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THE PACIFIC COAST.
Want the Port of Portland
Commission Abolished.
A LARGE LUMP OF BEESWAX.
Two Ocean Steamers Now en Route
From the Atlantic Coast for
Puget Sound-Etc.
TlieBritiNli Columbia aliiiiKlutuakera
liavi! iiimliiiieil tii kvt up prices.
A I'lilckon tMiiiliiiiiii! in ili'iHipulutiiiK
Hie lienriMiaU ui tltu lower Hogue rivor
In Oii'koii.
The liivumlilu Fruit Exchauga khvi no
fruit injured by thu late Ireezu will be
Bout Kant to market.
Walilo M. York lias been appointed
Hiiiriiir Juili) ut ixia Angele to sue-
ceeu ine lute Juiige Wwlii.
The name of the jioatolHre at Penil
(t'Ori'llle, Kootfiml comity, lilaho, has
U'l'ti chaiiKml to Kami I'oint.
AhIiIhihI, Or., in bringing to itg aiil the
chaingang anil liruivl-and-watnr iliet in
dealing with the tramp qitUHtion.
Ktepa have been taken at Han J one to
form a county wine exchange Mimilar in
luirpooe to that of the fruit exchange.
I'ortlaml'a Chamlwr of Commerce con
demn liovcriibr I'ennoyer'g utaUimenti
in Ii is open letter to l'reHident Cleve
land. ItiK-eiver, were apiKiinU'd for the At
lantic and IVific at 1'lncnix, A. T on
aiiplii'iition to the Supreme Court of the
'1 errltory.
The Mare Inland atithoriticH are in
dignant over an article in a Han Fran
cim'o puper charging the marine contin
gent were being Hlarveil.
Many Hacramen to official propone to
teat the legality ol the new charter, and
will not aurrender their oftices until
they are required to do so by a court de
cision. Tlte City Auditor at Grant's I'a, Or.,
refuaed to raaii a liili the Council had
ordered to lie paid, w hen the Council de
poned him, and the citizens are raining
money to aid him in his contest before
the oiiirls.
The Lower California levelopment
Company has obtained a concession from
the Mexican government (or the estab
lishment of a mail aleani'liip service be
tween the port of Han Diego, Kusenada
and Hau liueiitin.
An inquiry inado for the $3,000 oil
painting of Taeiiia, which wa exhib
ited at Chicago during the World's Fair,
shows it ia in bock in Chicago as security
for funds advanced on account of the
Merchant' National ltank of Taeoina.
Walter Chedick, a Careon buainesa
man DriiimaeS that tile Htllle float 13,-
000,000 3 per cent bowl to build a road
through JMamoiui alley, arounii tne
oulh end of Lake Tahoe, along Lake
Valley and down the American river to
the Sacramento, makirg Nevada a com
petitive point.
The Public Administrator at San Jose
has Died a statement of the condition of
the estate of 0. C. Haywards, who, it
was alleged, took and squandered the
money of the Bantu Clara Dank while
be was cashier, There will be about
(10,000 to distribute among the heirs, if
the bank doesn't file a claim.
The Pacific Coast Council of Trades in
session at Hacramc nto has declared in
favor of the municipal ownorshipof gas,
electric light, water works, street rail
ways, the nationalisation ol teiograpn,
telephone and railway tinea and postal
savings banks, compulsory education up
to 1(1 years and eight hours' labor a day.
The Homestake gold mine, kno'vn as
the Neal mine and situated in the Neal
district, eighteen miles from Boise City,
Idaho, lias been sola to persons con
nected with the Omaha and Grant Smelt
ing Company. The price is said to be
tWI.OOO. This is the mine over which
there has recently been some sensational
litigation.
Two large ocean steamers are now en
route from the Atlantic Uoast lor ruitei
Hound. They will arrive there some
time next month, and will iwrry passen-
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unil.Han Francisco during the Midwinter j
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Lie property of the Canadian Pacific
ltailroaa unnpany.
A large lump of beeswax wag recently
brought up from the Nehalem by a set
tlor in that auction and sold to M. J.
Kinney of Astoria, Or., for 25. Its di
about 3'ix2xl feet, and on
one of the sides are three letters, but so
indistinct that they cannot boaocipnorea.
It was found near the spot on the beach
where a Hpanisli vessel is supposed to
have gone ashore many yearn ago, and
where so much of the wax has been
found from time to time for twenty years
past.
