli.il active, with an Improving real-estate IJIUlK.-l. '1 lie miners en the Cnmstoek nfna in accept tin- nruiMufil rcducltun of 2R m.r . i.. . . Alfrwl II. Nclooii. a formnr of llio tiudcn (Uinli) lliiililinir ami Niv liiKH Amut-lation, ia itliurt 113,000 in lii avcouiii. The Vlrirlnla and Trnckee Rnllronil U)inpany Iiiih rciliii cil Hik pay of nil iw i-Hipioje, cxwpt locomotive enginoeiB, per i cin. It I cliilmed llmt extcnfiive framl were M rpi i ruled in innncctii.n with the in ii.pl io ruiae tlie Ban l'edro in Vic toria InirUir. The (lcHHllim of ttio nispcndcil mv Iniia hank at I'ortliiinl want (lie a!jck. hoidem to Kiiamiilt'e tlmt the ha:ik will pay all ilijKisiiom in full The nineteen hnnkit at jm Angclea on jiiiv I Rlioweil a mini in (Ii'Dokhk ol !. 000,000 ai Compared with tile tta'einent of the twelve nionlhx prcvioun. The full raniio for sheep on the foot' hill of the uiiuititMine along the Colum n ii reiiortcd linucimlly uiukI thin ecu on. iirara l pientilul, anu enecp are in excellent romiiuori. Intern Wm-liiuif ion's cmin harvmt thia fcftwin pnmiiwii Io 1n Die liei-t ever known. 1 lie avernire Yield from liritinh t'olninliia to the Oregon line will he thirty biifheli to the acre. Scott Morria of Erana Creek, Jackaon Con nt v. Or., wlio him liecn collrclini; and ehippuiK Kant tlm hullia anil aeeda of the wild nouer ol Rontiiern urcyon, nag built up quite a hllainexa in that lino. The man arretted in Ronlhern Oreaon (or robliititt the mail in Celifonla provwl not to be tlie right "inn and he wan dia rhargcil. Davidmni, the newmnan, thua faili" to secure the hundiiome reward of 1,600. Over 100 Spokane Chinamen are pre. rtarinir to vUrt hack to Atin next Inmilh. nearlv all of them to remain. They have accumulated tnnit miming from 11.000 to 12,000 during their atay in America. Tiio Supreme Court of the Slate of California nun decided the Hunan ixmu In favor of tlm Controller. This ia 'avery important ram to the Plate, in- ! Tolving at it does the validity of claims aginat the Mate aggregating between 1600.000 and 7Wi,ouu, This summer, it is said, will sea tha lest of the famous Harney Valley (Or.) crickets. Thev are dvinn by millions from some dieease, and have not yet de- Mwllel llielr eggs, i none who nave od terved their habits say the disease which lias caiifpil their destruction in other places is the same to all apearances aa tlmt which is killing them there. They have been in the valley in numbers ever since it was first visited by the whites. In the forestry building at the World's Fair Oregon takes a back seat for no filaui or nation, her foreatry exhibit be imr a revelation even to Oreeonians who have spent their lives in the forests. She shows the largest block of wood in the building. This is a cross section from the trunk of a tide-land spruce, and is (en feet in diameter. Thia section was cut twentv feet above the butt, which was sixteen feet in diameter. The tree of which it was a part was quite asprout alien lolumiius starte.1 on ins nrst voy age, and before it was felled its topmost branches towered mere than 800 feet above terra flnna, or high enough to af ford ample shade for the monster Ferric wheel a cms on the upper level, uregoti shows alno a beiiutii'ul lumi'e constructed wholly of Oregon woods. It is ten feet stmitre. nineteen feet high, and Is sur mounted by an open cupola. The bnild imr tlirotiL'i.niit la llnialied in hard wood. all highly polished, elegantly carved and arranged in the moat attractive fashion possible to show the native woods of the State. The roof is supported by four nicely carved Doric , columns of maple, while a like number of similar columns of oak support the roof of the cupola. Just now the newspapers of Oregon are having a great deal to say about Or eaon fruit being shipped East, where it is sold as a Cali'ornia product. There is too much truth in the statement to make the tiling funny. But a few daya ago at Chicago some Orgonians, desirous of learning whether or not there was any sale for Oregon fruits, took occasion to give the matter a fair test, and at the same time "evened tip" on California for having so long tailed under false colors by palming olfas her own Oregon choicest fruits. Just outside the World's Fair grounds some boys were selling Califor nia (genuine, not