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Judge,, ....p. an HlaiK'harrt.ltalular
Vrk ...... ......... ...... ........ .K. K. U k. Hi. Helen
Hnerlfl" ....... T. I. "tails, Hi, Ileleia
Treasur r. JC. M. Wharton, oluiiti.lH city
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Surveyor A. H. l.lnlu. Ilniiltui
Comiiilaahiuera..,..
in. ii. st'iiooiiover, veruonia
U, w. iiaruoa, Ipilney,
doir ftollcea.
Wnimic.-Ht. Helens Lodge, No. ttl-Hegnlar
einaiiiuulnfttlous oral and llilnl Saturday in
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lug member In Hi"' standing Invlteil to at
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MuNtt',ltaliiier Lodge. Nil J4-Htated
melliiaa Haltinlav on or liulureoach lull iiiuon
at7:IUI p. H. at Mmuiuli' hull, over lllauchard'a
lore. .Mulling uiuuihers lu good .landing In
VtU'dtp atUifnt, ,
Oin fau-fiwa 81, Helena I.oIl' No, 117-
MiMta every Hatunley night at 7;M. Transient
uruihreu In nana aiaiidhig cordially luviied lo
aiumu.
The Ulalla.
Iiown river (laat) clou, at I 80 a, u.
I'll iltrer (Ix.nll i ln at 4 r. u.
' Tim mull Tor Vornonle ami I'lll.hnrg leaves
St. Helens Muidey, Wednesday ami Friday at
I l
'I lia mall lur Marshland, eiatukaiite ami Mlat
leave 4iluu Monday, nadmwday ami tuuay
at 19 m
Malta (railway) north elate S 10 A.M.! lur
Portland at S r. M.
Travelers' WMlate-.Htrer Homes).
KTa.aaall. W. Kiiivh- U-nvea 8t. Heleim
lur I'urtlamlrftt II , M. '1'iunrtay, I'll urndav anil
Hittunlay. Iutva . Wl. IU'Ii ix lur Clalakatile
Munilay, WndiiwHluy ami Friday al:00 a, H.
HTR a Maa lK i.na Lvavea HI. Helena lor Fort-
laudTfi . M. icluriilna atl:Mir. M.
Hnnar.tt Joatji ii Kki.i.ouo UavenHt. Helena
lur C.irilaiillidl'aarvit niniiay, at 7 . .. ar
rlrlllvial rurtlamr at W HO; rutornlna, leave
Forilauf at I r. u arrlvlmt at HI. Helena at 4.
yyn. H. R. CUFF,
rriYBfCf AN and SURORON.
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JB. I. R. HAI.U
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Clalnkiiiile, Coliitiilila county. Or.
B. I.I ITI.K. ' '
SURVKYORand -
. CIVIL ENGINEER,
s Ht. lleltinn, Oregon.
Ootinty mtrveyor. Laiiil eurvcyhiictown
plutiliiK, ami eiiKijH'tiriiiji work promptly
dune. . . 4 t 1 1 I ..
Solentlflo American
Agenoy
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man
tuauaiiaua, 3U i ittoadway. Mew York
Thi Overland Routs.
two tralna dally, leer
ing Filth and 1 alreeta,
. Uraml Central Depot.
No. II, "The Limited
Ft Mali," leaving at
7:80 r. H., carriea Veatl
bule Pullinaii l'alaoe
Hlet.pliig and Dining
Can and tree Keiditilng
Chair Care through
Irnin Portland to Clil
cuiio.vlaCouncIl UluRa,
without change. Tila train makea direct con
niwllona for Ienver, Kan.aa City, 8t. Iiiiia,
llolr-iia, Untie and HI. Paul; also rr oj through
I'ulluiaiiHleeiwr awdChalrCar for Walla Walla,
Collnx, Farmlugtoii, llookford and Spokane,
jimklng tlliwt- ruuiiei'tUmil for Dayton, .Pom
eroy, Miwoow and Omtir d'Alotie.
No. H," Overland Flyer," leaving at 8:4S A. M.,
rarrlim l'ullimiii I'aliioe and Tourlat Bleeiwra
I ruin Portland toMiaamirf rtverwlthontehange.
Through tralnn arrive ot.7:26 A. M. and II . u.
r.w.iVR PlillTLANlf.
.r.AVB Han Franciuco.
0nlnnilla...Mayl,18,W
Hinte May n, 17,
Oregon May 4, in, 28
Columbia. .....May 8,20
Hiaie May Vi, U
Ol'ogou may v, n
i ih. rami nan v reHorvmi the right to change
W' iX DltlON iATINTi
iawv
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lug Iroat leaves Portland dally, except Sunday,
at 7 a m. retnrnlng, leaven Astoria dally. e
ropt Hnndny, at 6 p. M. Night boat lciivm Port
laud dallv.oxceptHHtnrday, al jr. M. return
ing, ltiavua Aatorla dally, except Sunday, at 6 A.
M The morning boat from Portland makes
landing" on the Oregon side Tneadaya, Thura'
divya Bud Hftturdaya; on the Waahlnglon aide
Moiidava, Wedn.day and Fr day. From Ai
toria tlie morning boat makoa landlnga. on the
4lngoii ilde Mondaya, Wednesdays and Fridays,
and on the Washington side Tuesdays, Thurs
dava and Haturdaya.
