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ST. HELENS; OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ltf, 1891.
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THE PACIFIC COAST.
Indians on the War Path in
Arizona Territory.
FIVE SAPPHIRES IN A GIZZARD
Marrlage-by-Froxy Racket Being
Successfully Worked by the.
Cunning Chinese.
Mining la booming all over Now Mex
ico. Lightning-rod wlnillors are gutting oa
pretty well among Oregon larmern.
The combined American and BritUh
ealorg on thin Coaat will hardly number
a dozen this season.
The street-car system of Sacramento
has changed hands. The new owners
propose to run the eletttric cars with the
water power generated at Folsom.
The snrvnv o( a route (or the main
line of the Union Pacific through Boise,
Idaho, will shortly be made. In fact,
orders to that ell'ect have been issued.
After a hard struggle the Spokane
temperance people have carried the day
in their fight not to have any saloon at
the site of the new water works, where
so many men are employed.
The Indians are on the war path In
the Hunker Hill mining district in Ari
sona. Four Indians attacked a pros
pector named Clark, who escaped to
Mammoth and gave the alarm.
Thompson Campbell of Butte, Mont.,
has Ave sapphires taken from the giz
zard of a Montana turkey. The sap
phires are all of good size, and one of
them weighs about two karats. '
There Is a general belief that the many
stories told about Kvans and Morel are
inventions. The public outside of the
neighborhood where the two outlaws re
ceive sympathy are becoming incredu
lous. Turn Lin Ying has been landed at
Portland by a ruling of the United States
District Court. The woman claimed to
le a wife of Chung Chu, a merchant of
Portland, and that she was married to
him by proxy six months ago in China.
The court held that the marriage was
legal according to Chinese custom, and
consequently was legal in this country.
A suit has been commenced by the
United States at Ixs Angeles againat the
Southern Pacific Company for 1,600,000
acre of land lying along the latter'"
track betwi en Banning and Ynma, and
It if part of tho Texas-Pacific grant. It
is what is raid to have been recently sold
by 0. P. Huntington to the Colorado Ir
rigation Company. It forms the Colo
rado Desert, and without water is worth
less. J. G. Vatta, an ex-member of the
Idaho Legislature, borrowed several gold
nnggets and then obtained money from
the banks on thera. He told the State
World's Fair Commissioner that if he
would pay the banks he could have the
nuggets for exhibition, with the privi
lege of selling them afterward, realizing
the money on them. This was done, and
the Commissioner has just discovered
that the nuggets were originally bor
rowed, and he is called upon to pay for
them.
At a recent meeting of the Directors
of the Midwinter Fair Association at
Portland it was decided to abandon the
attempt to make an exhibit at the fair
in progress in Han Francisco. The rea
son for this is that sufficient Interest has
not been manifested in the matter by
Orgonians generally. Portland baa sub
scribed very handsomely with a laud
able desire of. assisting the State in
making a creditable display, but the
country towns have subscribed such
small amounts that Portland has con
tributed more than 90 per cent of the
sum raised. In view of this state of af
fairs and discouraging reports received
as to the probable success of the fair the
Directors appointed a committee to wind
up the affairs of the corporation and dis
tribute the funds.
The San Francisco Chronicle prints a
long article exposing the methods by
which the Chinese may evade the exclu
sion law through a system of false cer
tificates of registration. It states the
Chinese are systematically stalling the
registration books opened under the Mc
Oreary act. The law provides no pen
alty for the punishment of those who
register twice, and on account of the
great similarity of Chinese in features
and names many are able by going to
different places of registration to secure
from two to a dozen certificates of regis
tration. These, it is claimed, will soon
have a marketable value of from 60 to
$100, and will find a ready sale among
the Mongolians smuggled into the coun
try. The Chronicle declares the Chinese
have no trouble at all In securing many
bogus certificates.
Oregon's mammoth cave will soon be
explored and rendered accessible to the
public A company has been incorpor
ated at San Francisco for the purpose of
developing what bitls fair to be one of
the greatest natural attractions on the
Pocidc Coast. For years rumors have
reached civilization that way back in the
mountains of Josephine county, Or., in
the wildest part of the Cascade Range
was a cave in which one might wander
for months without finding an end.
These reports came from hunters and
trappers, who occasionally visited that
wild region in search of came, and but
little credence was given them. Nothing
of any certainty was known concerning
the cave until four years ago, when W.
K. Hearst of the San Francisco Exam
iner sent a reporter, Charles Michelson,
and a photographer to explore its
depths. The cave is about seventy-five
miles from Grant's Pass, and in order to
reach it they were compelled to go by
stage ahout fifty miles and the
remainder of the distance with a pack
train. From reports given the publio
by the Examiner party the cave is larger
and excels in beauty the great Mam
moth cave of Kentucky, The other day
John 0. Qtilnn, Thomas T. Williams,
James L. Gittings and Samuel W.
Backus of San Francisco, Thomas H.
Morton and A. J. Henderson of Kerby
vllle, Or., and Alphonzo B, Smith of
Grant's Pass filed articles of incorpora
tion of the Oregon Cave Improvement
Company. The capital Btock is (500,000,
of which $7,000 has been subscribed.