Oregon-grown) pears, peaches, apricots and cherries, and the little fellows were loudly crying their wares "Fresh California fruit I" "Cal ifornia peaches!" "California pears!" Tlie Oregon ians approached the boys, examined their fruits, and told the boys that it was not California fruit they were selling, and assured them it was grown in Oregon. The boys said it might be from Oregon for all they knew they said it was from California because that made It sell better. Then the wise men from Oregon dug down in their jeans and brought up some shining two-bit pieces, which they gave to the boys with the understanding that they were to shout " Oregon fruit," " Oregon pears," etc., during tho remainder of that day. The boys tried their lungs on the new proposition, and the results were aston ishing. People who had visited the fair and seen Oregon's peerless horticultural diplay opened their eyes. " What," said they, "Oregon fruitl Well, we must try some of it It looked so beautiful at the fair." And they did try it. So many tried it that the boys soon sold out their stocks and had to return to headquar ters again and again for more, and up to last accounts these self-same boys were crying, " Right thia way for your Oregon pears! PERSONAL MENTION. General Fits John Porter has been ap pointed cashier of the New York post- v.i.wj at a salary oi z,uuu a year. Governor Russell of Massachusetts has long been noted as an equestrian, and now he is gaining renown as an ex pert bicycle rider. Bishop Joseph Rsdcmac.her has been iraiiHiurreu tty tlie l'ope from Nashville, lenn., io rort wayne, ind., wbicii li considered a more important position. Having completed his "Prince of In dia," General Wallace has nlans for an. other story already taking shape, but it win prooauiy la ice min several years to vuuijju-ie it. So valuable are her Jewels that Mrs, Potter Palmer never attends a ball or party of any kind to which she wears litem without a private detective to form a part of ber escort. The monument erected over the grave of the poet, James Gates Percivul, at Hazel Green. Wis., throned tha elfurrji Ol the faculty of Yale College and a few others will soon be unveiled. General Menotti Garibaldi, son of the Italian patriot, and tils wile celebrated iticir silver wedding a (ewdays ago In Koine They received conirrattilations from friends of the family in all parts of Italy. Mrs. Cleveland's tastes In iewelrv are very simple. Although she owns a num ber of rinirs. she rarely wears anv excent her wedding ring. A favorite ornament on dress occasions Is a beautiful diamond star, which was one of her wedding gifts. Ladv Wimbourne. the briorhtet and cleverest of all the sisters of Lord Ran dolph Chun-hill, is considered the source Irom which the erratic politician derives his Inspiration, aa he is not credited with a great amount of brains of his own. The most active member of the Beet her family now living is Kev. Thomas K. Becher, pastor of the Park Church in Klmira. He is a tall, broad-shouldered man, Oil years old, with a plentiful brown beard, now tinged with white, and is fond of billiards, bowling and tricycling. Senator Joe Blackharn of Kentucky appeared at the opening of the session in a shirt of pinkish line, tie of a deli cate mauve, and the coat, trouser and vest were of a beautiful ice-cream color that shone amid the black-coated South erners about him like a single star pinned upon tlie bosom of the night. Mary W. Lee, who was known through out tlie Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac aa " Mother Lee," died in Phil adelphia recently. During the war of tlie Rebellion she was a volunteer field nurse, serving at the front without pav. and it was there that she was aflection ateiy nicknamed by the soldiers "Mother Ue." Mrs. Pierce, the sister of the poet tangfellow, has presented to the Maine Historical Society the house in which her brother lived during his youth. It is the oldest brick structure in Portland. The property is valued at 125,000, and Mrs. Pierce requires that the rooms shall be forever kept as " Longfellow's Memo rial Kooms." Barnes Greolev. the only surviving brother of Horace Greclcj, lives at the age of 79 years on the oltl Greeley home- stead at Chappiviua. He is describert ny a recent la'iv visitor a tan, loosely