Collector Wise has discovered a big
smuggling ring, with headquarters in
Han Francisco. Frederick Miller, George
Wichman, a candy dealer, and Lew
Oreenwood have been ariesUidforsmng-k-ling
:10,000 worth of opium and iue
Kitlly landing thirteen Chinese. Two
oilier members of the ring, Vous and
Horenson, were arrested some time ago
in Sacramento, were released on bail
and are now in Victoria, B. 0. The
schooner Esmeralda was chartered, and
brought down from Victoria 1,500 pounds
of opium and thirteen Chinese, all ol
whom were successfully landed. r.x-In-apectora
of Customs Pattison and Noyes
are implicated.
At a meeting of the Portland Taxpay
ers' Committee of 100 the first step to
ward aliollshing the Port of Portland
Commission was taken. The commis
gion was created several years ago by
the Oregon Legislature, and was given
oowcr to create a twenty-tive-foot chan
ge rom Portland to the sea. Bonds
Lrreimting f500,000 were issued, and
thS Columbia and Willamette were , in,,
proved so that a great portion of Oregon
and Washington -ePwl tne bene.Ht. 01
ho hnproveinents. The commission
lately luu been spending money in mak
ing new channel at Hnag Island In , the
Colunibia at an outlay of a large su n.
wl ile i i claimed the old clmnnelco Id
h imorovod at a much less cost. Other
next llegislatlire to abolish tba co.n.n.s-sion.
THE NATIONAL CAl'ITAL.
Henator Dolph has introduced a joint
resolution allowing a number of settlers
titles to lands on the Umatilla reserva
tion. The Navy Department has assigned
the Thetis, now at Han Diego, Cat., to
ttie duty ol conducting surveys along the
Pacific Const.
The Committee on Indian Affairs hag
retiorted favorably representative Ellis'
bill extending the time of the Umatilla
Diich Company for three years.
The Hanking and Currency Committee
has decided to lay aside till the tariff bill
is disK)sed of the bill for the repeal of
the tax on Htate bank circulation.
It is understood the Senate Commerce
Committee has agreed to report unfavor
ably the nomination of Scott Harrison,
brother of ex-President Harrison, to be
Surveyor of Customs at Kansas City.
Senator Mitchell has secured an order
from the Postollice Department estab
lishing a tri-weekly mail from Halsey to
Brownsville on alternate days with the
mail that now reaches Brownsville from
Portland on the railroad.
A Cabinet officer has stated that the
contingency upon which the Secretary
of the Treasury could issue bonds with
out Congressional action was when the
gold reserve in the Treasury was invaded
to such a point as in ' he judgment of
t he Hecretary to impair public confidence.
1 hat point, ho f aid, had almost, if not
quite, been reached.
It is stated in official circles that there
is no probability of the international
monetary conference reconvening in the
spring, as was thought likely some time
hko. At leant the suggestion for it to re
convene will not emanate from the
United States. This information lias
been conveyed to the British govern n ant
by Secretary lireshain.
It is said Cleveland has called for the
resignation of members of the Utah
Commiasiou with a view to increasing
its efficiency. It is represented that
there are conflicting interests among its
members, and that good government will
be subserved bv a new deal. When the
Democrats in Congress come to admit
Utah as a Htate the commission will die
a natural death.
The Civil Service Commission has
completed the schedule of examinations
that will lie neiil during tne nrsc six
months of the present year to fill posi
tions in the railway mail and Indian
rervices. Examinations will be held as
follows: KoHcburg, Or., April 20; Port
land, Or., April "23; Seattle, WaBli.,
Anril 27; Walla Walla, Wash., May 1,
and Hmkane, Wash., May 3,
The House Committee on Naval Af
fairs has ordered an adverse report on
tiie resolution introduced in the House
by Mr. Ilolnimi of Indiana, directing the
Secretary of the Navy to suspend until
further notice was received from Con
gress all payments of premiums for in
creased siieed in naval vcfBels and call
ing on him for information relative to
the amount of premiums heretofore paid
and the manner of determining the
amounts of these awards.
Mr. Bowers of California appeared be
fore the House Committee on Kivers and
Haroors the other day in support of a
plan to protect the mouth of Han Diego
Bay from shoaling. The plan contem
plates building a jetty at the mouth of
the harbor a mile and a half long. The
object is to cut off a lateral channel that
lias been forming at the mouth of th
harbor. There is now about twenty
three feet of water on the bar at low
tide. The building of the jetty wouH
increase it to twenty-six feet.