CAhCA I)B KOUTK Iave Ash street at 6 A M.
dallv, except Bundayi returning, leave ltonne
ellle ill 12:.W r. u., arriving at Porlland at a r. .
TO DAYTON And WAY l,ANDlNOH-Mon-dav,
Wednesday, Friday, 7 A. M.
Ocean steamers leave from Hteamship wharf
''aIXOTUKK Steamers leave from Aih-stroet
Ticket offlce 2IH Washington street,
ax.fuMThlrd. W H HURlAuRT.
Aasistant General Passenger Agent,
Portland, Or,
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THE PACIFIC COAST.
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Crazy Son of Brlgham Young
Creates a Scene. 4
ANOTHER TREASURER SKIPS,
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A Ledge of Silver and Gold Quartz
Diucovered Under tho City
. ' of TtMoma, Wauli,
A MiirHlifk'M (Or.) man ii fill inn -an
ordur lor 200 llugpoloa lor the Midwinter
fair ,.
Sai'ramt'nto la looking; around for a
nuw city littll. 'l ire proax-nt accoiniiioila
lions are lnimlllcient. . ..
A court (licielon roliavcs. Colorado of
all the liability fur the ihhuu of $100,000
in IkjikIs by Han Uicuo.
Tuoiitv or thirty mi log below Eddy.
IS. AI., proapoctorH have come bci-ohs
dome line Aztco rnuiM, and excavation!
are to tie made at once.
The ahingle manufacturer!! of the Pa
cific Northwest are pcrft'ClliiK an organi-
luation, MKnutiircH 01 70 per cent 01 tlie
manufacturora ol Wcnloru Washington
nave already been Bocureu.
It la atatoil at Him Pieiio that Mayor
Ciirlson hag.ohtaincd in the City of
Mexico a conci-Hiiion and lurue bonua for
bmldiiiK a railroad acroag Uiwer Califor
nia Irom nan Uit-jto to Yuma.
All the wav eaat from Golcr. the now
gold diatrict in Kurn county, Cal., to the
Bun tit end 01 1 lentil valley tlie country
la Imintt priwiwcted. i 1 11 ml rt?ln of men
are scattered all over the region.
PrpHidcnt I.illis of the l'ncillc Coant
AaaiM'tation of h ire C'hielH Iiiir UMtieil
call for the aocond annual tnceting; ait Han
Krancirico February 0 to . H.x-tJllieI
Kclloifg of Seattle is listed to read 1
paper.
A Victoria (IS. C.) dispatch ayi
Storiea of varioua character are current
here aa to the ohjuct of Senator Kair'a
viHit and hia Interview with Preniinr
Havie. ' One rumor in that it in to talk
over a contract to duiki 1110 uriiiHit 1 a
cific railway.
Oncar B. Yotinir, a crazy ion of Brit;.
ham Younc, tfk exception to a Mormon
character in the plav of "A Trip to Chi
natown," and running tlirotitfti tne ttiea-
tar at. Knit. I.akn to t ie tironer tv room.
created quite a count ernatiou before lie
wan seized ana taken to me ponce sia-
llon.
The late J. D. Pemlwrton of Victoria,
B. C. remcmbtircil- the -school children
and the Jubilee hoapital of that city in
hia will, recently Hied for nrobate. ' lie
heoueathed tS.OOO to be lined in fencimi
and improving; the C entral public-school
urotinda and erwtinif a ir.vninaatum
ttioreon anil a,ou to nieopni.
An eisht-foot leiltre of ailver and cold
quarts has been dincovered under the
city Ol iacoina, nasii,, anil mere ih s
lively secret nam nointron lor poweaHinn
An aaaav showa the quartx to carry 150
In silver and 27 in irold per ton. It is
InratAtd in the center of Dotmhition. and
was diMcovered by accident wline a tnan
wan digtiing a cellar.
Ex-Treasurer Bloomer of Jackson
vmilv. Dr.. ilelaulted for about (8 OK).
and skipped the country. His bonds
men are now making a strong; legal fight
to have the bonds set aside, claiming
that Rlnnmer was a defaulter at the end
of his previous term as Treasurer, and
that the County Court was cognirant of
such shortage at that time. ; Bloqnier
has never been apprehended.
At Ran Jose. Cal.. there has been filed
In the Superior Court petition by
County Treacurer Joseph A. LoU, at
ing that the truntees of the Iceland Htan
lnr.1 .Irl University. Mrs. Jano L. Stan
ford, individually and as txft utrix of
Inland Stanford's will and other legacies
tinder said will, be cited to appear "and
show cause why the tax on the amounts
of the collateral devises and bequests
provided for in the will have not been
paid. J ma is mo nrst case Drougut un
der the State inheritance tax law passed
last March. ' .
Arthur Dudley Vinton, attorney for
the Proscott and Arizona Central rail
road, Iiab filed a petition for the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Atlantic and
Pacific: railroad. ' The netltion is very
voluminous, and consists mostly of a
recital of the numerons suits which he
has instituted airainst the Atlantic and
Pacillo' Company on behalf of the road
he represents, wblcu nun business inree
months ago. The petrUunorJncorporotud
his disatmroval of the appointment of
Keinhart and MoCook as receivers ol the
Atchison Company. Bevoud the filing
no action was taken on tne petition.