jointed, shambling of gait, with snowy hair and beard, mild bine eves, peaceful visage and a tongue th tt is the nearest approach to perpetual motion yet dis covered. Miss Lizxle Green of Detroit seems to be the sensational beauty of the Con ti nent jit now. The story goes that at the weddimr festivities the Ouoen of It aly had her nephew sent away on mili tary service to keep him out of the way ol the prettv American. The Koman shopkeepers display photographs of Miss Green standing Desitie the young Count oi Turin. Mr, Gladstone Is to make a progress in sootlana during the autumn, ana tie will be the guest of Lord Bn-adalbaneat Tavmouth Castle, of Lord Roseberv at Dahneny and of Sir Charles Tennant at the Glen. The longest visit is to be paid Geonre Arraistead. Mr. Gladstone will also he the guest of his nephew. Sir John Gladstone, at r aequo House, Kin cardineshire, for a few days' stay. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. The world's supply of diamonds is twenty times greater than it was thirty years ago. It is estimated that this country pro duces over z,zuu pounds ol grain to eacn innaoitant. The puhllo debt of France is In excess of 30,000.000.000 francs (in United States money (7,ZOO,000,ooo). Twelve years ago one sailor in every 100 who went to sea lost his life. Now only one in 230 is lost. Bohemia has nearly 140,000 separate manufactures, more than there are in any other province in Austria, In 1845 the United States produced 150,000 in silver; in 1801, t57,!30,000, or more than a thousand times as much. Gnrmnnv has onn nontoflice to evorv .774 inhabitants. In proDortion to the population the United States has twice aa many. The Navy Department is experiment ing for an American bituminous coal that is free-burning, non-coking and smokeless. A Western geologist savs that Kansas can raise wheat for another 1,000 years before exhausting the necessary proper ties of the soil. Mexico sends the United States every year $10,000,000 worth of " heniquen " rope, the cordage out of which ham mocks are made. An apple tree which is claimed to have borne fruit for the lost century and a quarter is still in bloom in an orchard near Lenoir, N. 0. The largest poultry farm in the United at.es is located on Long Island. It con sists of 1,300 acres of land, with five miles of water front. It Is asserted that the best, strongest and moBt fibrous material in the shape of wood now used as pulp for paper is mado from spruce logs. The annual manufacture in Europe at the present time according to the last statistics is something like 1,850,000 square yards of looking glass. , . In New York city there are so many railway lines steam, elevated, cable and horse cars that one may ride for x hours at a total cost ol 00 cents. Americans are constantly gaining in Mexican trade, and at present dominate in both Imports and exports, being' the largest buyers of Mexican product. EASTERN NEWS. Bank President and Cashier Arrested for felony. i LATEST PROPOSED SHIP CANAL Noted Gold-Brick Swindler Jalled- Pardoned Negro Murderer in Trouble A train. i - : . : The Bunk of Commerce at Havana I . tl , v. nan iiuilm. . Georgia's cotton crop'jytl probably bo 16 lart'.'et in In-r hiioe A 112 imO.iOl drop inVieonria's valua the tion will cripple Hie Mut schools. The Miii'ii-Hi-oliB slid 1il.uh stock of wheul amount to 12 5l2 15 buehela. The new !?- rnn.fiit I'-Is about ready for eiMieii em mninriae 1.:I8!),000 acres. Notable colored men ' it I'hiladelphla have organize.! an auti-Pjichlng league, Cattle and i-lieen hcn!rs are fighting over the porsvsMon of granges In lolo- rtt'lO. .74 Tha nan of certified rhfarks instead of each ia being tried with ticoess at Little Uock. , 1 A stcadv Increase in llrongh and ex port freight is noli.'eit 8e on .bastern rua-lx. . Dick R'H-lie. the noted fadd-brick swin dler, is jailed at Omaha for his usual iricK. '1 St. Paul and Minnear-ylis publishers are talking ol reduced p'ice lor type setting. ,! Tha atrilnllnn fop th -nmnvttl nf tha capital of Kansas from IjWka has been renewed. 