The avowed purpose is to buy and Im
prove the great Oregon cave, build ho
t jls, roads, parks and do a lumbering
and mining business.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Senate ha confirmed the nomi
nation of Thomas Moonlight of Kansas
to tie Minister to Bolivia.
The plan of inspecting Immigrants at
foreign ports before embarkation for this
country provided In the bill of Stone of
Pennsylvania has been approved by the
House Committee on Judiciary.
The report upon the Holman resolu
tion (or the investigation of the system
of premiums to builders of naval vessels
for extra speed, which approves of the
system, has been adopted by the House
Naval Committee.
The House Naval Affairs Committee
has ordered a favorable report on the
resolution expressing pleasure and satis
faction at the prompt action of Admiral
Benham in protesting American com
merce at Rio de Janeiro.
A deficiency appropriation of $400,000
for the expenses of the United States
Courts, which has been asked by the
Attorney-General, is being considered
by the House Appropriations Commit
niittoe, and will probably be granted.
In the House Ellis of Oregon asked
unanimous consent for the consideration
of the Senate bill to extend the time al
lowed the Umatilla Irrigation Company
for the completion of its canal across
the Umatilla Indian reservation in Ore
gon. The bill passed.
The War Department this year has re
ports of the militia from the Adjutant
Generals of every State in the Union.
The reports show 0,270 commissioned of
ficers, 102,012 enlisted men in the Na
tional Guard and about 9,000,000 men in
the unorganized militia.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations has decided to report in favor of
the ratification of the treaty witli Great
Britain for the extension of the treaty
for com pleting the survey between Alaska
and Northwest Territory, which was sent
to the Senate Monday by the President.
In the session of the Public Lands
Committee adverse reports were ren
dered on the bills for a survey of lands
granted to the Willamette Valley and
Cascade Wagon Road Company in Ore
gon ; to prevent the consolidation of land
offices in Colorado, and to dispose of
several abandoned military reservations.
Senator Allen has introduced a bill re
pealing all laws enacted relating to the
coinage or use of silver since January 1,
1873, and re-enacting all laws relating to
silver and in force previous to that by
authorizing and directing the issue of
United States legal-tender notes and to
ftrohibit the further use of United States
nterest-bearing bonds.
Senator Pettigrew has introduced an
amendment, intended to be offered by
him to the Wilson tariff bill, providing
for the appointment of a commission of
five persons to be known as the Customs
Commission. The duty of the proposed
commission is to gather data concerning
tariff rates and their effect on industries
in this and other countries and to report
its findings to Congress.
Special Agent Maher of the Treasury
Department was before the Appropria
tions Committee, and explained the re-
? I nest of the Secretary of the Treasury
or $450,000 to enforce the Chinese ex
clusion act. This item has nothing to
do with the Geary act, but is to furnish
means to carry out the law of May 5,
1802, by policing the border and ship
ping home Chinamen caught attempting
to enter the United States unlawfully.
The Court of Appeals of the Dutrict
of Columbia has reversed the decision of
Judge Bradley in the Palmetto trade
mark liquor case, and Commissioner of
Patents Seymour has scored a point
against Governor Tillman of South Car
olina. The Commissioner refused to reg
ister the trade mark sought by Governor
Tillman for the brand sold by the State.
Judge Bradley granted a mandamus to
compel the registrv.- The Commissioner
appealed, and the Court of Appeals re
versed Judge Bradley's decision.
There are not enough men enlisted in
the navy to properly man the United
States ships which go into commission
before May lj and, moreover, the limit
allowed by law will not permit the en
listment of a sufficient number. The
big cruisers Columbia and Olympia,
Marblehead and Montgomery, Atlanta
and Boston, Raleigh, Cincinnati, Alert
and Marion are all to be manned, re
quiring about 1,600 men. About half
that number is available. Additional
authority will be required from Congress
to enlist sufficient men, and Secretary
Herbert will probably lay the matter
before that body, . .,
Responding to a resolution which
passed the Senate, the Secretary of the
Treasury has sent to the Senate a state
ment showing the names of bond sub
scribers offering 117.223. whose subscrip
tions were accepted, together with the
amount subscribed for and the amount
allotted at that price. The statement
also gives the list of those offering to
purchase at a higher price and the list
of those not considered for various rea
sons. Among the allotments on tbe
117.223 bids are the following: Hanover
National Bank, New York, $1,420,050;
Kuhn Loeb & Co., New York, $1,420,
060; United States Trust Company, New
York, $2,338,700; Farmers' Loan and
Trust Company, New York, $1,893,400;
Union Trust Company, New York, $2,
308,700; New York Life Insurance Com
pany, New York, 12,840,060. The above
allotments were the result of scaling the
original bids to the extent of 6.331 per
cent of the amount. In the aggregate
this class is $40,704,700. All bids at fig
ures over the 117.223 amount in the ag
gregate to $60,205,300.