The n"t earnings of the Oregon Rail
way and Navigation according to the re
ports of the Union Pacific have for sev
eral years shown a deficiency after pay
ing the 6 per cent stipulated in the lease
on the Oregon Railway and Navigation
stock, aud it is notUioughUho deficiency
can be overcome hy the receivers of the
Union Pacillo. .The, bondholders want
their interest, as is evidenced by the pe
tition of the Farmers' Loan and Trust.
Company, the holder of a mortgage; on
all tne property aecttrlng the lionds.
The question seems susceptible of three
resolutions, either the tookholder will
have to wait for their returns or the
court will have to order the deficiency
made up out of the other funds of the
Union Pacific or elso set asido the lease.
Should the lease be set aside, it is said
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
would go into the hands of a receiver.
Railroad men say this would result iu a
revision of rates. t '
The Ran Francisco Bridge Company
has ninde an assignment for the benefit
of creditors. The failure was precipi
tated by the loss of . the big raft of piers
which the company tried to bring down
from Coo Bay. It broke up off the
const of Humboldt county, and became a
total loss. It is believed, however, that
the company has BHsets lulHclentto
satisfy all creditors and resume business,
and that the assignment is really to gain
time. The alignment was made to
Sheriff McDado under the new law. He
has nhtced a keeper in charge of the
company's office. He has nothing to do,
however, but safely keep the property
until an assignee can be' elected by the
creditors. An election must take place
within ten days, by which time the com
pany "t iv.'ts to fee its way clear to re
sume I ' ness. The schedule of liabili
ties tiled in the record offlcs allows that
the company owes 1172,822,28, nearly all
of which is due to local banks and busi
ness housei.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Chairman Wilson of the Ways and
Meant Committee has prepared a state
ment showing the quantities and value
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vi iiierciiBiiuisu lor iovt anu loiu,
i Information has reached the Treasury
Department from the Appraiser of Mer
chandise at the port of Chicago that the
transportation companies have failed to
take away rapidly the portion of mer
chandise at the World's Fair intended
(or exportation ; consequently there are
now at least al,0O0 packages lying in tlie
buildings, which cannot be removed by
December 81. The Collector has accord-
InVJy asked Hint the tune be extende
for holding the buildings as a construct.
ive winded warelionse, anu ttiotexposi
lion ofllcials have agreed to provide suit.
able police superyiriion for the customs
Interests during 'the period over which
tne customs control shall be maintained.
In consideration of these facts the Tress
urv Department has instructed the Col.
lector to continue in control of the goods
referred to until further instructions are
given him. . It is said this condition is
the result of bad faith on the part of the
railroad companies, who nromised to re
turn the goods to the seafioard free if the
railroad charges were paid one way. Now
that the fair is over they are indifferent
to tlie matter, and are using their own
convenience aau giving other Ireigl
preference.
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
is aliout to come forward with a scheme
looking to the remonetization of silver,
1 he Senator proposes very radical molh
txlsof bringing this about. He com tern.
plates the introduction in the Senate
after the reconvening 01 uongress 01
resolution, which he will advocate, ask.
ing the United States to invite all the
countries ol tlio world I'.aNtern, West
em and Southern to attend a monetary
conference..: A new feature of the pro
posed conference is that it shall not be
restricted to European gold-standard
countries, but shall include the South
American aiv' Oriental silver-standard
countries,- Moreover, the invitations to
the conference are to contain a deelara
tion of the United States that the pur
nose of the conference shall lie establish.
nient and maintenance of an interna
tional ratio, with a specific declaration
added that if such ratio cannot be agn e l
upon it will be the purpoieof tho United
States to adopt a sinizle standard, and
that standard m gold, but silver. By
taking this extreiJfy'poHition, not as yet
advocated in Congress, Chandler thinks
the hands of the gold-standard countries
not now trading extensively with the
Western v otid can tie forced.