7 The anthrax Is attacking not only all kinds of live stock, but autnan beings, In Illinois. i Senator Stewart predicts the silver question will be under discussion months and months. I: The Massachusetts Agricultural Soci ety em plot s 100 men at fighting the gypsy moth. Governor Tillman will! protect South Carolina cocktails by secaring a trade mark on them. The army worm has appeared in the cotton fields of the Ark tneas and Mis sissippi river bottoms, f Tlie wholesale grocers at Memphis have issued notice that they will sell hog product for cash only hereiiftcr. The losses incurred bv insurance com panies in Tennessee during the year 1802 amounted to 00 per cen et the premi ums. . J There is much agitation In Southwest ern Kansas over a proposed irrigation ditch, which would drain the Arkansas river. A negro murderer, pardoned recently by Governor Altgeld of Illinois, has just been arrested at Kushville for highway robbery. A crisis exists in Texas in regard to the movement of the cotton crop. None of the banks will advance money to move the staple. The State Railroad Commissioners of Kansas have taken hold of the seed' wheat problem to handle it in a non partisan way. A Boston Judge has derided that a newspaper may publish a biographical sketch of a man, but not his portrait, against his will. The resumption of operations In the iron and steel plant in the Pittsburg district has returned to work between 12.000 and 15,000 men. The Government Industrial School at Santa Fe, N. M., is to be changed into a training school to prepare Indians to be come teachers of their own people. Geonre A. I)alv. the American loco motive who was imprisoned at the City of Mexico lor having run over ana miiea a man fourteen montha ago, has been re leased. A vein of coal hat been discovered near the mouth of Whisky creek, one mile eonth of Atkinson. Kan. It is twenty-four inches thick and of good quality, There is said to be less than half aa many icebergs in the Atlantio Ocean this year as there were last year. This ia supposed to indicate a severe winter in Europe. The latest proposed ship canal is to run from Toledo to Cincinnati, making Cincinnati a rival to Chicago lor lake traffic. The government is to be asked to assist. The impression Is growing about the capitol at Washington that the present extraordinary session of Congress may come to an end about the middle of Sep tember. The silver delegates from the Chicago Convention say that they will probably open headquarters in New York, which will be the central point of all their cam paigning in the East. The epidemic of typhoid fever in St. Louis has reached alarming proportions, and is not accounted for by the health authorities, who report the city iu a good, clean condition. Several arrests have been made at In dianapolis of leading business men, who are charged with embezzlement and mis appropriation of the funds of a bank of which they had control. The New York Herald has boldly moved up to Thirty-third street and Broadway, leaving Newspaper Row far behind. The new building is two stories high, of solid masonry and iron through out. The delegates and speakers to the Farmers' Alliance and Populist Ptate Convention at Sylvan Beach, N. Y., have issued an appeal to the farmers ot the West, asking them to send supplies for the starving poor of New York. The New York S. P. C. A. has warned Frederick Weyner, the professional ver min exterminator, who has undertaken to rid Central Park from cats, dogs, mice and sparrows, that he must be more' merciful in his methods or go to jail. Warrants for the arrest of the Presi dent and cashier of the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings Bank have been issued. J ne men are Charged witn mneivinir deposits four davs before the bank's failure, knowing the condition ot the institution was weak. A law in Mis souri makes the receiving of a deposit under such circumstances a felony. 1 ' - ....