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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1894)
THK OREGON. MIST. NNUKU KVKIIY I'll IDA V MOltNlfllH THE MIST PUBLISHIM C01FAIT, DAVIS BROS., Maaigera. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPFR. Rub.crlptloii Hole. On copy one your In advance .'l Jjj Uiio copy nix mouth 'J Single oopy Advertising llntes. prnfeaalonnl card on year .... Oiieooluuiu uue your 1111 column one yeitr IIuhkIu Iiiii.ii filna VUlLr ...I 7 u OlielllCIl 1111.1111111111 ; Ono inch three mould . " J Oil Inch nix Month. Local notice, is cent, per line (or Hut lnor lldii i 10 cent per Hue for vault tiunueut lu ertloii, . . . I.niliil ulvvrtlncmeiit. I.M per inch for find In.ertloii, and 76 oeula pur liioh lor tauh ube queulluwrtluii. . . . '"r. " ' " l COI.UMIUA COUNTY D I It KOTO It Y. (lounir OHHser. i Judge . bean Blaiiehard, Rainier Clurx K. K. Quick. V. Helen Sneiltt , J....T. 0. rtalt.. HI, Helen Trtuiiir r ........It. M. Wharton, Columbia City Hupt. of tkihuol..,.,, T. J. Clestoti. Ualakan e Afir.., , i. surveyor,,.,. Coinmliwloueri.... ,...,A. H. I.HIIO, 11UI1U"" Id. i. echo mover, Vertionla ju. W. Uaruea, guliiey. Beeieir Notice. Maikikic-HI. Helen. Midge, Ko. M-Kegulr coiiimuiiieatloir llrnl ml tlilnl Saturday In each mouth Bt7:H0 r. . at Maaniilo hal . Vlidt Iiik member III good .lauding luvlted to t- l"Mw.Hio,-IUIitler Lodge, No. ai-Statcd mcotliig Saturday on or before each full moon at 7:110 r, M. At Meannle hull, over Ulauchard Hire. Vlltlug member, lu good .lauding hi- tiled to uUeml, Ono Fm,i.)Wil-Ht. Helen l-odg No. 117 Menu every Humidity night t 7:!0 Iran.leiit brethren In goud .landing cordially luvlted to attend. ' he Jtlulla. Down river (Ih0 nUwemtt :). M. Up river (IxMtDvlOMM nt 4 r. M. The null tor Venionlit ud I'lltJibiirtJ leave HI. Helen Monday, Wednesday and Friday at ' The' mail for Marhiaiid, Clatukanlo and Mint leave, (inluu Monday, Wedumday aud Friday VaU (railway) north clow al 10 A. for Portland at ) r. N. rarl.i ttnll-.Hier Haute. STiuiikafl, W. PiuvkR-Leave i '. Helen for I'orllaud at II A. . Tueday, I hurdav and Haturday. Uavea St. Ileleiw for ClaUkenle Monday, Wednenday and Krlduy al :00 a, M. MTKiia iRii.na lavea Ht. Helena for Port land 7:16 t.n, iiliimliig at :0 r. M, xtkamkh Joagrii K m.tooo-Uae Ht. Helena for I'orilttiid dully eiteit Holiday, al 7 A. M., ar rivlnual Portland at 10.10; retiinilug, eav Ponlaiiv at I r. .. arriving at St. Helena at 4. l'llOfESSIONAL. JfjR. U. B. ciJFr, mYSlCIAN and SURGEON. 8t. Hcloim, Oregon, jli. J. K. II ALU PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. ClaUkmil. ColumliU county, Or, B. I,ITTI.B, SURVEYOR and CIVIL ENGINEER, St. Helena, Oregon. Uonnty anrveyor. I.i'iul urviyliif,town plalliiiR, and nKl"rlng work promptly none. OOPYRIQHTa, tl For Information and frea Handbook writ? to MUNN to; SHI 1IIIOADWAT, NWI1K. OklMt buraau Kor aeourlng patenU In Aroerlo. jivoT patent taken outhr u. I. brought hf;.rj tL. publlo by a uotio fra of euarg u to tanreat elrmilatlon of any aoientlfle paper to th SortT iplewlldly l";ltea. No lij-'elllwoj nan ahould lie without It, ".,ASs.0A. II.SoSi wontha. AddreM MfjNrTi 00. tu"uyiiiiu. atti Ilroadway. Wew Vork Clu. The Overland Routt. Two train dally, leav. lug Filth and litreeta, Urana uomrti iropot, No. 2, "The Limited rt Mall," leaving at 7 m T. Carrie veti linlo Pullman Palace Sleeping -and Bluing fur and tree Keclinin (Jlialr Car throngl Imm Portland to C h! cagn.vlaCoiinidl Uliilf, without ohange. ThU train jiagea o.reoj o on neollnn for Denver, Kaima City, Ht. ,oul, li ' mi IliitioaiidSt. l'aii ; l0TOrrle through Z', ,H Seerii SiVdOhalr Car lor Walla Waif.. Colfnx, Karmliigton. R)" " '"."rVom' making dlront I'onneetlon lot Paytou, Pom- ,nVr 'o IMillnian Palace and Tourl.t Hleeper. twm Portland toMIl rlver.ino.ucnange. 'I'hroinrh trains arr vo at 7:'i6 A. M. and V V . M. inrougniri" MAVi t B..VW lnq'I.A4l. Columl)liv...May.l,lH, Slate ;May 6, 17, Orumm ....May 4, in, 2B Columbia.... ..May 8, 20 fttale ....May 12.84 orgon.i,..iM...ay , 'rl.ia nnTttimliv r reserve the right to ohfiige t?!"SJ? i f . w ri a iJvfYnt A ROtTTHI-Morn- - " ...11 .... lim boat leave Portland dally, except Sunday, LW. ...... leave Antortft dally, ox- rVt Sniid'ay, at 8 P. M. Night lH.at lcayeji . Port, hind dnllv. except Saturday, at 8 T. H. ; retu'ij. inn leave Ator a dully, except m nH, at o a. .K'The morning boat frorri Iortland make. lffy.TdXtnrU.w5t? the W.hiUgIon lde M ndayed ie,dy. and Friday.. "Worn Aa- an.1 ou the Washington lde Tueaday. Thura- 'Wfa'SffXLj. A.h .treet at A. . dailv except Sunday; returning, leave Honne 2m it 12 Xp m.. arriving at Portland at 6 p. M. TO D A YTON A N 0 wXY bANDINOB-Mon- .Sr, 't'orn Ste.m.htp wharf IX OTU BB Stesmett leave from Aah-trt JttAm American A TJr THAOl MAHKt, ra DISION PATBNT. THE PACIFIC COAST. Storms Play Havoc With In dian Settlements. COLUMBIA RIVER STURGEON. The Breaking of a Large Reservoir : in California; Cause Consid erable Damage Etc. ' ChrJe Evang' pursuon have given up their jiurBuit. Btnrgoon now bring more on the Co lunibia river than galtnon that i", eteel hcad nalmon which is something liere toiore. unknown. ' ' The recent storms played havoc with Indian settlements at North Vancouver Island. Indian-cabins were swept away, and many Indians are homeless.. The owner of the United Verde cop per mines in Yavapai county, A. T., is to build a railroad to connect with the Santa Fe, a distance of twenty-eight miles. .