The Oregon mist., September 15, 1893, Image 1

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The Official and Other News
or-
Columbia ; County.
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Official Paper
. Of-
Columbia : County,
VOL. 10.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1893.
NO. 38.
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THE MIST FUBL1SHINQ COMPAHT,
DAVIS BROS., Managers,
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
lukecrls-tlan Hales,
On, copy on year In adrance....... l M
On copy all mouth. .,..,....,.... 76
tingle oopy I
AdTerlleiuf Hale.
ProfeMtonal esrd on, jer 1 U
Op. column an year , 126
Half column on. year 76
Uuarter oohuiiu on. year 40
Un. Inch out uiuulli ........, J
(in. lunli three month..
Ou. Inob tit month ........
Lool notice., 1ft rent per line lor llr.t liner-
lloni ioc.uk per line lor aeon .uu.euu.ui iu
arllon.
Legal edrtl.innt, II. M per lurb fur flint
Inaertlon, aud 74 o.uU per luon (or each ub-
queutineeriiuii,
COLUMMA COUNTY DIKKOTOKY.
County Officer.
Jd... -..Dun nlaiichard, Rainier
Clcrt ., it. K HU-k, HI. Union
Dh.rlir H. A. Mauli-. HI. Ilel.ui
Treaaur r K. M. Wharton, ColamUaclty
lapl. of School.. , T. J. ne.titu, Veriiunle
A.....or W. II, Kyntr, Keluler
Surveyor A. B. Little, Kaiuier
IH. O. B-hoinorer, Voruoula
v..--...... Wi (!, Mayger.
ocioty Nallcee.
MiaoNIO, HI. Halana Lodge, Mo. M-Rgiiler
eoiuinumoaiioii. unit and mini naturaay in
..chuionlb t7:Wr. M. al Maaonto liall. Vl.lt
Ink number. In food (lauding Invited to al
I. ml.
MinoNic.-Kalnlar Lndg,, No. a-8tald
umatliia. Saturday on or befuroeauh full moon
al7.80rn.atMiuunlolj.il, ovar lllaui.li.rd'.
tar. Vlaitiuf member iu goon (lauuing in.
ylted to att.ml,
Oitn Kii.lu.i-Ht. Ifal.na l,od.e No. 117
Moat. vry Hatmilay night at 7: 80. Traii.laut
broihrea la good .tauillug oordlally Invited lo
aiiena.
The flalla.
Down river (boat) eloa. at I I
(a.m.
t o river ibnatlcloaa. al p. at.
The all for Veruonla and 1'ltt.burg
l.ave
It. li.leu Mouday, Wedueday aud frldeyet
I a. u.
Tha mall for Marahlaod. ClaUkanla and Mlat
leave yulnu Monday, naunoauay ana rriuay
aL 12 W
Mall (railway) north olo.a a 10 A. at.: fur
Portland at a r. M.
Traveler.' OutdoIll ver lloeuee.
HtiaMSsO. W. shavbb- !.. Bt. Halana
for Portland at II a. m. Tuevley, Thunder and
Saturday, l-eav. Kt. Helan. for clalikatila
Monday, Wedueailay and Friday at 1:00 a, .
Brutal laaLtt t-eave Ht. n.l.n. for Port
laud 7; a. u, returning at I. HO r. M.
HriiKita Jo.ipn Ki.i.io-IeaTaiHl. Halana
for Portland dally unapt Monday, at 7 a. , ar
rlln at Portland at 10. M; reluming, laav.
Porllauy at 1 r. M. arriving at St. Ueleii alt,
PROFESSIONAL.
pa. h. r. curr,
rHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
8t. Helena, Oregon.
J-)R. 1. E. lIAI.u,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Clatakmile, Columbia county, Or.
B. UTTLK,
SURVEYOR and
CIVIL ENGINEER,
Bt. Helen, Oregon.
Comity aurreyor. Lnd urveyint, town
SlatilnK, and engineering work promptly
one. .
OAVIAT.
TRAD! MANKti
OISIOM fATlUTi.
OOfVRIOHTS.
For fnforaiatloB and fra Handbook wrttj to
MUMN k CO.. Ml DMiiuwiT, Naw TORC
OKIt tmr.au for eaourln, patraU la Amarlca.
Krory patent t.k.n out by n. I. brought l;l(ora
ttia publlo by a uotloa ciraa f raa of chars, la tb,
lanraet elimlatloa of anr aaiantlfla papar ta the
world. Hoiuiilldly lllmtrated. No liii.llli.ni
Bi.a aaould li
taarl 11.611 .11
UMI latf T"
Thi Orarland Routs.
Two train, dally, l.aT
IngKllthandlatraeti, Urand Central Depot.
No. S, "The Limited
Fait Mall," leaving at
7:80 r. ., oarrtea Vo.tl-
bill
Full
llman Palac.
Blacpliig- and Dining
Car.
aim
I free Hncllnln
iff
Cbalr
Oara throuab
from Portland to Chi-
cago.TlaOouneil lilulfi,
without change. Thl tralu make dlreot eon
neotion for Denver, Kan.aa City, Bt. Loul.,
Pullman Sleeper and Chair Car for Walla Walla,
Cnlfax, FarinlngUin, Kockford and Spokane,
making dlroct connection, for Dayton, Pom
oroy, Mo.oow and Coaur d'Alene.