- - - -i. - . a a I NATIONAL CAPITAL. FOREIGN CABLES. I PORTLAND MARKET. There ia much hostility in the Senate to the hill to increase the circulation of the national banks to the par value ol the bonds deposited. It is not thought ic win ever reucii a vote. Representative Geary, author of the Chinese exclusion act, called on Secre tary Gresham the other day, and urged him to enforce the law with the small amount of money .on hand for that our- pose. It ia understood Geary received very little satisfaction, as Secretary Gresham adhered in his views to tho present policy of the administration io the matter. Senator Carey has introduced a bill providing that all desert lands, whether in or ouUi.le of a railroad grant, shall be sold at $1.25 an acre, and that all per sons who have paid more than that for land shall have the amount reimbursed to them from the Treasury Department. fie also has a bill granting 5 per cent of the net proceeds of the sale of public lands in all States to be paid for common scnoois. Senator Mitchell of Orezon has been early in pressing a bill to reduce letter postage to l cent per ounce, and has in troduced a bill for that our nose. The trouble in securing legislation of thia kind neretoiore has alwavs been the op position irom tne ronomce Department, because there was not sufficient revenue from the postal system to carry on the postal business of the country and Con gress refused to appropriate larger sums. There has been considerable corre spondence concerning the forcible ex pulsion ol Italian miners from Cripple Creek, Col., between Secretary Gresham. Governor Waite and Baron Fava. but it is likely the explanation offered Minister Fava bv the Stale Department and Gov ernor Vt atte will be satisfactory to tlie Italian government, and that the inci dent will be declared closed. After the correspondence with Governor Waite Secretary Gresham wrote Baron Fava that the attack was not due to race prej udice, nut, me teeung against cneap la bor. When the Americans fonnd them selves nnderbid by the Italians, they took Inrciole measures ot securing the ends they desired, but did so with no feelinz against the unpopular workmen as Ital ians. Gresham expressed regret for the ocenrrence. and hoped it would not dis turb the friendly relations between the two countries. In response to a resolution of Inoniry on the subject of silver purchases nnder the act ot law secretary Carlisle sent to the House of Representatives a letter setting forth the following facts: From August 13, 1890, to August 18, 1803, the department purchased 161,521.000 fine ounces, costing 150.fl00,459. The hieh- est price paid was fl.291 an ounce, Au gust 20. 1800; the lowest 69 cents an ounce, July 24, 1893. Treasury notes to the amount of 1150.115,985 have been is sued in payment of the silver bullion, of which $14 6jo has been redeemed in standard silver dollars and retired since August 31, 1890. Up to-August U 1893, t49.184.10 in 'f reaBurv note has been redeemed in gold; 36.087.185 standard dollars have been coined from bullion purchased under the act of of 1890. On the 14th instant the government owne 1 of silver purchased under the act of 189) 133,161,375 ounces, costing 121,217,677. Secretary Hoke Smith has heard the argument of counsel upon the applica tion of the Gilson Asphaltum Company for the restoration of the two most east erly tiers of townships now included in the Uncomptihgre Indian reservation in Utah. It was the contention of counsel that these Indians hold the lands they occupy by sufferance only, and therefore neither they nor the secretary of the in terior have any right to lease any pari of them for mining or any other pur pose. They argued that the only way in which the asphalt deposits in the reser vation can be rendered accessible ia by restoring the lands to public domain, and the power to restore lands by executive proclamation ia beyond qnestion. At the conclusion of the argument the Sec retary announced that he had serious doubts aa to his authority, and in any event he would not do so. He thought it probable he would send a communica tion to Congress on the question of open ing the reservation or part of it to set tlement. Representative Hermann says he has tome doubt as to what is necessary for the improvement at The Dalles, but is of the opinion that if the delegation should unitedly support the proposition for a canal not so large aa that at the Cascades, but sufficient for all vessels that can navigate the upper Columbia, favorable action may result in the fu ture. Meanwhile he is of the opinion that it would be a good thing to have a portage road built to accommodate the traffic of the river. From his intimate knowledge of the men who will compose the River and Harbor Committee he is convinced that thev will never agree to a boat railway. They have argued the question many times with him, and say that they