- ',..'" : '' The report of the expert who exam ined the allitirs of the wrecked Santa Clara Bank places the joint defalcation antl debt of Leonard and Howard at(U7, UW7.60. A rumor of good authority is around South Itiverside to the ell'cct that the tin mine company will soon put on a email force of men to- sink the present shaft deeper. The Southern Pacific has notified the Santa Fe that it will refuae to inter change passenger business via Ixs An geles alter February 23. Trouble will probably result. Jack Carkeek, formerly a Cornish wrestler and later an evangeliat of the I'acilic Coast, lives at Merced, Cal. . He has retired from the wrestling ring, and is studying law. There is every Indication that the settlors on railroad grant landrfin South ern California will be defended in the contest for their property by the United States government. ... The recent storm was particularly se vere about Victoria, B. C. Such weather had not been experienced in ten years. The San Pedro wreck was swept, and it was expected to split in two beloretne storm ended. At San Francisco James Collins and Charles Curner were convicted of rob bing 0. A. Anderson of a purse contain ing 45 cents, and were sentenced by Judge Wallace to serve twenty years each in State prison. The great tunnel through the Santa Lucia Mountains, which the Southern Facitie Company has been boring for more than a year pant, has been finished. It is nearly 4,000 feet long, and is one of the largest and most important tunnels in this country.' Four short tunnels re main to be completed. Another report places Evans and Morel In Lower California. A strong feeling exists in San Diego that the two out laws have really worked themselves imaa tliA border, and Detective Sam Black, who was shot at Sampson Flat will head a posse to assist the Mexican authorities in running the men down. v The other night one of the large reser voirs at Pasadena, belonging to the Pas adena Improvement Uompany, iocaiea at Altailena. a mile north of the termi nal railway tracks, broke, and the water rushed outgoing thousands of dollars' worth of damage. The flood cut a ditch flvmoinff 200 feet wide and over a mile h.nir nniTill It COlll-SB SWCtlt aWV Or tinge groves, grain fields and railroad tracks. The loss to orcbardista and grain furmnra will lie verv larve. and it is likely to be brought home to the owners of the reservoir, as it is claimed the break oc curred tlirougt) us faulty construction f!h airman CI. IT. Ross and other mem' hers of the committee of the Board ot Horticulture in preparation for the Fruit Growers' Convention to be held at Spo kane have been very Dusy laieiy matting detailed arrangements for the meeting. A number of ,lhe nurserymen of the State have petitioned the board to issue a call for those engaged in that Industry 10 meet ana organize a uunmrvumi a association. A call will be issued invit ing also the nurseries of Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia to unite in an asso ciation for the entire Northwest to as semble at Spokane during the conven tion. The beekeepers of these states will also be invited to attend with a view of forming an organization of the honey Industry. Tha American Protective Association lias finally made its appearance in Port land. Onietlv for months past organ isers have been at work, but nothing was known nor suspected by the public until a few days ago when Chief of Police i. . . . i i c i. : i J mill railed HIS rarre onure nun mm lectured them at great length regarding the evil, results of . policemen allying themselves to secret societies whose ou l,.(.s ar inimical to, those 'of anv par ticular church or creed. Subsequently it was' learned that twenty members of the force had joined tins aiiti-uatnouo society. Conlldential circulars have been sentont oy me society to a seiecieu portion of the residents of Portland set tins fortli its oliiect. It is supposed to already have a membership of at least 1,000. . :0 - ' United States Judge Beatty has de rdtlnii tha noted case involving title to 040 acres of valuable land in the vicinity of the heart of the Nes I'erce .Indian ation. He issued an order r& straining the Interior Department from ninctlnir the heirs from the reservation. One Craig settled on the land under the Oregon donation act of imo. tie ce cums a staunch friend of the Indians, and they recognised his right in a treaty whinh t.h government subseouontlv rntifled. Craig applied for a patent in 1809, but died before it was granted, and the patent was never issued. Judge Beatty held that Craig acted within the . ' , .l-a i ! 