A stihiect which will receive some con
slderation at the hands of the Committee
on Appropriations of -the House at this
session Ol congress in eiiiuouieoi in a mil
introduced by bayres, its Chairman, en
titled "a bill" to repeal certain laws re
lating to permanent and indefinite appro
priations." Bills having this object in
view have appeared perennially during
the oast ten years, but for various rea-
sons nave taiieu 01 entu iineiit. tne 00-
. .1 . . . J. L
iect of recalling these permanent appro
Driations and having Congress pass upon
matters covered" by them each -year is
that it will conduce to a more thorough
and careful examination of the items of
appropriation than are obtainable under
tne present system ny which accounts
are audited anil passed upon by account
ing officers, and where no opportunity is
left for scrutiny by the Congressional
committee. At the same time objection
is made against the changes proposed by
the bill because- of -the-injustice that
would result to claimants entitled to the
amounts paid them under the present
SVHteiu wiiuout reeourse 10 Bpmuuo vou-
gressional legislation. The bill now he-
lore the committee excludes from ita
provisions the various laws therein spec
ified, 'including the sinking fund and
other appropriations under which
amounts to many million dollars, rough
ly estimated at about one-third of the
total permanent appropriations. .'- Tho
total annual permanent appropriations
lor tne lineal year mn were n;i.444 twu,
and it is estimated lor lmio at loi,u(4
1380. The committee has referred tl:
bill to Secretary Carlisle for his views on
the changes proposed, and accounting
ollicers of tne department will be asked
to submit their opinions before any rec
ommendation is made in tlin matter by
tlie Secretary. ;
The air of mvstery assumed by the
Senate Committee on foreign Kelations
in its Hawaiian investigation gives the
imprcsriion that Morgan's resolution,
under which the inquiry is held, is
merely a cloak for a much more impor
tant inquiry than, any as to the alleged
Irregularity of our diplomatic relations
With those islands. There is reason for
behaving; that . while presumably the
present quest is for information tearing
unon the conduct of- Stevens and Blount
tliere will be an eiiort at tne same tune
to obtain any Information which will in
tlie ilrst place prove the capability of the
island's lor Htilf-eoverimient, and in the
second the desirability or otherwise of
annexing these islands at some time in
tlie luture. Jt IS understood perteetly
bv members of the committee whomiuht
have these in view that there is no hone
of annexing the islands under the pres-
eirt administration, nut those who favor
this disposition of the little kingdom do
not intend to be swerved from their nur-
poho by the fact that one administration
is opposed to tins course, senator Mor
gan, Chairman of the committee, has
been scrupulously careful about express
ing opinions upon the Hawaiian ques
tion. or manifesting a disposition to do
or say anything which would appear
extra-judicial, but he is known to be a
lli iii believer in the wisdom of attaching
the islands to this country as a part of
It, lust as Alaska is at present attached,
and the fact that he has very recently
introduced a bill in the Senate providing
a f irm of" government for any acquired
territory lends- plausibility to the sup
position that he is looking forward to
possibilities' far beyond anvthing in
cluded in the resolution under which' the
committee is authorized to conduct the
present hearing. As a plausible ex
planation of the oricin of the bilh and
without some wd like the acquisition of
Hawaii, it is difficult to find any reason
tor its existence. Those who know Mor
gan best say he is not the man to attempt
to secure letriMiauun iimi wouiu 111 a sup
position. -It would appear that when
the committee reports it will, so far as
Morgan can direct the character of the
report, smooth over the events with
which thev are conoernod. Meantime
Minister Thurston, now in Hawaii, will
have been heard from as to the capacity
of the present government for tempor
arily managing toe aiiuirs 01 tne islands,
and the information, with the corrobor
ating testimony which the committee
will be able to get together in the mean
time, may have an important bearing
upon the future of the comn.ittee's investigations.
.EWS.
Blacksnake Whip!
to be Used
Upon Indiana
'ramps.
ANOTHER ROCKEFELLER GIFT
Bond Investment Cmpaniea Can
No Longer Do Bujsinesa Le- ,
gaily In Texa-Etc
The Carbonate camp of the Leadville
district is producing $10,500 worth of
gold a day. j
There is in preparation a history of
the World's Fair which will retail at (1,
000 per copy. J
Four Duval (Tex.) train robbers have
been sentenced to thirty-five years in
the penitentiary.
It Is reported that Joha D. Rockefeller
has made another gift of $1,000,000 to
tlie Chicago University. ,
. H is believed the severance of the Gulf
svstem from the Union Pacific was a
mistake in the latter road.
Edward S. Stokes has been appointed
receiver of the Hoffman House and
other property belonging to his estate.
The creditors of the Kentucky Malt
ing Company will get 2S cents on the
dollar. Liabilities, (500,000; assets,
$180,000. .
The Denver iury in the case of John
Shevnon against the estate of hi daugh
ter, the late Countess Qassell, returned
a verdict ipr za,uw. I : j
It is asserted at tne laeasury ueaartt
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ment that there will be? an immediate
ami general shake-up of the officials of
the New York custom-Mbse.
The Boston Municipal J.eazue, a non
partisan-and non-sectaritn body,- which'
will onnose bod nominations for munici
pal olnces, has been organized
Superintendent Andrews of the insane
asylum at Buffalo has declared Edward1
Al. field, son ot tne late tvrus W. field.
sane, and he will be taken back to New,;
aura bi.iaii u int.
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Commissioner Thomaf J. Dowling of
New York bureau of laUd- statistics has
sent out 10.000 circulars f manufactur
ers with the intention of HiscoveMiig the
cause 01 nam tunes.
Dr. F. A. Cook of Brooklyn, thff eth
nologist who accompanied Lieutenant
l'esry to (Greenland in isai-z, is prepar
ing to explore the Antarctic continent or
Un.llipi.inu uca mil, 1
General Solicitor Thurston of the Union
Pacific says there 'a no trnth in the re
port that the Union Pacific intends to
take steps to bring the Gulf road back
into the overland system.
Congressman Hilborn has introduced
a mir-rontnn)ioirMrsri5uwaro junger-
man of San Francisco, who, when 10
years of age, acted as nurse in General
Hookers army at Gettysburg.
The Bourbon distillers -of Kentucky
believe the honor tax will be increased.
and are prepanag to take advantage 01
it. It will advance tne price by lu cents
a gallon of the entire stock on hand.
The Canadian Pacific will not agree to
restore transcontinental rates unless al
lowed a differential. The other lines
will not agree to this, and the prospect
01 a war is growing Btronger every day,
The annual report of the Lake Shore
and Michigan southern tor tne year end
ing t)e emtier 31, 181)3, shows net earn-
ngs of $o,S24.7bO, a de"rease of 15.231
The surplus is (280,779, a decrease of
$15.2:52. . .