do not propose to commit the government to a railway project of any kind, and especially to one which must be largely experimental and will cost millions before it is completed and $80, 000 a year to operate. Representative Hermann is of the opinion that in time a canal can be built, but the same rea sons which are presented for not build ing a boat railway, committing the gov ernment to building railways, operates against the idea of constructing a port age road by the government. The statement was recently given out for publication by Pension Commissioner Lochren in respect to the pending Van Lenven investigation. It says in part : " Van Leuven has for many years done a large pension business, having his of fice at Lime Springs, Ia. His clientage was drawn from all over Iowa and Min nesota, even from remote parts of the country. In June last aa a result of a preliminary investigation he was sus pended by the Secretary of the Interior from practice before the department. It was clearly shown that for years he sup ported claims which he prosecuted by a highly dovcloped and successful aystoin of dishonest practices, the purchase of testimony, the fraudulent preparation of affidavits, the bribing of sworn officials of the government and the wholesale, de ception of applicants for pension, by means of which they were induced to show their gratitude by the payment of fees beyond the amounts allowed by law. It is apparent that all claims allowed upon ex-parto evidence furnished by Van Leuven must be investigated. Doubt leas there are some cases in which the temporary loss of a pension will work hardship to worthy men, but no pains will be spared to ascertain such cases and make the period ol suspension aa brief aa possible,' China Holds in Abeyance All Retaliatory Measures. SPANISH MAYOR'S SENTENCE. South Australla'a Revenue Receipt for the Paat Twelve Montha Show a Decrease. New Zealand has refused to Join the Australasian Confederation. The Italian silk crop this year is about 26 per cent above the average. Great Britain has about 100,000 abso lutely " homeless wanderers." Snain will order that the payment of all her customs duties be made in gold. A statue to Queen Christina, mother of the ex-Queen Isabella, is to be erected at Madrid. Every regiment of the British army in India has been rearmed with the new magazine rifles. Last season the Carl Rosa Opera Com pany made a profit of about $10,000, the first in several years. Russia is feeling the pinch of the tariff war with Germany. The price for all grains are rapidly falling. The Queen of Italy has founded so ciety for the reform of street children by teaching them some useful occupation. A nhvsician and sanitary corps will scour every railway train between Na ples and Rome aa a precaution against cholera. Sibvl Sanderson, who aa " Phrvne" in Saint'Saens' new opera of that name, is variously praised lor her physique and ber voice. In England this snmmer six persons have been sentenced to terms of hard labor aa punishment for attempting to commit suicide. Don Jose Galindo, Mayor of Valencia. Spain, has been sentenced to fourteen f'ears each on 217 indictments for falsify ng public documents, or 3,038 years in ail. There was a net decrease In the Brit ish revenue receipts during the first quarter of the present financial year of 781.258 as compared with tlie same pe riod last year. Mrs. Lansrtrv was one of the conspic uous figures at the Brighton racing meet ing, where the appeared attired one day in vellow and the next in 'black and white striped silk. - Padpmwaki has crone to his home in Poland for rest and recreation. He will remain in retirement until October, when he is expected to make. Jiia reap pearance in Paris. The statement is made in Paris that "French aericullure has lost as much money this year because of the drought as the Germans received by way of war indemnity after 1870." South Africa is developing a frmt in dustry. Within a couple of years the Cape Colony has begun to ship peaches and other lruits to London, getting tnem there in twenty-one daya. Reports from Lancashire announce that South American orders for most classes of goods have increased in many quarters, the Argentine trade especially being much more satisfactory. Quite a large steamer, built in Scot land