No. a, " Overland Klyer," loavlng at 8:45 1. M.,
cari'lci Pullman Palace and Tnurl.t Sleeper
from Portland toMiMourl rl- er without change.
Through train, arrive at A. M. aud 0 r. at.
OCBAN 8TKAMEKH MAY.
Lavi Portind. I l.ltaVg SAN FAlNCI00.
Columbia... May 1,18, 26
Oregon May 4, 10, 2S
Columbia May S, '20
State May 12, 24
mate May 6, 17, 20
Oregon May , zi
Ti.o onmnanv reaerve the right to ehange
ateamcr or .ailing day.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA ROUTE Morn
ing boat leave. Portland dally, eicept Sunday,
al 7 a.m.! returning, leave. A.lorla dally, cx
ent Sunday, at r. H. Night boat loave. Port
laud daily, eioept Saturday, at i. a.! return
ing, loaves Antorla dnlly, except Sunday, at A.
K. The tnomltig boat from Portland make,
landing on the Oregon aide Tueday, Thur."
lay aud Saturday; on the Wanhlngton lid
Monday, Wednetday and Friday. From A.
torla the morning boat make landing on the
Oreiron ldo Mondaya, Wedneaday and Friday,
nuil on tha Wa.lilugton lde Tueadaya, Thur
daya and Saturday. ...
C ABC A DIC KOUTK-Leave Aah treet at 6a. u.
dally, exoopt Sundays returning, leave Bonne
ville at l'2:K0 t. m., arriving at Portland at 6 r. at.
TO DAYTON AND WAY LANDINGS Mon
day, Wedne.day, Friday, 7 A. M.
Ocean .teauier. leave from Hieamahlp wharf
tr . . .......
A 1. 1
aw- Ticket ofll(-aM Waihlngton ttraot,
onier Third. w. H. HUlthliUKT, ,
AmeriMD
JJ a TJr TRAD! MAMKt.
S'JS MIOM PATIHT.
AJautani wenerai q
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Mormon Church Property In
Utah Escheated.
THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
Notorious Vlitlla Outlaw Sanguine
Of Acquittal Modua Vivendi
ia the Behring Sua.
Tlio tolnl British Columbia salmon
pack is 6 18,800,
ChrlH Kvana' trial ha been sot lor Oc
tober 30 at FrtMino.
jiit) ramiAriuit on the traser river are
cloned for the Hcawjn.
More men have bftm dianharirwl' from
tlio l.liollitr and I'oiohI on the UoitiMtock,
Waller Barth, a notorioiin horsethicf
hag t-Huaped from the Carson State
rinon.
Ruinfl In the monntaln, In Arizona
have started a boom in Halt river. The
cattle raiiKCg are in oplendid condition
P. M. Cashln, the Kan Francimn do
fmiltcr. now at Vancouver, It. C, savg
lie will come over and demonstrate lna
innocence before Ioiik,
The top of Mount Itainlor In WaHhinir-
ton ih aunt ny vxiiorniK mriu's w iw in
acct'Heilile thin year on account of uu-
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usual lormatlons ot ice
E. W. French. Probate Judae and ex-
oftlflo County KuiKirintndntof Schools,
lias been arrested at i'rescolt. A. T., an
charged with forgery and embezjsh'niout,
Tbo British war ship Champion has
Ijcen ilirwtod to co-operate witn the
United State fleet in carryinir out the
inotlua vlvendt In ttulinng Sea,
Preslilcnt Jordan av the financial
airuira of Stanford Universitv are in tier.
feet condition, and that the future of the
great institution li brighter than ever,
The gambler, leeing they will not be
iHTinltti'd to run game in Hacrnmento
during the State Pair, have rented every
available place In Washington across the
river.
The famous Vtica ntmrlr, mine at An
gels, Calaveras county, Cel., yieltleil lat
uionlli the enormous sum oi fiuo.uuu,
which was (25,000 more than the owner
expected.
Chris Evan, the Visalia outlaw, is
iitiHlied that lie will te acquitted by
the courts, ami complacently remarked
lint l am not so foolish as to suppose
that I am to have a walkover of it."
It I reported at San Pieiro that the
raciflc Hank has disposed oi its control!
ing intorcHt in the San Diego street rail
wav to the company that has been ex
periiiientina with the stormio-buttery
electric car in san r ranoiwo,
The rate of waee for nicking raisin
gruw in San Diego has been iixed at
il,!l6 per day and 2 cents per tray for
extra work, with board at 50 cents.
Plans have been developed for placing
the whole output in the hands of one
company.
The Montana wool Growers' Associa
tion in session at Great Falls has panned
resolution to send delegate to the R'
tional Convention at Chicago and to cut
down the wage of employes in vb w of
the present depreciated value of their
property,
Bv a decision of the Utah Supreme
Court In cases against the Monitor
'lillreh the (oirdo limine nronertv. the
church larm west of salt Uike and the
coal fields cast of the city are allotted to
the government, while the tithing proper
ty on Main street and the historical office
revert to the Mormon Church. The
property thus escheated bv the govern
ment is worth about fftOO.OOO, and will
be taken charge of by a receiver,
The report of Dr. Johnson on the re
sult of the chemical analysts oi the vis
cera removed from the body of John
martin at weaverville, uai., la to the ei
fect that "arsenic was not a factor in
causing death." The Coroner's jury was
not satiBlled with the report, and cave
the following peculiar verdict: "That
the catiso was in our opinion not occa
sioned from natural causes, and there
fore we are unable to determine and
from the evidence find the cause of his
death," The Coroner deems the report
of the doctor incomplete, and Is not sat
isfied with it.