At a meelinc of the Board of Directors
of the University of Chicago itwas de
cided to locate the Yorkes Observatory
at Lake Geneva, Wis., and the construc
tion will commence as soon as tlie
weather permits,
. It has been decided that bond invest
ment companies cam no longer do busi
ness legally in Texas, and State officials
have taken steps to prevent the transac
ts of business of such a character
withitr-the State. . '
The Brand iurv at Dubuaue. Ia.. has
returned twenty-eight indictments
against Van Leaven for pension frauds,
and other indictments were returned
against Dra. Pegg and Kissel, members
ot the examining board.
An importing house at New York will
place California wines on the market
and sell them on their merits, t Hereto
fore it has not been an easv thing to pur
chase California clarets nnder their
p super names of vintages in that market
Secretary H-erber. has restored Com
modores tan ton to duty, and assigns him
to the command of the North Atlantic
squadron. The, Secretary says the de
partment never thought the Commodore
did an intentional wrone when he saluted
the flag of the insurgent De Mello at Rio
tie Janeiro., nia ollynse was an error 01
judgment. . ;
The reception to ex-President Harri
son at the Uni in League Club. Philadel
phia, was a success in every way... Rep
resentatives of every class and both par
ties atteatled, and United States Sena
tor's and Representatives, the Governor
and his executive stalf and members of
the Legislature were among the 1,500
who paid their respects to the ex-Presi-dent.
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The Business. Men's Convention at
Denver adopted a resolution that Colo
rado had almost entirely recovered from
The ellect ol the. panic, ami while the
State had been grievously wounded bv
the demonetization of silver, her other
resouroefs. TlKeh, as gold, coal and agri
culture, v were developing wonderfully,
md the calling together of the Legisla
ture now would do more harm than good.
Ex-Secretary ol the Navy Tracy say
that in two years from now France and
Russia will have fifty modern battle
ships of 4-10,000 tons displacement
against thirtv-one of 314,000 tons dis
placement for bniflaiul. Gladstone in
Parliament spoke slurringly of Tracy's
opinion, but Tracy reiterates it and says
ne oeueves tne rrencn oattie snips su
perior to the English both in guns and
armor. , ,
A dinner was given to Robert Bonner
at Now York, which furnished an oppor
nity for the presentation to Mr. Bonner
of a beautiful statuette of his mare Su
nol, which was bought with subscrip
tions of a large number of representa
tive breeders of trotting horses for pre
sentation to Mr, Bonner In token of
their appreciation of his-active efforts in
encouragement of breeding the highest
forms of trotting stock.
EASTERN
THE MIDWINTER FAIR.
Vi L1FOBWA - MlDWJNTEB IffTZBlf A- )
tion a l Exposition. Department fc
1 of Publicity and Promotion. )
!" Weekly Circular Letter-No. T.J
j The work of preparation for the Ex
position lias now reached a point -where
the aesthetic ideas of Jile management
are beginning to bearJfrmt. All the
main buildings are practically finished,
so far as the details of construction are
concerned, and now comes the matter
of decoration, Charles Graham, the
well-known artist better known, per-
t.tpfl, in the East than in California on
ccdunfTrf his extensive experience with
fiw Harpers, and more 'recently with
Die lItniiRsrNC'iositlon-'has been ap
pointed as director of color for the Mid.
winter Exposition, arid to hiin falls the
duty of superintending1 the decoration
of the Exposition buildings. There has
been made 110 effort in this connection
to pattern after the Columbian Exposi.
tiom The term "White City" will
never be- appropriately applied to this
Exposition, v Air. Oruham's idea has
been to let delicate tints predominate,
and to so' distribute and arrange these
that the peculiar atmospheric effects of
the California climate shall be utilized
to enhance their harmony and Increase
their beauty. Warm tones are not par.
ticularly necessary in the decoration of
any group of buildings in this glorious
clirnite of California, and the darkness
of background afforded by the almost
black foliage is a magnificent setting
for the delicate tints which are to pre
vail,, ?
Some' excellent effects have already
been partially produced on the main
buildings, although none of them are
yet to be seen in the fullness of perfec
tion. There will be a great deal of gold
in the scheme of color, although not
, .enough of it to give the architectural
group the name of the "Golden City,
The doiaes.of, the Administration build-
lug will be heavily irilded, and the west
ern ana, striking full upon, .them, will
undoubtedly play a very important part
in the pieturesqneness ot .the pano
rama. Mr. Graham says that several
of the buildings of this Exposition sar-
u najaa in Tttrfftir.n e.t .lnlnll arwl nn.liit-
., A0innmot. imii(nna r th
Columbian Exposition, and that in the
line of opportunity offered for pictur
esque and landscape effects, the like has
never been teen in any exposition.
The ornamentation of the grand
central court is also receiving a great
deal of attention just now. The elec
trical fountain is Veing installed in one
end, the basin for the allegorical fount
ain is in place at the other, and the
sculpture will soon be ready to be put
in position. The electric tower has
reached a third of its height, and two
more .weeks . will see it completed.