In the Senate Allen, Populist of Ne
braska, called up his resolution directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to inform
the Senate from what source the gold
coin of this country outside the Federal
Treasury was increased to the amount of
(88,000,000 during the fiscal year 1803,
as expressed in his recent report for that
year. Dolph joined with the Populist
Senator in expressing inability to com
prehend the report of the Secretary of
the Treasury, and the resolution of in
quiry was adopted without dissent.
Senator Dolph has reported from the
Committee on Public Lands and secured
the passage of Senator Mitchell's bill to
authorize patent to be issued to Will
iam Hendershott for a donation claim in
Oregon. He has also secured the pas
sage of the House bill to authorize proofs
in timber land entries to be made before
officers authorized to take proofs in home
stead cases, and also of his bill to au
thorize a corrected patent to the Whee-
lock-Himtuons donation claim in tiius
boro, Or., and to grant to the State a
tract of land for the Crater Lake Park.
I he - investigation of the water re
sources of the United States undertaken
by the geological survey has been prac
tically completed. The work was com
menced in October, 1889, with the object
of determining the quantity of water
available for the irrigation of arid lands
of the West and for use as water power.
Studies have been made of most of the
drainage basins west of the 100th merid
ian, as well as several catchments of the
East. Scientists have devoted large
part of the time in the examination of
the "run offs" of the Missouri, Arkan
sas, Rio Grande and Snake rivers. Ge
ologist Newell of the survey said in an
interview : " It does not appear prob
able that even 10 per cent of the land
now owned by the government can ever
tie irrigated. In fact, there is not a suf
ficient supply of water to bring under
cultivation arid land equal to that which
has passed into the hands of individuals
and corporations. These are, however,
localities where thousands of acres can
he profitably irrigated by the const ruc
tion of dams and irrigating canals."
Secretary Carlisle has received from
Attorney-General Olnoy nn opinion in
which he holds that the Chinese exclu
sion act and prior acts regarding the
Chinese permit Chinese laborers coming
or going to countries other than the
United States to pass in transit to the
country of destination through the
United States. This question was submit
ted to the Attorney-General some time
ago by Secretary Carlisle, for the reason
that it is alleged that a number of Chi
namen while in transit stop off at points
in thiB country and thereby gain admis
sion in violation of the law. Many Chi
iipfp laborers, too, it is said, who land at
San Francisco from China, destined for
Cuba, return to this country by way of
Key West, Fla , or by points on the
Mexican bonier, holding certificates as
" merchants" fraudulently obtained. It
was to stop these avenues that the
Treasury Department consulted the Attorney-General,
hoping that hiB opinion
would be that the law could bo so con
strued as to prevent Chinese laborers
from passing through the Vnited States.
The Attorney-General has not been able
to gratify the department by carrying
out this expectation.
EASTERN NEWS.
The Grip Attacks a Wisconsin
Tribe of Indians.
A ROMEO " SLIGHTLY OFF."
Railroad Building in Texas Big;
War Ship to Patrol the Pa
cific Next Summer. " .
Thousands of Texas sheep are starv
ing on the prairies.
A home for ship builders has been es
tablished in New York.
The organ of the Chicago saloonkeep
ers is called Mixed Drinks.
There were 315 suicides In New York
last year, against 241 in 1802. .
Texas railroads killed 189 people and
injured 1,712 during last year.
Over 2.000 New York painters have
deserted the Knights of Labor. ;
Mrs. Cyrus W, Field has applied for a
receiver for her millinery business.
New York civil-service reformers are
trying to form an anti-spoils league.
Cincinnati is about to expend $1,000.-
000 upon the improvement of her parks.
Several St. Louis dairies have been
condemned as nuisances by the Board of
Health.
The Brooklyn Citv Railroad Company
will equip 1,000 of its cars with life
fenders. The German Americans of Kansas are
preparing for a vigorous anti-prohibition
campaign. ,
The Nat ional Rice Manufacturing Com
pany of New Orleans has completed the
first rice elevator.
Knights of Labor officials are trying
to mortgage the headquarters in Phila
delphia for 20,000. ;
The government is to erect at Sandy
Hook a search light larger than the one
at the World's Fair. fr
The irrin hag attacked a tribe of In
dians up in Wisconsin, and has in sev
eral cases proved fatal.