The Oregon (Mo.) Democrat says:
"Visitors to the World's Fair are dis
posed to speak enthusiastically of the
exhibition made by the yonng and rising
State of Oregon, notwithstanding the
small sum of money her managers had
at their dispensation. 'If Missouri had
used her appropriation as Judiciously,
what a showing we could have made,'
is a common remark. But we of this
corner are not jealous of the glorious
region from which our county-seat drew
its name on account of the old-time in
timacies between our pioneers and emi
grants and visitors to and from the Mis
souri river and Willamette country. In
'30 and the early MOsourpointwasagreat
place for the pioneers to rest and gut
their teams shod oxen mostly. How
many, whose descendants are prominent
people of Oregon State, rested here for a
brief space till ' grass was ready,' pre
paratory to their long, weary tramp
across the plains, over the mountain
and plateaus to that then mystic land,
' where rolls the Oregon anil hears no
sound save it own dashingsl' "
Representatives of Italian exhibitors
at the Chicago Fair called on Director
General de Young of the Midwinter Ex
position at San Francisco, ami asked for
15,000 square feet of space in the me
chanical and flue arts building, which is
more than it will be possible to give
them In that structure. They may agree
to take 12,000 feet of space and have
their exhibit dividod between three of
the buildings. It is the opinion of the
Italian Commissioners that the foreign
exhibitors at Chicago will all want a
large amount of space, and they don't
think the plans for the fair buildings are
on a scale large enough. The Director
General said that, If the financial condi
tion were somewhat better, he would en
largo the buildings, but under the cir
cumstances he did not think it would be
practicable. Space at the fair will be of
two kinds within and outside of the
buildings. The Hawaiians, Chinese and
Japanese hare located space outside, and
will construct their own buildings. Re
ports from the interior are encouraging.
In several quarters active preparations
or Pig exhllilts are going on, antt many
of the oountics have made appropna-
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tion for collecting material.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The trouble between the Mexican and
United State official at Havana, I ex
f rowing out of the seizure of 3,000 shoep
jy Mexican officials, is receiving the at
tention of President Cleveland and Sec
retary UroHham. All telegrams and other
data hearing on the subject are now he
fore the State Department for action
and the matter may soon become one of
unusual diplomatic importance.
Special Agent Ayers' mtich-talked-of
suppressed report on tin plate has been
given out by the Treasury Department.
It shows during the period from July 1
to March 31 the aggregate production of
tin plate in this country from sheet
rolled In the United State was 84,032,
052 pounds. The aggregate amount of
Imported black plates converted into tin
plate in the United States was 3,2!0,282
pounds, making a grand total of hotu
kinds of 73,1)22,334 pounds.
The recent advice received bv Secre
tary Morton from an agent in Europe
fully confirm previous reports regarding
the shortage of certain crops in inimv
lections of Europe, which he represent
Is likely to guarantee a largo demand for
American forage crops, including corn
Although he does not think it likely that
much of the latter will be used for hu
man food, he represents that the tariff
complication between Kussia and trer
manv are likely to rentier the latter
country especially dependent upon the
united Males for Its supply.
The Canadian Collectors of Customs
have been directed to brand all butter
and cheese in transit from the United
States of America. The Deputy Col
lector of the district of Vermont, sta
tioned at Montreal, states that the object
of tins action is in the first place to lire-
vent, tame uramiing huh iitinrupruruiiiA-
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tion of foreign butter and cheese as Ca
nadian in the country of destination.
and second, to supply a safeguard against
vim? Duun,i I'll I.,.,, ui vniiiviiaii uu,vi;i .uu
cheese, which increases the transit and
retention of the foreign product in Can
ada without payment of duly.
At no time since the war have custom
receipts been so low as now. The matter
is causing Secretary Carlisle a good deal
of worry. In the Treasury last week
the cash balance was reduced to f 108,-
1X10,000, inclusive of gold reserve and
110,000,000 abroscd and uncurrent and
subsidiary coin. What, is left of the de
picting gold reserve continues to be the
only cash balance in tue treasury witn
which to pay current expenses. . The re
ceipts are now running about $170,000
per day helium the expenditures. Por
the first timo the import duties have fal
len below the internal revenue receipts.
For the fiscal year from July 1 to the
present tune the government expendi
tures have exceeded the receipts by f l!),-
000,000. At this rate the delicit at the
end of the year will be very large.
The vigorous prote entered by the
United States government aiftinst the
outrage to Miss Milton, an American
missionary, in the Turkish province of
Mosul has borne fruit that will insure
to some extent in future the safetv of
Christian missionaries in Turkey. The
United State made a demand for a rigid
investigation of the outrage and punish
ment of the guilty parties. This de
mand was met by the Turkish authorities
n a manner entirely satisiactorv to tins
government, iiereaiter tno vizier oi
M'tsul will give a Vixieral letter to mis
sionaries. recommending the bearer to
the protection of the authorities, and
military escort will be furnished all mis
sionaries who desire it. furthermore,
the Vizier has sent an officer and troops
to tbo scene of the outrage with instruc
tions to investigate and make a report;
but, owing to the remote situation of the
place, no report has vet been made.