Eight or ten inches of ncGTloairi Tias
been spread over the entire surface of
the grand plaza, and on it will be sown
the seed of the flowers and foliage
-which are to make this, the mts: beau
tiful spot in all the beautiful Golden
Gate Park. There, has already been
transplanted to this grand parallelo
gram a large number of bamboo plants
and date palms that have been artisti
cally distributed, and have made a
favorable impression on the public,
which warrants' the assertion that the
picture to be presented within the lines
of the conrt, around which the main
buildings are situated, will be one of
surpassing loveliness. The Venetian
masts, several . hundred in number,
which are to stand like a line of sol
diery around this court, are already in
position. These are to bear the nags ol
all nations by day, and electric arc lights
at night; and between them the sun will
shine upon long lines of parti-colored
streamers, while the darkness of each
succeeding night will be relieved by
long lines of incandescent lights and
fancy lanterns in the development -ot
the caruival effects' which have been
contemplated in this connection. 1
The work on the. concessional build
ings is Tiroceeding satisfactorily. The
exposition will be" nearer ready on open
ing d?ry than has been the case of any
large exposition in the history of the
world. . The management or the iispo-
sition are to le partieularly congratu
lated on the-fact that in the erectiottbf
the 2Q,odjl-structures within tho Expo
sition grounds, on which there has been
an aggregate expenditure of -nearly
$1,000,000, there has, thus far, occurred
no labor tvduble, no -accidents, and not
even an alarin of firi. . ..
The programme for opening day has
not yet been completed, but the ceremonies-will
be' of a character to war
rant the unbottling of all the enthusi
asm which San Fraricisco and tle ad
joining cities and towns have been get
ing up for this occasion. It took the
business men of San Francisco a long
while to wake up to the importance of
this Exposition, but there is no longer
Any room for criticism on this score;
and it is sate to say that when opening
day shall arrive the city:will be more
gaily decorated and its inhabitants will
turn oub more universally than on any
other occasion that has marked the his
tory of California.
A feature of the Exposition which has
now been fully developed is that which
is to include the display of citrus fruit
from different parts of the state. ' There
are in the state two citrus fair associa
tions that of Southern California and
that of the Northern citrus counties.
Both these fairs will be held this year
in connection with the Midwinter Ex
position, and it will be interesting to
Eastern people to know that t hese grand
displays of oranges and lemons are
iriade in the months of January and
February. The management of - the
state citrus fair northern' district has
just announced its dates to be from Jan.
15 to Feb. 15, - and that of Southern
California will be on at the same time.
In addition to these citrus displays
Fresno county has, completed arrange
ments to orect a model of her court
house to be constructed of oranges and
raisins, so that Eastern visitors will see
more wonderful displays of the golden
fruit than has ever been made else
where. ' ' '
FOREIGN CABLES.
Probably the Longest Liquida
tion In History. v
THE REVIVAL OF THE CAT.
Fatal Effect to Russian Veteran
Soldiers From Eating Putrid
Meet at a Banquet-
Fish are disappearing from the British
coast.
Russia has no foreign insurance com
panies.
The Behring Sea. arbitration' tribunal
cost France t,000. .
' Six anarchists have been expelled
Irom Buenos Ayres.
The Socialist associations of Sicily
count, ouo,uuv memueni.
. nti r..j I
The London Times says England must
rule the seas or cease to exist.
-Hundreds of poor are threatened with
starvation at fcrzeronm, Armenia.
Liverpool is disturbed over the pros
pects ot sharp rivalry by Manchester,
Captain O'Shea. the former husband
ot Airs, fame 11, is in nnanciai straits
Germany and France are steadily stif
fening ana expanding their protectionat
policy. , .
Forty thousand francs have been sub
scribed for the Gounod memorial fund
in Paris.
Liverpool will reduce' dock! rates to
meet the competition of the Manchester
ship canal. .
France is disturbed by heavy importa
tions of American corn, and will legis
late against it.
The Hungarian F.-ime Minister has
succeeded in re-establishing a loyal court
in Buda-festli.
: Mrs. Parnoll is bii'ilv engaged in writ
ing the life of Charles btewart rarnell,
leer deceased husband.
Esther Palliser. a young American
cantatrice, will shortly start on a concert
tour through Germany.
Captain Longbridge of Birmingham,
Eiieland. has designed a deck keel as a
substitute for the center-board. .
During the last twenty-five years the
Berlin Asylum for the Destitute has
taken care of 2,464,560 persons. .
A scheme has been prepared for the
electric railway between Milah, Constan
tino and Uued-Atmenia, Algeria. "
Permission has been granted for the
establishment of a telephone system be
tween frontier towns of France and Ger
many.
Vaillant. who dropped the bomb in
th-FreihdKui4br .of De puties, savs
if he is acquitted he will " begin again
within ten days."
The London Westminster Gazette esti
mates the recent loss of the Bank of En
gland at not over 150,000. The Daily
News places it at not over 300,000.
The Presbyterian-Church in Paris has
emerged victorious from a protracted le
gal conflict with the city authorities over
the question ol a government grant.
Of 200 veteran soldiers poisoned by
eating putrid meat recently at an annual
banquet at St. Petersburg 160 are still in
a serious condition, and ihirty-six h -.ve
died. 7 .7.