11.1 ........ UL. IBW anu mai ins hub io vnim, iiuinim' stundiiicf the lanse. The land in ques tion is worth fSB.OOO in view of the fact that the reservation is soon to be thrown onen and hundreds of boomers are wait- Ing already to make a grand rush for the land. The case is peculiar, as it is one of the Isolated instances of the Interior Department being enjoined in order to allow a white man land in an Indian ppunrvftlinn. Colonel Craiar was the man to Whom Joaquin Miller gave the credit for the true derivation of the name of Idaho. . , . - - r - - THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. rhairman Wilson of the Wavs and Means Committee lias broken down lin er the strain of preparing the tann Din, His friends do not believe he will be able to take further part in the tarifT tight. The government of the Orange Free State has given notice of its desire to terminate the existing treaty ut irienu hln and rvimmeirce with the United States at the expiration of twelve months from the date 01 the receipt oi me no tice. i : The Senate Committee on Public nrl ham authorized I'ettisrew to pre pare a bill looking to the payment of damages to settlers driven out of Sequoia and Yoaemite National Parks bv order of the Secretary of the Interior when those parks were established. At a recent meeting the Senate Com mitten nn Public Lands annointed a sub committee, consisting of Senators Mar tin, Vilas and rettigrew, to wrmuiaie a general bill, which shall authorise the granting of 5 per cent of the net pro ceeds of the sale of public lands to the several States for the support of common schools. O'Neill of Massachusetts, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Pensions of the House Pension Appropriations, says the subcommittee will pursue the policy of the full committee in Keeping me appro priation down to the lowest possible point, and the pension appropriation will probably be 115,000,000 less than last year. Pjcklerof South Dakota precipitated nVlit in the House Committee on In dian Allaire by presenting for considera tion a bill stipulating that none but civilians be appointed Indian agents, thus doing away with the recently estao lished system of detailing army officers for such duties. The committee is greatly divided on the subject, and the fight may be transferred to tne noor ot tne House. General A. D. McCook has been noti fied that a telegram has been received by the War Department from the Mexi can government, giving warning of an apprehended raid across the border into New Mexico. McCook replies that troops are stationed south of Silver City and Fort Bavard, where no bandits can cross the border without discovery. If any attempt is made, the bandits will be captured or worse will happen. Senator Mitchell presented a petition for a law to pro'ect the salmon fisheries of Alaska, and presented figures to show how the important salmon industry is being destroyed by seines and other impediments at the mouths of streams, preventing the fish from reaching the spawning grounds. Remarks were made by Mitchell, uoipn, nan, noar anu Hale, and the petition was referred to the Committee on Fish and Fisheries. Secretary Herbert has approved tho recommendation of the naval stability board with reference to the gunboats MachiasandCastine. The recommenda tion in substance is that in order to re move the topbeavinees and other defects of the two vessels they shall be cut in half, lengthened fourteen feet and suffi cient weight of coal or water placed in tha tanks and Dnnxers Drovinea tor wis purpose to ballast them. The cost of making this change will be $30,000 for each vessel. The Senate Committee on Pensions has made an adverse report on the bill introduced by Gallinger of New Hamp hlra. nrovidinir for an increase to the extent of 100 a month of all pensions orantod for the loss oi both eyes. ue report says that the number of men so ofli;..t.ul ia oraatjtr than wan at first SUD- posed, and that masmucn as mono n liav lnar. hnth arms or both legs are also clamoring for similar recognition and the condition ot tne treasury is onjipiou, this increase ot pensions is inaovisauie, Fence of Colorado on behalf of the Populists in Congress will offer an amendment to the income tax bill when it comes np for consideration, providing for a graduated income tax, as follows : 2,B00 to $10,000, 1 per cent; $10,000 to 130,000, ' per cent ; 3U,ow to fou.uuu, 3 per cent; $60,000 to $100,000, 4 jpe iwnt: over 1 100.000. 