The difficulty of guarding effectually
tno vast trontierof the united Mates on
the North and South has been frequently
made apparent. Chinese come in from
Mexico and Canada; alien contract la
borers, too, cross our frontiers, and now
it is discovered the aboriginal American
is engaged in eluding the vigilance of
Uncle Sam's customs officers. A case
was brought to the attention of Assist
ant Secretary Hamlin the other day. An
Indian was reported a having crossed
from Canada with (2.000 worth of Indian
good in his Kssession. By law the In
dians in their migrations on the North
ern border go to and return from Canada
at will, and are allowed to carry their
"ellects" with them duty free. Ihe
Indian, it is asserted by the special agent
reorting the case, has evidently learned
"Bome tricks" from hi pale-faced neigh
bors, and Is bringing into this country as
his personal "ellects" goods subject to
duty. In this case the Indian swore that
the goods were his, but it is learned that
he is a runner for a Canadian manufact
urer, and that they are sold to Indians
in the United State on the Northern
border without paying the duty the law
requires. An investigation of the mat
ter has been ordered.
A great many bills have been filed in
the House. A great majority are bihs
that have already found a place on the
calendars of the previous Congress, such
as bills to repeal the Federal election
law ; to repay to State the cotton tax ;
to establish a uniform system of bank
ruptcy;' to increase the facilities for
prosecuting war claims of various kinds.
Tlio original bills chiefly grow out of the
existing financial conditions. Several
are to repeal the 10 per cent lax on Mate
bank circulation and two to establish an
ncome tax. One bv Richardson (Dem.)
of Tennessee is radical in its provisions.
Ho proiwse a tax of 2 per cent on 13,-
000 to 5,000, 5 per cent on $5,000 to 10.
000, 10 per cent on $10,000 to $20,000, 15
por cent on $20,000 to $30,000, 20 percent
on $30,000 to $50,000, 30 per cent on $50,
000 to $100,000, 40 per cent on all over
$100,000. A national bank bill has been
prepared by Harter (Dem.) of Ohio, un
der the provisions of which a national
bank may issue circulating bonds to se
cure it, and the bonds now on deposit
with the Treasurer to secure circulation
may be withdrawn, the United States to
take the first lien on the assets of any
failed national bunk to secure it guar
antee of the bank's circulation, and in
citso the assets are not sufficient to re-
nburse the government the Comptroller
of the Currency is to make an assess
ment upon all the national banks of the
State in which the derelict bank is lo
cated, dividod pro rata according to the
lapital and surplus, to make up ine ae-
i .1 - t. : I il. n nf 1.
CltMlCV. XtlSlllfCS vlio f u iioi imii ui nio
rculation provided for as stated, the
ninks may issue an amount equal to 50
Cer cent of their capital and surplus to
a known as emergency circulation, se
cured by United States bonds, and to
pay a tax oi O per cent until retire.
Among the other bills introduced are:
To provide for the admission of Arizona;
to enanie ine people ot inew mexiuo,
Utah. Artsona and Oklahoma to form a
constitution anil State government and
be admitted into the Union, i
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EASTERN NEWS.
Kansas Issues an Appeal for
Seed Wheat.
WHEAT EXPORTS TO EUROPE.
Total Valuation of Illinois Property
for Taxation Purpose, The
Behring Sea Fleet
Philadelphia ha 23,000 more boys
man gins.
Chicago's stock of sugar ii low, and
Wholesalers cannot nil orders.
There is a noticeable increase in de
posits of the Cincinnati banks.
Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago ha
oeen reducing his tenants rents.
I he movement to provide a pension
lor Mrs. Jenerson Davis is to be revived,
The government has ordered by mail
the dissolution oi the iichring Sea fleet,
A genuine case of leprosy has been
lotintt in the penitentiary at .Laramie,
vvyo.
A bout 200,000 old pension claims are
BiiiKiiuuKtm, inter tiHjuia iHKing tue prec
t 1 , . I I 1... .. 1 . ! i,
edent.
Congressman O'Neil predict that coal
win be placed on the free list in the re
vision.
The Texas lines have agreed upon uni
form rules in the handling of cotton
prouuets.
Grasshoppers have struck the section
of Illinois about Litchfield, and are do
ing great damage.
The annual eclipse of the sun in Octo
ber will be visible over the Western half
of North America.
The fruit crop of Oklahoma this year
is reported to exceed the production of
the last lour years.
Kansas has issued an anneal for seed
wheat or money to buy it for farmers in
the western part of the State.
The total receipts of gold In Chicatro
direct from Europe are estimated to be
slightly in excess of $8,000,000.
Chicago is convinced that it " needs "
a new $4,000,000 Federal building. New
i or, "needs" a new postomce.
Angered citizens on the Rio Grande
bonier, Texas, have been rounding up
iniLitt-vmevCTi. riii-y were caiigm.
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The Kansas Board of Health is ar
ranging for a thorough investigation of
the sanitary condition of the State.
The big storm nearly exterminated the
grasshoppers which have been making
sticn ravages on crops ana vegetables in
unieru new lurn, -
The Louisville and Nashville troubles
have been temporarily healed. The men
work at a reduction of 10 per cent in
,U TM I '
wageB untu iecemuer.
President Palmer of the World's Fair
directory says this is no time for sub
scriptions for the Duke of Veragua, and
nothing has been done to help linn.