There are now fifty-five towns and
cities in England which destroy their
garbage and solid refuse by burning, and
570 furnaces ate employed for this pur
pose. .. . . . -
About 40,000 tramps, it hi estimated,
are traveling over Germany all the year
round. This army consists mostly ot
mechanics, temporarily unemployed,
who are looking for work. ' T "
Millions of trees have been felled to
the ground in Scotland bv the recent
great storm which swept over the Uni ted
Kingdom. The Duke of Sutherland lost
about 600,000 trees of various kinds. ,"
The Burgomaster of Brussels has or
dered the formation of a cyclist corps in
connection with the local fire brigade for
the purpose of carrying the first aid to
the persons in danger through an out
break. It is stated that Prince Bismarck has
sold his memoirs to a South German
publisher for $120,000. The work will
probably appear shortly after the Prince's
death; and will be published outside the
Fatherland.
A woman's journal is now published
in Alexandria, Egypt, with articles in it
written exclusively by women. It is
called El Fatat (" the young woman "),
and is edited by a Syrian-lady, Miss
Hind Noufal.
Experiments lust made at Munich
have demonstrated the fact that bullets
discharged from a rifle in the nsual way
Can be rendered vehicles of infection,
carrying microbes and infecting what
ever they strike. "
Probably the longest liquidation in
history is that of Overend. Gurnev (
Co. of London, who failed May 10, If 'A
ana whicn was only settled at the com
mencement of this month. The concern
owed $65,000,000.
The Prussian Minister of the Interior.
Count zu Kulenbnrg, has sent a secret
circular to the Presidents of districts,
warning them of the spread of Social-
sm and asking them to take all possible
means to check it. r
Venice, where oysters were years' ago
cheap and plentiful, has-been compelled
to offer a reward for the conviction of
persons found dredging out of season.
The oyster merchant of Venice has al
most disappeared. .
The best report of the Pepe's health
say4 that he has aged considerably and
trembles; but there is no more cause for
alarm than when his physicians declared
five or bix years ago that the end might
come suddenly at any moment.
M. Lockroy in L'Eclalr savs the French
coast is all but undefended from Dunkirk
to Cherbourg, and that 16.000.000 francs
will be required to place Cherbourg in a
state for defense. He adds that the same
statement holds good in the case of Cor
sica, and that the British could easily
get a footing at either place.
The famous strike of the Lawyers'
Corporation of the city of Riom in Au
vergne, France, is ended. One of these
lawyers or advocates having been im-
roperlv treated bv a Judtre. his col-
eagnes sided with him, and for five
t mouths they refused to plead before the
court, which was practically closed.
PORTLAND MARKET.
Wbat Valley, 92.95cj Walla
Walla, 81ig82aC per cental.
HOPS, WOOL AND HIDES.
Hops i-'03s, choice, 15(8 16c per pound ;
medium, 10ft 12c; poor, 67c.
Wooii Valley, 10llc per pound;
Umpqna, llr&12c; Eastern .Oregon, 6(n
10c, according to quality and shrinkage,
Hiogs Dry selected prime, 6c s green,
salted, 60 pounds and over, 3c; under
60 pounds, 23c; sheep pelts, shearlings,
10(u l6c; medium, 20(335c; long wool,
3060c; tallow, good to choice, 33J8o
per pound.
: UTI AND DBBS8ID atlAT.
Bbbf Top steers, 2'-c per pound: fair
to good steers, 2c; No. 1 cows, 2c;
fair cows, 1,'c; dressed beef, $3.505.00
per 100 pounds -Mcttom
Best sheep, $2.00; choice
mutton, $1.752.00; lambs, $2.00(32.25.
Hoos Choice heavy, $4.556.00; me
dium, $4.00(34.50; light and feeders,
$4.00(34.60; dressed, $6.50. . .
VbabM3.00o.UO.
f PBOVISIONS. , '
1 tag 8fOEii Meats and Labd
haWi
edium, 12y13c per pound;
rge, lziajiye; hams, picnjc,
breakfast bacon, I316c;
ll12c
short c
sides, ll13c; dry salt sides,
10W 11.
lubl9Alc; uneu ueei iiaius, Ad;gigu3i;,
lard, componnd, in-tins, ft'aCilOjc per
pound ; pure, in tins, ll,ls13'jc; pigs'
feet, 80s, $5.50; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.00. .
dried Peel hams,
COBPAGK.
Manilla rone. lxA in. cir. and up. lOVc:-
manilla rope, 12-tliread, diaiu., 11c;
manilla rope, 6 and 9-thread, and 6-16
diam.,,ll)jjc; manilla bail rope, in coils
or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yarn,
tarred, 9c ; manilla hawser-laid rope well
boring, etc., 13c; manilla transmission-
of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine.
lie; mannia spring mine, ite; einai
rope, lli in. cir. and upward, 7c; sisal
ropelij-thread, diatn., 7c; sisal
rope. 6 arid 9-thread, 1 and 6-16 diam..
8c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7c; hop-vine
twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine, 8,c
.7, 7.. FLOUB, FIED, ETC. Z f-'-r?"
Floor Portland, $2.75; Salem, $2.75:
Cascadia, $2.75 Dayton, $2.75; Walla
Walla, ss.ior snownake, fz.wu; uervai-
lis, $2.65 ; Pendleton, $2.65 ; Graham,
$2.41: superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Uats White, 33(gic per Dusnei;
gray, 3l3Bc; roiled, m wags,- so.hmij .
6.50; barrels, $6.75(87.00; in cases, $3.75..
iYiiLLsrurra Jjran, io7iio; snons,
flSrdlft: eround barley, $16(itl8; chop
feed. 15 per ton : whole feed barley, 60(i
70c per cental; middlings, $2328 pest
ton; chicken wheat, 65efl.15 per
cental. i ' '
Hay Good, $1012 per ton.