The conference of transcontinental
railroad lines at Chicago has failed to
agree upon anything so far.
The fire underwriters are lending a
vigorous hand in the war against the
trolley on Alaniianan isiana.
It is nredicted that over 1,000 miles of
railroad will lie built in Texas this year
notwithstanding the bard times.
Reoorts from DallaB. Tex., are to the
effect that Mexican rebels are organizing
all along the Kio Grande border.
It is stated that Aztec Indians in Mex
ico will ioin the Yaquis in their .fight
against the Mexican government.
Another span of the Louisville and
Jeffersonville bridge is reported to be
out of perpendicular and in danger of
falling.
The New York, Olvropia and other big
warships, it is understood, will patrol
the Pacific next summer to prevent seal
killing. Erie railroad directors have issned. a
notice to road's security holders propos
ing a new mortgage to secure $70,000,000
in bonds.
The South Carolina coast is being
watched to prevent contraband war ma
terial from leaving to aid the Brazilian
insurgents. f
The total yield of wool in the United
States last vear is estimated at 364.351!.-
000 pounds, the largest crop ever made
in one year. :
A good gold find has just been .'made
in the Esther shaft of the VVolcott
ground within six blocks of the leading
thoroughfare of Leadville, Col. .-
The smallest immigration last year
came from Wales, the number being
only 8(Vt, while the heaviest rush was
from Italy, which sent us 05,2:19.
The total value of the crops of the
United States durinz 1893 is estimated
at $3,000,000,000, of which the largest
item is $750,000,000 worth ol hay. -.
The employes of the Philadelphia city
government are contributing 1 per cent
of their salaries for the relief of the poor,
and will continue to do so while the dis
tress lasts.
A hill to prohibit the running of rail
road trains, freight, passenger or even
mail, in south Carolina on buiuuy nas
been introduced in the Legislature of
that State.
Charles Henderson of Wellston, 0., is
fitting out an expedition to seek for
treasure which ,v claims was secreted
in a cave on an island in the South Seas
forty years ago.
Peter Jackson, the colored prize
fighter, has ruined his constitution by
excessive drink. It is positively asserted
by a well-posted sportsman that Peter
will never appear in the ring again.
Romeo Pagliostro was an applicant for
naturalization pnpers before a New York
court recently, and when theJudge asked
hiin who was the Chief Executive of the
bViited States he answered confidently,
"Tainmana Halla." He got his walking
papers instead.
Major Graham Davis of North Caro
lina is actively interesting himself in a
movement to save from ruin the old fort
of Sir Walter Raleigh on the eastern
coast and preserve to the State the ground
on which it was built.
The students who enter Hillsdale
(Mich.) College single cannot get , mar
ried during their course and remain in
the college. . People already married,
however, are not barred. This is in ac
cordance with a new rnle laid down by
the faculty and just made public.
Mrs. Frances B. Clarke of St. P.ml.
Minn., has deserted the Episcopal
Church, and is now on her way to R line
to become a Catholic. Mrs. Clarke is
the wealthiest woman In Minnesota, and
her husband is one of the most promi
nent men. She was President of the
World's Fair Board at Chicago, and at
tracted a great deal of attention both
because of her beauty and ability.
A plan of reorganization or adjustment
of the Nicaragua Caml Company is be
ing prepared at the city of New York,
which will be fuller, franker and more
equitable than the one the stockholders
are now asked to assent to, and they will
be asked to join in the appointment of a
committee composed of men of national
enutation, strict integrity and ability
o reorganize the company or adjust Its
itfairs in the best interests of all the
stockholders.
THE MIDWINTER EXPOSITION.
California Midwinter Intkkha- )
TIOftAL EXPOSlTION.DEPARTlKST V
of Publicitt and Promotion. 1
JWeailr Circular Letter-No. .
The semi-official opening of the Cali
fornia Midwinter International Exposi
tion took place on the 1st ot January,
according to the original announcement.
Owing to the delay caused in shipping
foreign exhibits from Chicago, it was
understood, of course, that everything
would not be in readiness on that date,
tut the buildings were completed, a
treat many of the concessional features
were in full operation, and the Exposi
tion was practically started on the road
to success.
The day could not have been morn
beautiful if it had been made to order.