It is estimated that the total damage
to the ovBter beds of New Haven Harbor
and Long Island Sound, caused by the
recent storm, amounts to sz,000,UU0.
It is reported that a newspaper is to
be established in Lewiston, Me., to ad
vocate Canadian independence. The
town is full of French Canadian factory
nanus.
The remarkable claim is made by the
Jessnp (Ga.) Sentinel that there has not
been a death in that town since last Sep
tember, j. be town has a population of
over i,uuu.
During the six weeks ending August
27 over 30,000,000 bushel of wheat were
exported to Europe. Iu the same time
last year leBs than 20,000,000 bushels
were exported.
The demand for currency has brought
out the old fractional scrip, government
and other, issued during the war, which
have for years been in collections or have
been forgotten.
The Eastern and Western coal sales
Agents at New York have decided that
the September output shall be 3,000,000
tons instead of z.bu.OOO tons as previ
ously reported.
Chicago day at the World's Fair will
be October 9, the anniversary of the great
fire oi 181. t lags, banners, streamers
and bunting will be displayed everv-
wuere in me city.
The total valuation of Illinois property
for taxation purposes is only $701,230,681,
otmtmg in Chicago, w atches are val
ued at an average of $2.02. while all the
diamonds and jewelry in the State are
rated at J&7.347.
The Grant Locomotive Works at Chi
cago are about to resume business, and
will employ 1,200 men. The works have
a rontract to build fifty-five locomotives
for the Burlington road at a cost ex
ceeding (600,000.
Delaware has a big peach crop: it is
estimated that there will be 3,000,000
bushels of peaches, if these peaches
sen tor ou cent a basket, the sum of II.
500,000 will go into the pockets of the
peach orchard owners.
The Indiana State Board of Tax Com
missioner has finished its assessment
and valuation of railroad property in
that State. The total assessed value of
the roads is approximately $160,000,000.
or $750,000 less than last year.
A 68-foot Bteam yacht, called the Fei-
aeen (Japanese for flying arrow) and
owned by W. B. Cogswell of Syracuse,
made a run in New York waters tne other
day at the rate of 31.6 miles an hour,
beating the record for steam vesssels. ,
A gold medal was found in the stom
ach of a Texas steer slaughtered at Chi-
ago last week. The medal is in the
shape of a Maltese cross, and bears the
nscnption, "Awarded to Miss Ida Work.
Ursuhne Academy, Dallas, Tex." Ar
mour & Co. have written to the convent
people, stating the medal ia subject to
their order.
A party of union and non-union paint
ers, while discussing the merits of their
position in the labor world at Chicago.
lecsme angry and began fighting. The
police were called, and the combatants
ran. One of the men, Emil Schults, was
followed bv a crowd shouting. "Ston
thief," and the farther he ran the greater
became the crowd which followed. He
was cornered, and the crowd pelted him
with stones. He fired at the mob sev-
ral times, and hit a woman half a block
off. A police officer finally reached him,
and knocked him down.
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.
Jerusalem Is to have a brewery.
New buildings in France have plaster
noors.
The Germans have invented a steam
bicycle.
England needi 250,000,000 brlckl
monthly.
A Vermont mill is making 600,000,000
postal cards.
The use of steel for ship-building was
begun in 18 tf.
The miners and laborers are deserting
Liadvme, Jol.
England takes 40,000 tons of eggs from
ireiand yearly.
Three-fourths of the population of
nusBia are farmers.
About 10,000 gross of pen are pro
duced irom a ton oi steel.
Twenty thousand men are employed
ii jf vnv vrorumu uiavy.
An ounce of gold is worth $20.67. We
sold ours for $16 in 1849.
During the present century 8,000 tons
oi gold nave been mined.
In the City of Mexico the street rail
way lurnisnes funeral cars.
Now we have an electric eloth-cutter
also an electric rock-breaker.
At the present day about 96 per cent
ot an vessels ount are ot steel.
Hog-packing to August 20 this year
was 4,545,000 hogs, against 5,730,000 last
year.
It is said the silver depreciation will
cost the Mexican government $10,000,000
a year.
The United States produces more grain
in proportion to population than any
other nation.
Since 1840 the world's production of
meat nas increased t per cent, that ot
grain 4zu per cent.
It is estimated that last year 1.285.
000,000 bananas were consumed in the
United States alone.
There are 3.700 national. 3.000 State
and 1,300 private banks in the United
states, a total of 8,000.
Diamonds worth over $6,000,000 wefe
sold in one lot recently by the De Beers
n e . l . r . T . . . , . .
iuiiipauy ui oouiu Airica to a nynutcate.
By irrigation 25,000,000 acre are made'
fruitful in India aloni. in Egypt there
are about 6,000,000 and in Europe about
o,uuu,uuu.
The United States has ittst begun fhe
work of improving the waste area, and
has already about 4,000,000 acres of ir
rigated lands.
In Great Britain the actual nnmlier of
persons engaged in agriculture is 2,561.-
000; in manufacture, 5,189,000; in com
merce, 7,985,000.
Of the thousands upon thousands of
women who deposit in the Philadelphia
savings banns more than hail are board
ing-house keepers.
The saloons of Chicago employ 24,000
persons. There are over 5,000 of them,
notwithstanding that 2,000 have lately
gone out oi DUBinesg.