5 ner cent. This is in accordance with the Plank in the Ponnlist nlatform. If the Populists can- not get tne Democrats io auopi iuot ideas! thev will drop it and help pass the Democratic measure. OomDtroller Boiler of the Treasury Dnnartment has rendered a decision which makes illegal the per diem allow ances to Senator ftforgan, Justice Harlan and other members and attaches of the late Behring Sea Commission, ine per diem allowances of the several members ot the commission and staff, ranging from $16 to $20, were paid by Paymaster Halford as they required the money, and the accounts were closed two or three months ago and submitted to the Secre tary of State according to custom. They were then forwarded to the Treasury, where they are now being examined Dy the accounting officers in the regular way. . ,: A bill has been introduced in the Sen ate by Morgan for an amendment to the charter of the Nicaragua Canal Com pany. It provides that the capital stock of the company shall consist of 1,000,000 shares of $100 each. All oi me stoca heretofore issued by the company is to be called in and canceled, and all bonds heretofore issued redeemed and canceled and all obligations satisfied. Tho com pany is authorised to issue new bonds to the amount of $70,000,000 to run sixty years, but redeemable at the pleasure of . 1 ir ' . 1 L. 1 ..... 1... u ..nA H Ik. Hie uniteu ovntcn mvui voi. p-.d, tu bonds to draw interest at the rate of 3 per cent and be issued from the United States Treasury. A provision in the bill restricts the issue of bonds to $30,000,000 before July 1, 1897, and authorizes the President of the United States prior to that time to suspend the issue of bonds, which suspension shall remain in force until Congress may otherwise direct. The navuient of bonds, principal and interest, will be guaranteed by the United States. If default is made in the payment of interest, before the canal is pnt in operation, the President of the United States can fi.relose upon written order. Of the capital stock $70,000,000 ia t.n be issued to the United States in consideration of its guarantee of the the bonds of the company; JA 000.000 to the aovernment of Nicaragua: i R00.000 to the eovernment of Costa Rica, and the remaining $22,500,000 to be disposed of by the company. Of this amount $0,500,000 will be issued in pay ment of expenditures already made on tho canal. The company is authorised to offer the remaining $10,000,000 stock for sale and to use the proceeds exem aivulv for the construction of the canal. The company is prohibited from selling any stock except for cash or at lesa than par.- .,. EASTERN NEWS. Herculean Undertaking of Boston Club Man. TOBACCO-GROWING IN TEXAS. A Prediction That New Yorit Will be Inundated Next Summer . by a Tidal Wave. t f Baltimore claims to have 20,000 men out of work. Cattle are famishing in drought- stricken Texas. Manv farmers in Indiana are feeding wheat to their hogs. . , Atchison's earnings for the first week in January decreased $151,000. Only married men are given work by the city authorities at Duluth. ' i Ovster erowers on the Connecticut coast are complaining of poaching. ; - Eastern capitalists plan to Invest $12,- 000,000 in Sioux City (Ia.) enterprises. Special government agents are making arrests in Oklahoma of timber thieves. riiWcrn is consideriniz a protect of ele vated moving sidewalks in the business district. There are a larue number of newcom ers who desire to rent farms in Greene county, Mo. I The Tndiana Associated Press has been organized at Indianapolis to make a feat ure of state news. . Whites and blacks are having trouble near Kansas City, Kan., over the ques tion of mixed schools. , An old R mulish errant, covering Pensa- cola's water front, is declared illegal by Florida's Supreme Court. The Eastern ice crop this year is not quite so good as last, uniting uas al ready begun in new nampsuire. Owing to hard times some of the big circuses will not " take the road " next summer, Forepaugh's among them. The revenue of the Toronto Street Railroad Company during 1893 was $902,- 1127. Ine City got ,ao in perucumgo. It is said that letters still reach the Marshfield (Mass.) postofflce from time to time addressed to " Hon. Daniel Web ster.". . " Cedar Creek county. Col., has made its richest strike of gold ore in the Inde pendent mine, a ton assaying 7,683 ounces. Theadvanceof Boston'sdeath rate from 23 92 in 1892 to 24.02 to the 1,000 in 1893 was almost wholly due to the prevalence of pneumonia. '-- A Buffalo burglar inveigled a man from home by sending him a couple of theater tickets, and then went through his house at leisure. ..... Chicago proposes to apply the work test to all idle men seeking public relief ami to drive out all who refuse to earn their food and lodging. The suit of the Louisiana Attorney General against the Daily Drawing Clnb has had the effect of closing all the pol icy shops in New Orleans. The Standard Oil plant at La Porte, Ind., has been advertised to be sold for taxes. It is a wrangle Detween me company and the authorities. The trials in progress within the past four years to ascertain whether or not Texas could be made a tobacco-growing State have resulted successfully. Reports from fourteen American locomotive-building works give the number of locomotives built in 1893 as 1,958, a decrease from the previous year. - The latest thing in women's societies is a darning club, organized in aWeetern town. One