Eastern people visiting California for
the first time went into testacies over a
New Years Day so much like the grand
est April day in other parts of the world.
iTiere were flowers blooming on every
band, and the deep green foliage formed
a atrildng background for the gala day
costumes of the thousands of ladies who
thronged Golden Gate Park until the
sun went down. Early on this beautiful
midwinter morning flags were hoisted
on each and every flagstaff on the build
ings and in and about the Exposition
grounds; there were concerts during the
day by the great Midwinter Fair band,
and thousands of people availed them
selves of the opportunity to view the
buildinci and to witness the special at
tractions which were offered.
Among the concessions which opened
np oa New Year's Day were the Santa
Barbara sea lion exhibit. Boone s wild
animal arena, the Ostrich farm, Heidel
berg castle, the Vienna Prater, the Col
orado gold mine, the Japanese Garden,
the Scenic Railway, and a great many
others. The Santa Barbara sea lions
will evidently prove to be one of the
great drawing cards of the Exposition.
This is one of the entirely new features
one that was not seen at Chicago.
Those who witnessed the performance
in the wild animal arena, and who had
seen the siciiliar performance on the
Midway Plaisance in Chicago, say that
Boone's show rivals Hagenbeck'g in every
particular, and surpasses it in many.
The scenic railway did a remarkable
business ; the crowds in fact being greater
than could be easily accommodated.
The Ostrich farm was also well patron
ized, while Heidelberg and Vienna were
full of visitors all day long. These con
cessionaires, as well as others not speci
fied in this connection, are very well sat
isfied with their start, and feel confident
that when the Exposition gets in run
ning order, their dearest hopes in the
line of money making will be realized.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
were no special attractions of a general
nature provided for this semi-oflicia)
opening day, there were about 10,000
people who paid for admission to the
grounds. The price of admission is only
25 cents as yet, the 50 cent rate will not
be established unt il the official ceremon
ial opening. The date when the patt
ing ceremonies will take place ha not
yet been definitely fixed. It will prob
ably be about the 15th or 20th of this
month. It will depend largely upon the
rapidity with which exhibits arrive and
are installed. All the buildings are
ready, and a great many exhibits are
now being arranged, but t will be fully
the middle of the month before every
thing will be in readiness.
When the grand day of ceremonial
opening comes, there will be an elaborate
program of exercises, in which all the
state, municipal and federal officials of
of the Pacific Coast will participate.
The merchants and residents of San
Francisco are making extensive prepara
tions to decorate their stores and resi
dences and the Exposition will have the
grandest " send off " ever accorded to any
enterprise in this part of the world.
There have been received by the chief
f the Department of Publicity and Pro
motion a great many queries in regard
to editorial courtesies which are to be
extended during the Exposition. Some
of the querists seem to fancy that the
Exposition will, in some way, arrange
for railway transportation for visiting
editors. This, however, is not the case.
The Exposition management has nothing
to do with transportation, but every ed
itorial visitor to San Francisco, upon
presentation of credentials to the Depart
Isjsiit of Publicity and Promotion, will
fee provided with a pass to the Exposi
ti in during ths term of his stay in San
Francisco. Visiting editors may rest
assured, therefore, that they will be
taken care of in this regard, and that
any other courUey which it is possible
for the Exposition management to ex
tend to them win be gladly accorded.
Monday, the 11th of June, is the day
that has been set apart as "Hawaiian
Day," and that occasion will be taken
advantage ot for the making of a special
effort in the way of a general entertain
ment in which the Hawaiian concession
aires will play the part of hosts. A part
of the program will consist of a parade
by the entire foreign contingent, headed
by the Hawaiian national band of forty
pieces, which was formally the Royal
band of Honolulu. Among other fea
tures of the day will be a horse race
with female riders, sitting astride, as is
the native custom. There will also be
native field sports, inoluding fencing,
spear throwing and hoola dancing. On
Waikiki lagoon, within the Hawaiian
village enclosure, there will be a com
prehensive exhibition of aquatic sports.
The event of the day, however, will be a
luau, or native feast, to which the offic
ials of the fair, the municipal officers,
the preag, and others will be invited.
Guests will sit on mats and eat from a
table a foot and a half from the ground.
Roast pig and baked dog, cooked in ti
leaves, broiled devil fish, and a large
number of other Indian fish also cooked
in leaves, native fruits and, of course,
poi" with every course, will be some of
the items of the menu. It will require
bout a week of prepartioato properly
get up a luau, and cooks and provisions
are to be specially imported from the
BwUM Wanda (ur uiuTonl
FOREIGN CABLES.