To make 1.000 cubic feet of illuminat
ing gas eight pound of coal, costing 2
cents, and lour gallons of naphtha, cost
ing iz cent, are required.
The largest gold nuggets found in Aus
tralia were the "Welcome," 2.020 ounces.
and the "Stranger," 2,280 ounces, valued
respectively at 8,3HU and U,400.
The value of the gold produced in this
country from 1792 to 1892 was $5,633,-
908,000, and the value of the silver
mined during the same period was $o,
104,961,000. The first appearance of peanuts in
mercantile history was a consignment of
ten bags sent from Virginia to New York
for sale in 1794. In 1892 the product waa
z.uuu.ouu bushels.
Russian women and Japanese men are
said to excel all the other world's work
ers with the needle by those who have
closely studied the embroidery exhibits
in different buildings at the World's pair.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Ex-Senator Allen has resumed his law
practice at Seattle.
Rev. Samuel P. Jones, grandfather of
Sam P. Jones, the Georgia evangelist, is
still living, and has just celebrated his
88th birthday at Cartersville.
Lena Stevenson, who has been a circus
clown for twenty years, has taken the
queerest somersault of his career. He
has landed in the Salvation Army. .
Baron von SchloeTier, recently German
Embassador to the Vatican, who aroused
the dislike of Emperor William because
of his friendship lor Bismarck, has about
decided to take up his abode in Berlin.
The Countess von Ronue of Rouen,
France, the mother of Mrs. Florence
Mavbrick, has instituted suit in Rich
mond for the recovery of 2,000,000 acres
of land in Virginia and West Virginia,
whtch she claims were obtained from her
family through deception and fraud.
The campaign for the woman suffrage
amendment to the constitution of Kan
sas has opened out there with Susan B.
Anthony, Helen M. Gougar, Mary E.
Lease and others on the stump. It looks
as if they would have things all their
own way so far as the oratory is con
cerned. The late Editor Buck of the Spirit of
the Times was a friend and exponent of
honest sport, and his charming personal
qualities won for him troops of friends
everywhere. He waa a generous fellow
withal, as was shown by his having left
about $50,000 in unpaid due bills for
money lent by him to friends in distress.
Admiral Humann. the commander-in-
chief of the French forces in Siara,
whose name has appeared so often in
print since the beginning of the trouble
between France and the Oriental country.
is the grandson of Jean George Humann,
a rich merchant ot strastnirg, who was
Minister of Finance under the so-called
July monarchy.
Thomas A. Edison comes of a lonir-
lived stock. His father is still alive at
Port Huron, Mich., at the age of 90.
His grandfather was 103 years old. and
two of his aunts lived to be 98 and 99 re
spectively. Samuel Edison, the father
of the inventor, looks forward to monv
more years of activity. Hn ia verv nmnit
of his famous son, who is known to the
lamuy as "Al."
Ex-President Benlamin Harrinnn'a
lectures at Stanford University have been
postponed until February, because, as is
announced, he has other duties pressing
upon his attention in the East. They
win Degm jiebruary 10, and the series
will run through till the middle nf March.
To most of them only the students will
be admitted, but a few, which will be on
some popular subjects, will be open to
.lie gcuoiai puuite.
FOREIGN CABLES.
Sultan Loses Twelve Wives
Through Vaccination.
RATS ARE UTILIZED IN PARIS,
The Recent Riots fai the Capital of
France Coat the Government
a Considerable Sum. V
Welsh mine owners have refused to
take back repentant strikers.
Russian railway trains rarely go as
fast as twenty-two miles an hour.
The debt of the late Duke of Saxe-
Coburg, Germany, are estimated at $750,
000.
By the exertion of "General " Booth
Edinburgh is to open a shelter for
women.
Count Tolstoi has just finished an in
quiry into social matters, which is to be
published soon in P.nghsh.
Cooks of all nations are to have a fair
and feast In Paris next year, with prizes
for "authors oi new dishes."
Baron Edmond de Rothschild's colony
in Palestine shows such promise of suc
cess that he has purchased more land,
In Asiatic Turkey the roads are said
to tie so bad that the freight on a ton of
wheat for 100 mile would be over $45,
Grasshopper soup, of which Stanley
wrote as a luxury in Africa, has been
experimented with in Paris with success.
An experimental shipment of oaten
hay ha been made from Geelong, Aus
tralia, and consigned to a London nrm
Local telegrams are now being trans
mitted through pneumatic tubes in most
of the principal cities oi Ureal Britain
London contain one-eighth of Great
Britain's population. It has a larger
daily delivery of letters than all Scot
land.
The tallest tree on earth is perhaps
gum tree (eucalyptus regnans), recently
discovered in Australia. It is 415 feet
high.
A meeting of the Latin Union is to be
called to decide the question of the na
tionalization of fractional silver cur
rency.
The King of Siam is about 42 year of
age, and received his early education
from an P.ngnsn lady, xie is a great ad
mirer of England.
The London Pall Mall Budget the
other day announced that the yacht
Navahoe was " named after one of the
American States."
Herr KraoD. the great German gun-
maker, is preparing for an exhibition at
Essen, Germany, of the progress of ar
tillery since 1804.
It is said that President Carnot of
France is suffering from a cancerous af
fection of the liver, which will require a
dangerous operation soon.
Some London music-hall shares, lately
sold, show that business is good. The
Tivoli sells at nearly 200. the Pavilion at
125 and the Empire at 350.