woman reads aloud, while the others repair the family hosiery. St. Louis people are contributing to a lake employment fund. The idea is to give work to the ttnemployed and at the same time auu a lane w rora. . ; A reward of $1,000 has been offered for the capture of Clyde Mattox, who es caped from jail at Wichita just after be ing convicted ot murder in the first de gree. Some men who were digging a well at T.ive Oak. Fla.. found about ten feet be low the surface of the ground a tree pet rifled on the outside. The WBide was filled with honey. The Colorado House is considering a imivirtant measure, which makes it an offense for any one, even farmers or railway men, to work longer than eiaht hours in one day. The President has vetoed the flew Vnrlr and New Jersey bridge bill, giving as a reason that it provides for piers in the river, which are naeiy in me nature to interfere with commerce. There is a strong movement on foot in fjoio York &mom a number of promi nent physicians to establish a gymnasium on such a large scale that it can be used bv 5.000 people at the same time. At. Dnhnniia. Ia.. " Ta-ra-ra-boom-de- ay " was played during the service in the Grand view Avenue jnaetiiouiut, yuu.uu, and ramn near causimr a disruption. A castor denounced it as blasphemy. Secretary Herbert has issued an order that no person in tne uniteuoiitu,vjr shall write for a newspaper or magazine on any subject whatever without first having secured permission from the Sec retary.. A Board of Trade firm in Chicago sent a cable message to Liverpool from the floor of the board asking lor a oia on wW.. The answer was received at the flame nlace in fonr minutes. This is the Quickest time on record. Secretary of Agriculture Morton has requested the return of all franked en velopes containing copies of his speech on political farmers, so that he may see WHO VlOltttCtl IIIO mom v.v.w.a them out only at his own expense. A club man at Boston has made a wager that he will work his way around the world, starting without a stiicn oi ciotn ino nn him. One vear is -to be given him in which to make the trip, and he is to return to Boston with $5,000 in his pock et. all of which he must have earned. Dr. Fall), the astrologer, predicts that New York will be inundated and in parts nhmnrond hv the waters of the bay and the East and' North rivers, which waters will be raised up by a great nuai wave, the mull It of a submarine earthquake. This event, Dr. Falb sayB, may be ex pected on or about Jury or Augue. at, THE MIDWINTER EXPOSITION. California MibwiNTia istbiwa- i no l jaxTosrnoN. -uxraKTMBUT r ot Ppblicitt and Promotion. i IWMklr Circular Lett-No. U. Ban Francisco, Jan. 2, 1894. On the eve of the day for the official ceremonial opening of the Midwinter Exposition, that grand Industrial dis play cornea nearer to being ready for the inspection of the publio than has been any international exposition the world has ever seen. The buildings of the ex position itself are all finished. The sound of the hammer which may still be heard during the first days after the official opening will be heard in connec tion with the installation of exhibits only; and the reason for this conceded delay in the installation of some of the exhibits lies in the fact that Chicago is so far away, that it was so hard to get cars in time for the speedy transporta tion of foreign exhibits, and in the fur ther fact that California is the only part of this great western world where snow does not impede progress by rail. A hundred cars containing foreign exhibit intended for the Midwinter Exposition were sadly delayed en route across the continent, and these are they that have I not vet been set up in all their glory, though only a few days more will elapse before the perfection of the grand pic-.' a mi a X i l.a ture of industry and progress in which they are to play so important a part. The winter rains, which have in many Instances dampened the ardor of exposi tion enthusiasts, have been working wonders in "everybody's garden" in Golden Gate park. ; Toilers in wintry woods in eastern sections of this great land, and workers amid the snows of bleak regions far away from California would almost give their eyes, no doubt, to catch one glimpse of the green lawns and springing flowers in the midst of which this great exposition has been' erected. Many Easterners are already here, and are reveling in scenes that are new to them and joining in the univer sal wonderment that a great city has sprung up in these few months, here by( the sid a of the Golden Gate, almost as rapidly as vegetation develops in this glorious climate. ' . No name has thus far been given to this city of rapid development; no name, at least, that has as yet been uni versally adopted. The "City of Palms was one of the names suggested in the earlier days of the exposition, when there was a possibility of palms predom inating in the decoration of the exposi tion grounds. But the progress of the landscape work developed the fact that there