Rate of Motality of . London
Steadily Decreasing.
THE FAMINE IN TURKESTAN.
Siam'g King Has Been Tackling the
Flowing Bowl Too Frequent
ly for His Own Good.
There is a prospect that the Panama
scandal may be revived in France.
China is manning a chain of forts all
along her seacoast with Krnpp guns.
Mrs. Langtry hag purchased the Cob
ham Park stud farms in England for
80,0).
Great Britain, France and Russia each
contribute $20,000 a year to the civil list
of the King of Greece.
The malady from which the King of
Siain is now suffering is due to the abase
of alcoholic stimulants.
England's Admirality has ordered a
new cruiser that will make at least
twenty-three knots an hour.
The harbor of Glasgow will soon be
undermined by seven tunnels, running
at a safe distance under itg bed.
The decision of the Court of Appeals
in Holland that kissing is not an offense
has attracted some attention in Europe.
Russia's revenue fell off about $10,
000,000 in the last nine mouths of 1893,
compared with the similar period in 1892.
Lobengula is oh the banks of the Zam
besi with 2,000 young warriorg. He pro
poses to keep np the fight with the Brit-
1HI1.
Labor agitators in England are enlist
ing nuhlic sympathy in behalf of the
overworked barmaids, of whom there are
120,000. .
Emperor William of Germany was
much pleased with o e of his Christmas
presents. It was a bust of himself made
of plaster of paris.
Under a law recently put m force in
France only physicians graduated in
France are allowed to use the title " Doc
tor " in that country.
The tax imposed on women for wearing
trousers by the French government
(rom $10 to $12, but all women
are not given this privilege.
The name most whispered now as the
strongest candidate for Pope to succeed
Pope Leo XIII. is Monsignor Dominico
Jacobini, the Papal Nuncio in Lisbon.
When the Paris Salon of 1894 closes
next June the Palais de l'Industrie will
be devoted to an exhibition of books and
of all industries connected with paper.
The bicvele has bronght about the re
opening o'f many of the old-time country
hotels in France, which had closed long
ago because of the introduction of rail
roads. . ... , - . -
It is said that in making racing and
pleasure boats French constructors are
creeping rapidly up to their English ri
vals and arc seriously striving to over
haul them. .
A new insurance company is being
organized at Berlin by a body of respon
sible men. mainly jewelers, to insure
the members against losses at tha hands
of burglars.
A remarkable archteological discovery
is announced from Treves. In excavat
ing tha old Roman walls close to the Mo
selle a complete Roman pottery estab-
ment was discovered.
In Italy oil ia now made from grape
seed. When perfectly clean and well
dried the seeds are ground like wheat.
The finer the flour thus obtained the
greater the yield of oil.
A letter received from Samarcand de
wrihee the ravages of the famine through
out Turkestan. The cause of the famine
is the excessive cultivation ot cotton to
the exclusion of cereals.
English scientists are very much wor
ried over the results of an investigation
which has shown beyond doubt that the
seas around the British coast are being
rapidly exhausted of fish. , t
The rate of mortality of London is
shown by a recent report to have stead
ily decreased with the introduction and
perfection of adequate means of dispos
ing of the sewage of the city.
According to a decision just rendered
by the Supreme Court of the German
Empire boycotting is not forbidden by
the law of the land, although it is to be
condemned on moral grounds.
Camels have been introduced upon a
farm not far from Kieff, Russia. At
present eighteen camels are at work
plowing, and their keep is found to cost
much less than that of horses.
Madrid is to emulate Chicago. A royal
diet has been promulgated, and on April
1, 1894, there will be opened in the Span
ish capital an international exhibition
that will last until uciooer si.
Another Communist colony is to be
started in East Africa. Everything will
be managed by voluntary groups of self
iroverninir men. who will own all thev
can raise, but have no exclusive right to
the land.
The cold weather causes the greatest
misery in many Quarters of Berlin, and
additional shelters have been opened for
the accommodation of the 2.000 or more
people who receive coffee and bread free
of charge.
Prof. Tyndall's death by accidental
poisoning has served to draw attention
to the fact that in 1892 no less than 600
out of the 876 deat hs certified as having
been caused by poison were due to mis
adventure.