Customs frauds in the importation of
cereals have been discovered in France,
whereby the government ha been de
frauded out of large sums in duties.
Drummers are to be attached to the
Paris police. When riots are appre
hended the beating of the police drum
win be equivalent to reading the not act.
Dueling in Russia has become so com
mon that the government has been com
pelled to decree a severe code of punish
ment. Killing an antagonist will cost
six years .r prison.
It is estimated that about 290.000 ca
nary birds are raised every year in Ger
many, rne most lmrjortant market is
the United States, which imports about
luu.uuu birds per annum.
Owing to a disagreement with their
customers as to the price of milk, the
cow owners of Rappoltsweiler, an Alsa
tian dairy village, are pouring their en
ure product into tne river. :
There is one place in France in which
gravestones and funeral epitaphs are
unknown, litis is the village of Boreias
in the Maritime Alps. The dead are not
buried, out are thrown into a bonehouse.
The recent riots in Paris cost the gov
ernment something. Troons to the num
ber of 20,000 were brought into the city
to strengthen the garrison, and their
maintenance there amounted to $15,000
day.
As 337 persons, mostly old women.
were injured by bicycle collisions in
London last year, the city government
is considering a law to have the bicycle
riders duly numbered and licensed like
hackmen.
A vase, which has taken four years to
complete, has just been sent to London
from a Minton manufactory. It is val
ued at 1,500, and is considered the
handsomest thing of the kind that has
ever been made.
The census of foreigners resident in
France shows a total of 1,130,211. The
Belgians are most numerous, and next
to them stand the Italians. Since 1851
the number ot American residents has
increased from 5,000 to 12,000.
" Bread and butter dances " are a late
form of entertainment designed by the
ladies of Sydney. Australia. Thev are
given for a charity, and in order that it
may beneut as much as possible the sim
plest refreshments are served.
In Paris they first utilize rats to clean
the flesh from the bones of carcasses,
men Kin tne rats, use up the fur for
trimmings, the skin for gloves, their
thigh bones for toothpicks and their ten
dons and bones for gelatin wrappers.
In its efforts at retrenchment and re
rra the government of New South
ales has already effected a reduction
in the expenditures for this year of $7,
500,000 as compared with last year. Of
ficial salaries have been cut ail around.
F. P. Loomis, formerly United State
Consul at St. Etienne. savs that from an
investigation he made he finds that
about 95,000 Americans of the better
class visit Europe every year, and that
they spend about $100,000,000 annually
aurouu.
The Sultan of Turkey is grievini? over
the sudden death of twelve of the most
beautiful women in the imperial harem
at. Constantinople, the result of blood
poisoning following vaccination. One
nniidied and sixty-seven wives survived
similar operation.
PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat Valley, 92J95cj Walla
Walla, 6285c per cental.
HOPS, WOOL AND HIDgS.
Hops "928, 1010c per pound, accord
ing to quality; new crop, '93s, 15(gl7c.
Wool Prices nominal.
Hides Dry selected prime, 5c ; green,
salted, 60 pounds and over, 3Xc; under
60 pounds, 2(3 3c; sheep pelt, shearlings,
lOtglSc; medium, 2035ct long wool,
3060c; tallow, good to choice, 8(g5cper
pound.
FLOUR, FKKD, BTC.
Floor Standard, $3.25; Walla Walla,
$3.25; graham, $2.75; superfine, $2.60
per barrel.
Oats New white, 3536c per bushel ;
new gray, 3233c ; rolled, in bags, $6.25
6.60; barrels, $6.606.75; cases, $3.75.
MiLLSTurr Bran, $17.00; shorts,
(20.00; ground barley, t2223; chop
feed, $18 per ton ; whole feed, barley, 80
85c per cental; middlings, $2328
per ton; chicken wheat, $1.10(31.25 per
cental.
. Hay Good, $1012 per ton.
DAISY PSOPDCS.
Bottir Oreiron fancy creamery. 2K,a
26jcj fancy dairy, 2022)c; fair to
good, ior3i4c; common, 14loc per
pound ; California, 3544c per roll.
Ciikiss Oregon, 12Jc; California,
1314c; Young America, 1516c per
pound.
Egos 16c per dozen.
PorjLTBY Chickens, old. $4.50(25.00:
broilers, $2.003.50; ducks, $4.00(6.00;
geese, $8.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 14c
per pound; dressed, none in the market.
V SO STABLES AND PRDrTS.
Vegetables Cabbage, lc per pound ;
potatoes, Oregon, 80(or5c per sack : new
onions, 1 Xc per pound ; cucumber, Ore
gon, 810c per dozen ; string beans, 5
7c pier pound ; tomatoes, 6075c per box ;
green corn, 1012c per dozen; sweet
potatoes, 2g24c per pound ; egg plant,
1 1.50 per box; new California celery, 90c
per dozen.
Fsurrs Sicily lemons. $6.00(3)6.50 per
box: California new cron 15.5096 00
per box ; bananas, $1.603.00 per bunch : .
oranges, $3.00 per box; pineapples, $6.00
per dozen; caiuornia apples, $l.Zol.5U
per bushel; Oregon, 6075c; peaches.