was such a variety of tree life, and such varied foliage in the foreground and in the further reaches of the picture that no one tree could be selected as typ ical, and the result hat been that those who care enough about it have been cast ing about for another name. One name that has found particular favor has been Sunset City. " The location of Saa Francisco at the sunset end of this great continent, and the location of the Mid winter Exposition in the western part of the beautiful park that stretches beyond the city away but to the Golden Gate, and where the sun sinks below the hori- ron that seems to be an endless distance off, has had a great deal to do with the suggestion of this name, and to many it has seemed the most appropriate or au. But the name by which this city 14 architectural palaces shall be known will be chosen by acclamation during the next fortnight. More than 60,00$ people have thug far paid admission to the grounds, - watching the progress of the work ot preparation, now, now- eve, the greater crowns wiu wsji u come in, and each individual first im pression will play its part in the forma tion of publio opinion as to how this ax position shall be handed down to history with some name that identifies it be yond peradventure of confusion with any other effort oi a similar nature. ; a is conceded on every hand that the Mid winter Exposition is well worthy of any name that popular expression may give it, but that, by any name, it would. just as sweet and beautiful in the eyes of all beholders . ;; r To those who are not to have the pleas ure of viewing this exposition, or te those who want to know what It looks like before they come to San Francisco there has been presented, through the medium of the official birdseye new, the most accurate panorama ever placed before the public in connection with aa enterprise of this kind. This official birdseye view will have been posted at every railway station In the United States and in many other places before this letter is in print. It is a production in lithography, from a painting by Char lee Graham, the celebrated artist who made the famous picture of the World's Columbian Exposition, but made it from the plans and ideas of the projectors. In this instance, however, Mr. Graham made his sketches on the spot, after nearly all the buildings were in process of erection, and when every location had been nositively settled. There is, there fore, spread out an accurate pioture of the Midwinter rair. m uio waia buildings are grouped around a Grand Central court, 1000 feet in length, in the midst of 200 acres of the Golden Gate park.' -From the center of the Grand Court rises the electric tower, 878 feet in heieht. and within range of vision of one located on the top of this tower, lie 76 different concessional structures, lev era! of which really include half a desen buildings each, so that there ar at lust 100 buildings, all told, in this "Sunset City," . , . There are a dozen other points of ti tage on the tops of different buildings, from which the Golden Gate ia in view, and all these lofty eyries hare beam crowded during the last week with the daily visitors to the grounds, to whom a birdseye view seems most Qesira l. "With tomorrow's street pageant and the consequent starting of the machinery all along the line of the exposition and its concessions, the exposition really gsta down to business. From now on its special features will demand more at tention in detail and these letters will contain all that can be told about the exposition. To be appreciated, the ex position must be FOREIGN CABLES. French Troops Ambushed by Chinese Pirates. GERMAN REVENUE RETURNS. Hungarian Peaaanta on the Verge of Starvation Oppoaed to Dueling in the Army. India reports a good wheat crop. England's pension list last year was $38,000,000. The South African gold mines' output is increasing greatly. , The wheat area in India for 1894 shows an increase of 6 per cent. Siamese are evacuating the terrritory surrendered to the French. The entire Argentine maize crop ha been ruined by the drought. France proposes to convert her 1 per cent bonds into 3 per cent. A friend of RiamArv.k' htm heen fined for libeling Chancellor von Caprivi, . There were thirtv-one cases of death from starvation in London during 1893. It is said that fencing is to be the fash ionable exercise for ladies this season in London.-: - - --.i " i : .