The English rival to the Eiffel tower
at Wembley Park will probably bo com
pleted by the end of this year. The
tower nas a general resemDiance to mat
of Eiffel, but is mora pointed and slen
der. The four legs which support it are
founded in concrete to a depth of seventy-five
feet, and stand 300 feet apart.
The entire wora is oi sieei.
Last September Sarah Bernhardt was
robbed of i5'),00O worth of jewelry in Rio
Janeiro, and the suspected thief was
tried for it. - The rans r.venment pub
lished a pretended interview with Sarah.
in which she confessed the whole thing
was an advertisement. This article had
the effect after it reached Rio of causing
the prisoner to be discharged, now thai
Sarah has returned to Paris she sues foi
$6 000 damages in that first the legal
proceedings at Ri were abandoned and
that the article red ected personally upon
her. ,
THE PORTLAND MARKETS.
Whiat Valley, 92)c; Walla Walla,
8081c per cental.
provisions. ;
Eastibh Smokso Ms ats and Lahd
Hams, medium, 12 13c per pound;
hams, large, ll12c; hams, picnic,
ll12c; breakfast bacon, 13 15c;
short clear sides, lll3c; dry salt sides,
10llc; dried beef hams, 129 13c;
lard, compound, in tins, 910c per
pound; pure, in tins, ll13'4c; pigs'
feet, 80s, $5.50; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.00.
BOPS, WOOL AND HIDCS.
Hops '93s, choice, 1516c per pound ;
medium, 1012c; poor, 67c.
Wool Valley, 10 11c per pound;
Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 0(s
10c, according to quality and shrinkage.
Hides Dry selected prime, 6c; green,
salted, 60 pounds and over, 3c; under
60 pounds, 23c; sheep pelts, shearlings, -10(gl5c;
medium, 2035c; long wool,
3060c; tallow, good to choice, 33io
per pound.
' UVB AND DKZSSKD MIA.
Bsir Top steers, 2c per pound; fair
to good steers, 2c; No. 1 cows, 2c;
fair cows, VAo; dressed beef, $3.5035.00
per 100 pounds.
Mutton Best sheep, $2.00; choice ,
mutton, $1.752.00; lambs, $2.00(32.25.
Hoos Choice heavy, $4 ,565.00; me
dium, $4.004.50; light and feeders,
$4.0040; dressed, $0.50.
VAlr-3.005.00.
' ' . COBDAOa. '
Manilla rope, 1)4 in. cir. and up, 10c ,
manilla rope, 12-thread, diain., 11c;
manilla rope, 6 and 9-thread, M and 6-16
diam., llc; manilla bail rope, in coils
or on reels, 10)c; manilla lath yarn,
tarred, 9c ; manilla hawser-laid rope wen
boring, etc., 13c; manilla transmission-of-power
rope, 14c; manilla paper twine,
11c; manilla spring twine, 14c; sisal
rope, IV in. cir. and upward, 7c; sisal
rope, 12-thread, H diam., 7$c; sisal
rope, 6 and 9-thread, 1 and 6-16 diam.,
8c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7c; hop-vine
twine, tarred, 7e; sisal paper twine, 84c
floob, fxkd, arc
Fuob Portland, $2.75; Salem, $2.75;
Cascadia, $2.75; Dayton, $2.75; Walla
Walla, $3.00; Snowflake, $2.80; Corval
lis, $2.65; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham,
$2.40; superfine, $2.26 per barrel. f-
Oats White, 3334c per bushel;
gray, 8132c; rolled, in bags, $6.25
6.50; barrels, $6.757.00; in cases, $3.75.
MiLUTTcrrs Bran, $1316; shorts,
$1516; ground barley. $1618; chop
feed, $16 per ton; whole feed barley, 60
70c per cental; middlings, $23(828 per
ton; chicken wheat, 65c $1.15 per
cental.
Hay Good, $I01Z per ton.
DAIBV PRODUCE.
n nunn faniw miaiTiitrr. ftilrig
32c; fancy dairy, 25(27c; fair to
good, 2022c; common, 10$ 170 per
pound; uauiornii, ouigoou per nw.
UBXB8B VregOU, luiaioc,
nja -e; loung America, izis".,
imported. 3032c: domestic, 16
l8c per pound.
Jogs uregon, aoc per uimm,
ern,2022c . , . .