California, 75(385c per box; freestone, 60
(865c per box; clingstone, 7580c per
box; Oregon peach plums, 4060c per
box; Bradshaw plums, 6075o per
box; Bartlett pears, $1.25(21.50 per box ;
Diacxperries, woe per pound; water
melons, $2.00(32.50 per dozen: canta
loupes, $1.25(31.60 per dozen; nutmeg
melons, $1.50 per box; huckleberries,
15c per pound ; grapes, black and white.
8590c; Tokay, $1.001.15 per box;
nectarines, $1.25 per box; crab apples,
$1.251.50 per box.
STAPLE OBOCBKIES.
Dbied Fsurrs Petite prunes. 10011c:
silver, ll12c; Italian, 13c; German,
10(8 11c; plums, 8(g9c; evaporated ap
ple, 10llc; evaporated apricots, 12(d)
15c: peaches, 10al2,,c: pears. 7&lle
per pound.
Honey Choice comb, 18c per pound;
new Oregon, 1620c; extract, 910c.
Salt Liverpool, 100s, $16.00; 60s,
(16.60; stock, $8.50(9.50.
Corrgg Costa Rica, 22c; Rio, 21c;
Salvador, 21c ; Mocha, 25 14 30c ; Java,
24i30c; Arbuckle's and Lyon, 100
pound cases, 23.80c per pound; Colum
bia, same, 23.80c
Ricb lsland,f4.'65.0u; Japan, ;
New Orleans, $4-50 per cental.
Beanb bmall whites, Smc: pinks.
314c; bayos, 3'ic; butter, 4c; lima, 3o
per pound.
Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 4055c;
In half-barrels, 42(t57c; in cases, 35(9
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 20 40c per gallon; $1.76 per
keg.
Sugar D, 5jjC ; Golden 0. SKc ; extra
C, 5c ; confectioners' A, 6 VjC ; dry gran
ulated, 6c; cube, crushed and pow
dered, 7iio per pound ; Jc per pound
discount on all grades lor prompt caen,
maple sugar, 15 16c per pound.
CANNED GOODS.
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted.
(1.752.00; peaches, $1.85(32.10; Bart
lett pears, 11.70(32.00; plums, Ti.a4(g
1.50; strawberries, $2.25(32.45; cherries,
$2.2532.40; blackberries, $1.85(32.00;
raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25(3
2.80: apricots. il.65(cti2.0O. Pie fruits.
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.00(31.20; blackberries, (1.25(31.40 per
dozen. - Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.15(33.50; peaches, $3.504.00; apri
cots, $3.504.00; plums, $2.753.00;
blackberries, $4.Z54.60.
Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.60; 2a,
$2.40; chipped, $2.55(34.00: lunch
tongue, Is, $4 ; 2s, $6.76; deviled ham,
$1.75(42.15 per dozen.
Pisu bardmes, Ms, vocftjxz.zo; ta,
$2.154.50; lobsters, $2.30(83.50; sal
mon, tin Mb talis, $1.25(31.50; flats.
$1.75;2-lbs, $2.252.50; -barrel, (5.60.
BAGS AND BAOGINO.
Burlaps, 8-ounce, 40-inch, net cash,
6c; burlaps, 10 -ounce, 40-inch, net
cash, bSjc; Dunaps, llj -ounce, 4o-incn,
7sc; burlaps, 16-ounce, 60-inch, 11c;
burlaps. 19-ounce, 76-inch, 14c; wheat
bags, Calcutta, 22x36, spot, 8c;
2-bushel oat bags, 74c; No. 1 second
hand bags, 7c ; Calcutta hop cloth, 24-
ounce, 10c :
MISCELLANEOUS,
' Tin I. C. charcoal, 14x20, prime anal-
itv. 18.50(39.00 per box: for crosses. i2
extra per box; I. O. coke plates, 14x20,
prime quality, $7.50(38.00 per box; tenia
plate, I. C, prime quality, $6.50(37.00.
Nails Base quotations: Iron, $2.25;
steel, (2.35; wire, (2.50 per keg.
steel ror pound, lU'c.
Lead Per pound, 4j(c; bar, 60.
Natal Stork Oakum. 14.50(36.00 per
bale; resin, $4.80(?6.00 per 480 pounds;
tar, Stockholm, sis ; Carolina, f per bar
rel : pitch. $6 per barrel : turpentine. 65c
per gallon in car lots.
Iron Bar, 20 per pound; pig-iron.
(23(25 per ton. - ....
LI VI AND DRESSED MEAT.
Beef Prime steers. 2.50(3i2.75 : fair
tn imrul .tu 0 0039 KTI . -I
w fivv.. Bum,., r..wtsi..uv, KWU W .llV.t.U
cows, (1.60(82.00; dressed beef. $3.50(4
6.00.
Mutton Choice mutton. t2.00tfi2.Kn:
dressed, $4.00(o?4.50; lambs, $2.002.50;
dressed, $6.00; shearlings, 2c, live
weigm.
Hogs Choice heavy. $6.00(36.60: ma.
dium, $4.50(35.00; light and feeders.
f.outsio.uu ; uremeu, f.uv.
Veal $4.006.00.
provisions.
Eastern Smoked Meat and Lasd .
Hams, medium, uncovered, 15(3 16c per
pound; covered, 14,15ie; breakfast
bacon, uncovered, 1617c; covered, 15.
16.c; short clear sides, 1314e; dry
salt sides, lli12)c; lard, compound,
in tins, 10c per pound ; -pure, in tins, 13
14c; Oregon lard, ll4 L2c