- h. War in Europe is more remote than ever according to ex-Premier Di Kudini of Italy. ' - , - ' - The total value of the war material of the French army amounts to nearly $500,000,000. It is estimated that in the whole of Europe over 600,000 women hold publio appointments. - The French government has among its naval archives about 3,000 propellers of different design. Prince Bismarck is reported to be suf fering from influenzt i I a recurrence of his old gastric trjj'ulea. Premier Crispi is preparing a land re form bill for Italy and Sicily similar to Gladstone's Irish land bill. , ,t! ? The Hessian fly is now for the first time recorded as occurring in Norway and doing damage to barley. , , , , The revenue returns of Germany for 1893 show that the expenditures exceed the grants by 40,000,000 marks. The Austrian government has decided that the Vienna city railway shall be built and managed by the State. ' Catholics in convention at Buda-Pesth demanded the repeal of the new Austrian education and civil marriage laws. ! The London Times says that the year 1893 was one of the most peaceful and prosperous of the century in Ireland. Dispatches from towns in Saros coun ty, Hungary, say that thousands of peas ants there are on the verge of starvation. The British naval budget will be $35, 000.003 lareer than usual, in order to meet the popular demand for more war ships. , London women now smoke cigarettes after lunch in the better class of West End restaurants, and no objection ia made. ,.f., r v -i- r..w.-L.:--.-,- The announcement comes from Cal cutta that it is not the intention of the government to place an import tax upon auveai-at-'--- -. (IratLt hnn.nr and muter DTevail In Russia, which ia said to be in worse condition than during the active Nihilist period. Paris Fiearo sava the salon of Mrs. Eustis. wife of the American Ambassa dor, will be the most brilliant of the season. The Russian eovernment is consider ing the question of extending the area of territory upon wnicn jews are anowea to settle, Bourgeon's sermons have reached an enormous saie since uu uesui. iui oiu gle sermon on "Baptismal Regeneration' Bold 234,000. - The new French tax of 10 francs each on cycles has produced in the first year it has been in operation 701,ooy i ranee, or about 31,200. The French are negotiating for a re newal of the Panama canal charter, but opposition to the grant is being devel oped at fanama. Clemencean is to be prosecuted for his attacks upon the French navy, the ground being that his documents affected the security of the State. The total tonnage of ships built on the Clyde in 1893 is estimated at 208,000, as against 336,000 in 1892. The number of steamers launched was 132. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce nas appuiuwu a cuuiuiiiwv w wiuium m firoject to reduce port dues ana to en arge the facilities of the port. A Pans lournal urges the necessity lor France acquiring more coaling stations if she wishes to be in a position "to talk in nttipg manner . to ureat oritain. The eold medal of the Royal Astro nomical Society of England has been, awarded to Prof. S. W. Burnham, re cently of Lick Observatory, California, The Bavarian Clericals have submit ted a motion in the Bavarian Diet re questing the government to use all its authority to suppress dueling in the army. , Prince Bernadotte, whose romantic marriauo with Miss Monk created so much interest in England a year ago, has iust been annointed to the. chief command of the Norwegian army.' Chinese pirates in Tonquin ambushed a detachment of trenctl troops com manded by Captain Delauney, killing Captain Delauney, wounding three Lieu tenants auu auuugua wuuuuiug cignweu men Brewery schools have been established by the government in Bavaria, and lect ures on the art of brewing constitute a feature of the curriculum at the univer sities of Berlin. Halle, Bonn and Got- tingen. :. ;. ' ., The German government, yielding to the desire of Chief Judge Ide of Samoa. has given its consent to thecontinaation of the Samoan Land Commission, be lieving Judge Ide to be able and willing to pacity the country speedily, 4 The French eovernment has adopted plans for a new lighthouse at Bon Marche on the Atlantic near Quito per. The light is to be the brightest in the world and visible at a distance of sixty-three aan tical miles. It will cost 300,000 franee. THE PORTLAND MARKETS. Wbiat Valley. 87&a90c; Walla Walla, 8081c per cental. provisions. Eastxbs Shoeid Mbats and Labd Hams, medium, 1213c per pound; hams, large, ll12c; hams, picnic, ll(ai2c: breakfast bacon, 13 " ; short clear sides. ll13c; dry salt . 10llc; dried beef hams, VZ'-imUc; lard, comnound. in tins. 910l4c per pound; pure, in tins, 1113c; pigs' feet, 80s, $5.50; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.00. HOPS, WOOL AMD HIDXe. Hora '93s. choice, 15ai6c per pound ; medium, 10 12c; poor, 67c. Wooi-Valley, iuiic per pouna; Umpqaa, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 6 10c, according to quality and shrinkage. Hides Dry selected prime, 6c; green, salted. 