Pooltbt Chickens, mixed, quoted at
$4.005.00 per dozen ; ducka,4.506.00 ;
geese, f a.uu ; raraeys, uva, o
pound; dressed, 16c
OBTABI.CS AND VBUrrS.
Vbobtablbs Cabbage.l per pound ;
potatoes, Oregon, 60(g75c per sack; on
ions, l.zo per buck , sweet pomiwi i
per pound; California celery, 8590c;
artichokes, 86c$1.0t) per dozen; Cali
fornia lettuce, 2025c per dozen; cauli
flower, $2.75 per crate, 90c per dozen ;
parsley, 25o per dozen; sprouts, $1.00
1.25 per box; string beans, 15 18c per
Kund; asparagus, 1820c per pound;
Angeles tomatoes, $2.00 per box.
Fbopts Sicily lemons, $5.00 5.50 per
box; California fancy, $3.60(84.00; com
mon, $2.50 3.00; bananas, $1.50 3.00
per bunch; Honolulu, $1.60(82.50; Cali
fornia navels, $2.75 3.60 per box; seed
lings, $2.00(8 2.76; Mexican, $3.503.75;
Japanese, $1.75(82.00; apples (buying
price), green, 5065c per box ; red, 60(
75c; late winter pears, 65380c per box.
CANNED GOODS.
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted,
$1.75 2.00; peaches, $1.85 2.00; Barl
lett pears, $I.762.00; plums, $1.37)
1.60; strawberries, $2.25 2.45; cherries,
$2.25 2.40; blackberries, $1.852.00;
aspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25()
2.80; apricots, $1.65. Pio fruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.001.20; blackberries, $1.25 1.40 por
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.15 3.50; peaches, $3.60 4.00; apri
cots. $3.504.00; plums, $2.753.00;
blackberries, $4.25 4.50; tomatoes,$1.10.
Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.40; 2a,
$2.10; chipped, $2.35; lunch tongue, Is,
$3.50; 2s. $6.75; deviled ham, $1.60
2.75 per dozen.
Fisa Sardines, Js, 76c$2.25; Xs,
$2.15 4.50; lobsters, $2.30 3.50; sal
mon, tin Mb tails, $1.251.50; flats,
$1.75;2-lbs, $2.25 2.50; -barrel, $5.50.
STAPLE GROCERIES.
Copper Costa Rica, 23S,c; Rio, 22)4
23o; Salvador, 23 c; Mocha, 26,4
28c; Arbuckle'B, Columbia and Lion,
100-pound cases, 2530c per pound.
. Dbibd Facm 1893 pack, Petite
prunes, 6 8c; silver, 10 12c; Italian,
8 10c; German, 6 8c; plums, 6 10c:
evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporated
apricots, 15 16c; peaches, 1012'c;
pears, 7llc per pound.
Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s,
$16.00; 60s, $16.50; stock, $8.60 9.50.
Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 40 55c;
in half barrels, 42 57c ; in cases, 35
80c per gallon; $2.25 per keg; California,
in barrels, 2040c per gallon; $1.75 per
keg. "
Scoab D,4Jc; Golden C, 4Kc; extra
C, 4?c; confectioneiia'A,5 lgc( dry gran
ulated, 6''4c; cube, crushed and pow
dered, 6JsC per pound ; Jc per pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash;
maple sugar, 15 16c per pound..
Rice No. 1 Sandwich Island, M.60
4.75; no Japan in market.
Beans Small white, No. 1, 2'c; No.
2, 2,'ic; large white, 2'j'c; pea beans,
2lc; pink, 2.4c; bayou, 2ic; butter,
3c Lima, 8 lc per pound. -
PicKLBs Barrels, No. 1, 2830e per
gallon; No. 2, 2628c; kegs. 5a, 85c per
keg ; half gallons. $2.75 per dozen ; quar
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen.
R whins London layers, boxes, $1.76
2.00; halves, $2.00(2.25; quarters,
$2.252.75; eighths, $2.503.00. Loose
Muscatels, boxes, $1.50; fancy faced,
$1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4!-g5c per pound;
4 crown, 65'c. Seedless Sultanas,
boxes, $1.75 2.00; bags, 6 Sic per
pound.
Spices Whole Allspice, 1820c per
pound; cassia. 16 18c; cinnamon, 22 4
41V; cloves, 18.'10o; black pepper, 2J(J
26o; nutmeg, 7580c,