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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
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COLUMIHA COUNTY IMlirXTUin.
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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
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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..
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rilYSICIAK AND SUItQEON.
8t, Helena, Oregon-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. ....