60 rounds and over, 3c: under 60 pounds, 23c ; sheep pelts, shearlings, 1015c; medium, 2035c; long wool, 8060c; tallow, good to choice, 3030 per pound. LTVl AND DBESSBD MBAT. Basr -Tod steers. $2.50(3.3.00: fair to good steers, $2.002.25; cows, $2.00t :.Z&; dressed beef, (goytc per pouna. i Mottost Beet sheep, $2.50; ewes, $2.26; lambs, $ . Hogs Choice heavy, $4.004.25; me dium, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.90(3 .VJ; dressed, bi(gc per pouna. Vbai Small choice, 6c; large, 4c per pound. :" COBDAUB. Manilla rope, M in. cir. and up, 10)c ; manilla rope, 12-thread, J. diam., 11c; manilla rope, 6 and 9-thread, and 5-16 diam., ll)c; manilla bait rope, in coils or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yarn, tarred, 8c ; manilla bawser-iaia rope wen boring, etc.. 13c: manilla transmission- of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine. 11c; manilla spring twine, lie; sisi rope, 1 in. cir. and upward, 7c; sisal rope, 12-thread, diam., 7c; sisal rope, 6 and 9-thread, 1 and 6-16 diam., 8c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7c; hop-vine twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine, 8c noon, rsBD, bto. Flook Portland, $2.76; Salem, $2.75; Cascadia, $2.75; Dayton, $2.76; Walla Walla, $3.00; Snowflake, $2.80; Corral lie, $2.65; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham, $2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats wnite, ig3c per nosnei; mv. suaszc: rouea. in Dags. o.zoua 6.50; barrels, $6.75(87.00; in cases, $3.75. Milimtjfis Bran, 113 10; shorts. $1516; ground barley. $1618; chop feed. 115 ner ton : whole feed barley. 600 70c per cental; middlings, $2328 per ton;- chicken wheat, 65c$1.15 per cental. . ' t -vr- ,.;.- Hat Good, $10 12 per ton. - ,:,h v. daiby raooDca. BorntK Oregon fancy creamery, 30(9 82c; fancy dairy. 2627c; fair to good,2022Mcj common, 1017c per pound; California, 60 55c per roll. Uhixsb -, uregon, lvigiac, tua, c; xonng America, tstsioc. Ilia. 1 1 f A WUllfA, .u.v.. v r Swiss,, imported,; 3032c; domestic, 1 (glHc per pouna. Kaaa Oregon, ID loe per aoxen ; jaw- em, nominally the same. . Poultry Chickens, mixed, quoted at $3.00(83.50.. per dozen; ducks, $4.00 6.00; geese, $8.609.00; turkeys, live, ll12c per pound; areesea, ic VXaXTABLgS AND FttUTXB. Vioitabi.es California cabbage, lVc per pound ; potatoes, Oregon, 6076c per eacK ; onions, tx.to pw wo- p toes, MCW puuiiu, j , 8690c; - artichokes, $1.001.10.;jil -dozen; California lettticft-.-Jt'!5 P dozen; cauliflower, &75 Pr CIte' dozen; pjy. jriVZZ-l .ninat-iW(ii.ZI Pr . " beans, l53iec- iM pound -asparagus, 12)o per pound ; Los Angeles tomatoes, $2.00 per box. " ' - Faurra Sicily lemons, $4.00(14.50 per box; California fancy, $3.504.00; com mon, $2.603.00; bananas, $1.603.00 per bunch ; Honolulu, $l.oOz.ou; uaii fnmi navnla. 12 2.1,32.76 oer box: seed- - lings, $1.252.00; Mexican, $3.603.75 ; Japanese, $1.752.O0; sunflower, $2.75 ? apples (buying price), green, 6065c per box; red, ou(soc; wmwr pewe, w 80c per box. ; . , , - t CAMNBD OOODS. , Cannbd Goods Table fruits, assorted, $1.752.00; peaches, $1.852.00; Bart- lett pears, si.0(gz.uu; piuma, iiTkis 1 fin- at.rHwherrieH. s2.25Vd2.45: cherries. $2.25(82.40; blackberries, $1.862.00; raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.26(9 8.80; apricots, $1.65. Pie fruits,, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums;, $1.001.20: blackberries, $1.251.40 per dozen. ' Pie fruits, gallons, assorted $3.163.50; peaches, $3.604.UU; apri cots, $3.504.00; plums, $2.75(83.00; blackberries, S4.a(g4.oo; tomatoes,si.iu. Mkatb Corned beef. Is. $1.50; 2s. $2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is, $3.50; 2s, $6.757.00; deviled ham, $1.50 2.75 per dozen; roast Deet, is, fi.ou; 2s, $2.25. , ., ;:-v., -' Fish Sardines, an, 70ciz.a; 8, $2.154.60; lobsters, $2.303.50; sal-' mon, tin l-io tana, i.zqoi-u; "V 11.76 :2-lbs. $2.25(82.50; -barrel, $5.60. '''"'" staflb oaooBBiaa. Cowbb Costa Rica, 23Kc; Rio, 22f 23c; Salvador, 23Wc; Mocha, 2649 28c; Arbuckle's, Columbia ; and Lion, 100-pound cases, zocswc per pouuu. i Dkibd tBorrs ia paca, rww prunes, ease; sliver, iwgizoj itaimu, 810c; German. 68e; plums, 6 10c; evaporated apples, 810c; evaporated apricots, I5 16c ; peaches, 1012c ; pears, 7llc per pound. . ; I onn .IK RA. 1 HTU SALT idverpooi, iwo, i -n $16.00; 50s, $16.50; stock, $8.50(89.50. . Strop Eastern.' in barrels, 4055c; in half barrels. 42(57c: in cases, 3o(9 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California, in barrels, l(9 wo per gaiion j .io par keg. ".''-v "' ",' ' "!- Sooab D.4Kot Golden 0, 4Me; extra O, 4J(e ; confectioners' A, 6Mc ; dry gran ulated, 6Jic; cube, crushed and pow dered, 6c per pound; Jtfo per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash; maple sugar, 15 16c per pound. Rio No. 1 Sandwich Island, $4.75i 6.00 ; no Japan in market. A Polyglot Menagerie. . ., ' A tolerably well practiced linguist is required for Mine. Scalchi'a family of pet animals. Of her 11 parrots, 10 nn-' derstand French and 1 English, while one of her pugs comprehends only Italian and one English. She lias five other dogs whom she addresses in labelle langne. All these are in her pleasant villa in ' the suburbs of Turin, where her htuw, band, Signor Lolli, makes wine from the , grapes of his own vineyard and the great ; singer wanders in her woods early in morning gathering mushrooms for bur ' breakfast. L She considers all green usr den vegetables good for the Toice.2i)U per's Bazar. . . " 4uuwnt.0en.ral ra-eeran