DAIRY 'PRODUCE.
BrjTTBa Oregon .fancy creamery, 30 "3 '
32c;- fancy dairy,- 2527.HjC; fair to
good,20(a22gc; common, I0igl7sc per
pound.
Uiikbbb Oregon, iiujioc; tanior-
nia, . c; loung America, lztsioc;
Swiss, imported, 3032c; domestic, 16 -
l8c per pound. ,
.go8 uregon, zoc per oozen; jast- -
f orjLTRY unicxens, nnxea, quoted at
$2.50(3)3.00 per dozen ; drefsed, 8(5 lie per
pound; ducks, $3.5014.60 per dozen;
geese, .uo; luraeys, uve azc per
pound ; dressed, 1314c. , w.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
Vegetables Cabbage, Is per pound;
potatoes, Oregon, 6075c per sack ; on
ions, $1.25 per sack ; sweet potatoes, 2Jc
per pound ; Uregon celery, so&eouc ; arti
chokes, 85c per dozen. "7
J7KUITS mciiy lemons, fi.wno.w yvr
l... o.. : 1 :,. 1 itn.. i fUl
per box rbananas, $1 .50(83.00 per bunch ;
Honolulu, $1.502.5O : California navels,
$3.754.00 per box; seedlings, $3.00
3.50; Mexican, $3.60ia3.75; Japanese,
$1.75(82.00'; trapesc tM.00ifl.25 per box;1
apples( buying price), green, 50(165c per
box; red, wisooe,; crauoerries, $a.uv per
barrel; persimmons, $1.50 per box. -
i CANNED GOODS.
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted, ;
$1.752.00; peaches, $1.852.00; Bart-
lett pears, f 1.70(2.00 ; plums, 1.34(g
1.60; straw berries, $2.252.45: cherries,
$25(2.40; blackberries,. $1.852.00;
laspberries, $2.40 ; pineapples, $2.25(3
2.80: aprieota. ' $1.65. - Pie s fruits.
assorted, $1.20 1 peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.001.20; blackberries, $1.251.40per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.153.50; peaches, $3.504.00; apri
cots, $3.50(4.00; plums, $2.763.00;
blackberries, $4.2o4.60; tomatoes,$1.10.
Al bats UornecL- beef. Is. $1.40: as.
$2.10; chipped, $2.35; lunch tongue, Is,
$3.50; 28, $6.75; deviled' Mm, $1.60(3
2.75 per dozen. ' .,
i8H Satxiines,, Ha. 7oesa.KS; aa.
$2.154.50; lobsters, $2.30(3.50; sal
mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.25(0)1.50; flats,
$1.75;2-lbs, $2.25(0)2.50; barrel, $5.60.
STAPLE OKOCKBIE9.
Coffee Costa Rica, 23 hie; Rio, 22
.23ci Salvador, r23S,c; Mocha, 2XQ
28c; Arbuckle's, Columbia and Lion, ,
100-pound cases, 25.30c per pound.
Dried vkoits 1SM3 pack, rente
prunes, OtuStie; silver, lOialZc; Italian,
810c; German, ti 1118c; plums, 010c:
evaporated apples, 8(cl0c; evaporated
apricots, 16(o,16c; .peaches, 10(gl2,lsc;
pears, 7llc per pound. .
Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s.
$16.00; 508,16.50; stock, $8.509.50.
SYRUP-iil!.a8tern in barrels, 4U(aooe;
in halt barrels, izmdlci in cases, od4
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California,
in Darreis, zo(i4Uc per gallon ; ji.vo per
keg. 7 -7 s
Sugar l),4'ic; Golden u,4Wc; extra
C, 4?aC ; confectioners' A, 6lgC ; dry gran
ulated, 6o: cube, crushed' and pow
dered, e'fjo per pound ; Hfi per pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash;
maple sugar, 1516c per pound.
Beass Small white, No. 1, 2jjc; No.
2,'ac; large white,'; 2Wc; pea beans.
2?c; pink, 2'c; bayou, 2?ic;butter,
3c; Lima, 3c per pound. 7 : '
Kits No.,1 Sandwich island, 4.oO3
4.75; no Japan 'in market.
Sickles .Barrels, jno. 1, ZMWiSUc per
gallon ; No. 2, 2a28c; kegs, 5a, 85c per
keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen. , .:.'.;
Kaisins London layers,; boxes, $1.73
O2.00: halves, $2.00(92.25; quarters.
$2.262.75; eighths, $2.503.00. Loose
Muscateis, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced,
$1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4jf5c per pound;
4 crown, hqc. Seedless Sultanas,
boxes, $1.75(82.00; bags, 68c per
pound.' . '
Swces Whole Allspice, 18(8(200 per
pound; cassia, !6(ffl8c; cinnamon, 2i!'rt
40c;. cloyes, 18-S30c; black pepper, Bo
25c; nutmeg, 7580c. '
Lord Salisbury ma le a joke down In
Wales. On the table there was a model
of a church covered with violets. "This
is the church that yon are to defend,
said Colonel-Sir Edward Hill. H Yes ; it
should always be kept ill viol jt," said
bis Lordship, -
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