especially for the purpose, taken to pieces and transported to rem, has just been rebuilt and launched on Lake Titi- caca, which is 12,500 feet above sea level. There is a leaning tower at Caerphilly. Glamorganshire, England, which stands 77 feet in height and is no less than 11 feet out of the perpendicular. The well- known Tower of Pisa leans 15 feet in 180 feet. The border line between France and Germany is to be remarked to avoid un pleasant incidents. Large boundary posts are to be set up, and neutral tracts are to be marked out in the lorest re gions. Dinizulu, the son and heir of Ceta- wayo, the Zulu King, and Undabuke, brother of the same monarch, are Napo leon's succestora in exile at St. Helena. They have been there since the British conquered Zululand. A special committee recently appointed by the Glasgow corporation to consider tlie matter of municipal telephony has unanimously decided to recommend the Town Council to apply to the Postmaa- ter-Uenerai for a telephone license. South Australia's revenue receipts for the past twelve months were 2,450,000, a decrease of $280,000 aa compared with with the previous year. Victoria's re ceipts were 6,963,000, a decrease of 766,000 as compared with last year. King Humbert recently had sold at public auction in one of tlie court yards ot uit vjuir.uau an me om iuruitaro, porcelain, glass, etc., that had gone out of fashion since Victor Emmanuel's day. He made it a veritable clearing-out sale. Should Christina, the Queen Regent of Spain, fail to survive the dangerous operation which now constitutes the only chance of saving her life, the re gency will devolve on her sister-in-law, the Princess Isabella, widow of the Count Girgenti. The new company that proposes to lav a entile between Australia and California will obtain a subsidy from the German ivernment lor three sections ol the line -tween the Fiji and Saunoan Islands and between the Samoan Islands and Honolulu. Tlie announcement that Prince Max of Saxony, nephew of the King, has quitted the army to become a priest is trne according to the German papers. The young man was born in 1870, and recently served aa a Lieutenant in a reg iment of Uhlans. Madame Melba, the Australian singer. who is coming to America in the au tumn, is having; great success in Paris. At the age of 4, it is said, she was an in fant prodigy, at 10 she had mastered the violin, the piano and the orean. Six years ago she made her debut aa a singer tne next morning sue awoke lamous. Apropos to the Leslie-Wilde divorce. there is no more interesting personality in London than Lady Wilde. She wears much fine old lace and some rare jewels, and always receives in a darkened room. The warmth of her welcome is enhanced by the power to greet each guest French, Spanish, Italian, Russian or German is, her own language). Wbi at Valley, 9507c; Walla Walla, 85c per cental. : nvotra, fskd, etc. Ftotra Standard, $3.40; Walla Walla, $3.40; graham, $3.00; superfine, $2.50 per barrel. Oats Old white, 40c per bushel j old gray, 36c; new white, 3-c; new gray, 83 (435c; rolled, in bags, $6.256.50; bar rels, $6.60 6.75; cases, $3.75. Millstofss Bran, $18:00; aborts, $21.00; ground barley, 2223; chop feed, $18 per ton ; whole feed, barley, 80 85c per cental; middlings, $23(328 per ton; chicken wheat, $1.22i1.25 per cental. Hay Good, $1013 per ton. DAIBT FBODOCX. Bottkb Oregon fancy creamery, 22)' (325c: fancy dairy, 2022c; fair to good, 1617)c; common, 1415c per pound ; California, 3544c per roll. Cbkksb Oregon, 12!c; California, ll(ai33c: Young America, 1516c per pound. koob io ioc per dozen. Poultry CHickens, old, $4.00: broilers, $2.003.00; ducks, $4.00(36.00; geese, $8.00 per dozen ; turkeys, live, 14c per pound; dressed, none in the market. STAPLl OBOCKBIBS. Daico Fauna Petite prunes, 10 11c: silver, U12c; Italian, 13c; German, lUlglic; plums, eigne; evaporated ap ples, 10llc; evaporated apricots, 12c$ 15c; peaches, 1012c; pears, 7llo per pound. Homey Choice comb, 18c per pound; new Oregon, 1620c; extract, 910c. Salt Liverpool, 100s, $16.00; 60s, $16.60; atock, $8.60(19.50. Corraai Costa Rica. 22c: Rio. 21c: Salvador, 21)c ; Mocha, 26 30c ; Java, 24,4 30c; Arbuckle's and Lyon, 100 pound cases, 23.86c per pound; Colum bia, same, 23.85c. Rica Island,$4.755.00; Japan, ; New Orleans, $4.60 per cental. BsAMa Small white, 3Jc; pinks, 3&c; bayos, 3c; butter, 4c; lima, 3io per pound. Sybcp Eastern, in barrels, 40 55c; in half-barrels, 4257c: in cases, 363 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; California, in barrels, 2040c per gallon; $1.75 per foQAii D, 6c ; Golden C. 6c ; extra . C, &c ; confectioners' A, 64c ; dry gran ulated, 6c; cube, crushed and pow dered, 7c per pound ; Xc per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash; maple sugar, 15(il6c per pound. CANNED GOODS. Cawwbd Goods Table fruits, assorted, $1.752.00; peaches, $1.852.10; Bart lett pears, $1.752.00; plums, $1.370 1.50; strawberries, $2.252.45; cherries, $2.252.40.; blackberries, $1.852.00; raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25(9 2.80; apricots, $1.652.00. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $l.O01.2O; blackberries, $1.251.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.153.60; peaches, $3.604.00; apri cots, $3.504.00; plume, $2.753.00; blackberries, $4.254.60. 3H bats corned Peer,; is, ti.oo; zs; $2.40; chipped- $2.55(4.U0; lunca tongue. Is, $4; 2s, $6.76; deviled ham, $1.75(12.15 per dozen. Fish Sardines, 8, 75c$2.25; , $2.1504.50; lobsters, $2.30(33.50; sal mon, tin Mb tells, $l.25$1.50; flats, $1.75; 2-lbs, $2.252.50; -barrel, $5.50. V SO STABLES AMD rB01T8. Vegetables Cabbage, lc per pound; potatoes, Oregon, 75c per sack; new on ions, ls'c per pound; cucumbers, Ore gon, 810c per dozen; string beans, 5 7c per pound; tomatoes, $2.00 per box; -green corn, 10(gl2e per dozen; sweet potatoes, 2 3c per pound ; egg plant, $1.50 per box. Faurm Sicily lemons, $6.00(96.50 per box: California new crop, $5.606.00 per box ; bananas, $1.60(33.00 per bunch ; oranges, $3.00 per box ; pineapples, $6.00 per dozen ; California apples, $1.251.60 per bushel; Oregon, 6075c; peaches, Oregon, 60(65c per box; freestone, 85 90c per box; clingstone, 7580c per box; Oregon peach plums, 4060c per box; Bradshaw plums, 60 (a 75c per box; Bartlett pears, $1.251.50 per box ; blackberries, 4 (3 6c per pound; water melons, $2.0OlO0 per dozen; canta loupes, $1.501.76 per dozen ; nutmeg melons, $1.60 per box; huckleberries, 16c per pound ; grapes (Muscat and Rose of Fern), $1.00 per box; Tokay, $1.60 per box ; nectarines, $1.25 per box. pbovisionb. Eastcrn Sxokbd Mbat and Labd Hams, medium, uncovered, 1516c per pound; covered, 1416ic; breakfast bacon, uncovered, 1617c; covered, 15V 16c; short clear sides, 13 14c; dry salt sides, lli12!4c; lard, compound, in tins, 10c per pound ; pure, in tins, 13 14c; Oregon lard, 11(8120. BOPS, WOOti AND HIDES. Hoes '92s, 10 16c per pound, accord ing to quality; new crop, '93s, h 17c. Wool Umpqua valley, 14 16c; fall clip, 1314c; Willamette valley, 10 12c, according to quality; Eastern Ore gon, 614c per pound, according to condition. Hides Dry hidea, selected prime, 68c; green, selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; nnder 65 pounds, 3c; sheep pelts, short wool, 3060c; medium, 60($80c; long, 90c$1.26; shearlings, 10 20c; tal low, good to choice, 35c per pound. LIVB AND DBE8SED MBAT. Bees Prime steers, $2.50 2.75; fair to good steers, $2.002.60; good to choice 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, 2c, live weight. Hoos Choice heavy, $6.005.60; me dium, $4.605.00; light and feeders, $4.50(85.00; dressed, $7.00. Vbaiv $4.006.00. bags and baooino. Burlaps, 8-ounce, 40-inch, net cash, 6c; burlaps, 10)4-ounce, 40-inch, net cash, 7c; burlaps, 11 Si-ounce, 45-lnch, 7c; burlaps, 16-ounce, 60-inch, 11c; burlaps, 19-ounce, 76-inch, 14c; wheat bags, Calcutta, 23x36, spot, 7e; 2-bushel oat bags, 7e ; No. 1 second hand bags, 7c; Calcutta hop cloth, 24 ounoe, 10c. MISCELLANEOUS. Tin I. 0. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual ity, $8.609.00 per box; for crosses, $2 extra per box ; I. C. coke plates, 14x20, prime quality, $7.50(558.00 per box; terne plate, I. C, prime quality, $.607.00. Nails Base quotations: Iron, $2.25; steel, $2.35; wire, $2.60 per keg. Stbbiv Per pound, lOic . Lead Per pound, 4c; bar, 8Je. NavalStobbs Oakum, $4,50(g 5.00 per bale; resin, $4.8()5.00 per 480 pounds; tar, Stockholm, $13 ; Carolina, $9 per bar rel ; pitch, $6 per barrel; turpentine, 6oo per gallon in car lota. . Iron Bar, 20 per pound; pig-iron. $23$25 per ton. ....