The President has sent to the Senate
a treaty negotiated with the representa
tives of the government of Great Brit
ain for extension of the time for making
the survey of the boundary line between
Alaska and the British possessions. The
original treaty providing for a joint com
mission for this work was negotiated
and ratified during the summer of 1892,
and Commissioners were appointed on
behalf of the two governments. In ac
cordance with the terms of the treaty
the commission was to make a survey of
the territory adjacent to that part of the
boundary line of the United States and
Canada and dividing Alaska from the
Northwest Territory from latitude 64.6
degrees north to a point where the bound
ary line enters the 141st degree longi
tude west. The purpose, of the survey
is to set at reBt some questions of dis
pute going back of the time of the own
ership of Alaska by Russia and involv
ing a conflict in claims made by the two
countries to land along the seacoast op
posite the Channel Islands. Under the
terms of the treaty this commission was
to complete the work within the period
of two years, which would expire this
fall. It has been found impracticable to
accomplish this, and the present treaty
extends the time for another year.
EASTERN NEWS.
Woman Suffrage Gets a Black
Eye in Massachusetts.
DON'T WANT UTAH ADMITTED
A Denver Lawyer Believed to Have
Been Murdered by Hia Wife
Other Brevities.
Iowa legislators cannot agree on a liq
uor bill.
A bill designed to put a stop to "treat
ing" has been introduced in the Massa
chusetts Legislature.
- The insane law of Minnesota has been
declared unconstitutional, and 470 in
mates have a right to new trials.
The Montreal Hebrews are organizing
a society for the purpose of assisting des
titute Jews and bringing others to Can
ada. Sackett, the silhouette artist, who
eloped with an Elkhart (Ind.) heiress,
has been arrested at Topeka. The girl
has been returned to her heme.
The Woman's Home Missionary Soci
ety of the Philadelphia Conference has
memorialized Congress against the ad
mission of Utah as a State.
The State of Mississippi is proposing
to discontinue the penitentiary lease
system and to establish a farm on which
its convicts will be employed.
Tree-plnnting on the streets at Or
lando, Via., is encouraged by a bounty
of 60 cents for each tree in good condi
tion after one year of growth.
The hard times have induced the pre
sentation of a bill in the Massachusetts
Senate to prevent attachment of grave
yard lots and tombstones for debt,
A bill has been introduced in the Mas
sachusetts Legislature to empower cities
and towns to make and distribute elec
tricity forlight, heat and motive power.
The Connecticut Board of Health will
vigorously prosecute irregular medical
practitioners, disregarding any injunc
tions which may be obtained by the lat
ter. Senator Gray has announced a bill to
enable purchasers at judicial sales of
railroads organized under the laws of the
United States to organize new corpora
tions. The Committee on Harbors and Rivers
will give an appropriation to improve
San Pedro and Port Harford, but not as
much as the Secretary of War recom
mended. The joint committee of the Massachu
setts Legislature has given woman suf
frage a black eye by reporting adversely
on the proposition to grant municipal
suffrage to the ladies.
The Legislature of Kentucky has had
before it for some time a bill providing
for the compulsory education of the
youth of the State, hut the bill is not
likely to become a law.
A Chicago dispatch to the Philadel
phia Times says : Prophecies of ruin In
the World's Fair district of the city to
follow the departure of the great show
have not been fulfilled.
A dispatch from Ottawa, Ont., states
that there is a large amount of distress
in that city, and the City Engineer's of
fice is besieged every morning by men
who hope to get a job at stone-breaking.
A company of Canadian capitalists
are going to stretch a cable from below
the Niagara Falls to Table Rock on the
Canadian side on the plan of the Ferris
wheel. It is proposed to run cars across
every twenty minutes.
Secretary Carlisle has called for tbe
resignation of H. H. Lawrence, assayer
of the mint at San Francisco; P. B. El
lis, assayer of the mint at Carson City,
and E. B. Zabriskie, melter and refiner
of the mint at Carson City, Nev.
With the money from the sale of bonds
the Treasury Department is paying some
of its deferred obligations. Sugar boun
ties to the amount of $11,500,000 have
been awaiting payment for some time.
They are now being paid at the rate of
$100,000 a day.
It is now believed that Henry Carr, a
young lawyer at Denver, was shot by his
wife and killed, and not by burglars, as
first reported. The woman lived in a
notorious house before he married her,
and frequently became intoxicated and
quarreled with her husband.
The bill by Terry, making railroad
corporations citizens of States in which
their lines may be for legal purposes, re
ceived a favorable vote in committee.
Under the existing laws according to re
cent decisions of the Supreme Court the
habitation of a railroad is in the State
where its principal office is located.
The House Judiciary Committee has
referred back to the subcommittee Mc
Cann's resolution calling for an investi
gation of Judge Jenkins' action in en
joining the Northern Pacific) employes
from striking. The subcommittee is in
structed to inquire whether there are
any charges that Jenkins was influenced
by corrupt motives.
Collis P. Huntington was before the
Senate Committeeon Railroads the other
day, giving the committee information
about the Pacific railroads. C. P. Hun
tington made a suggestion to Jthe com
mittee in the shape of a bill looking to
the reorganization of the Central Pacific
system. His proposition is the company
shall give a mortgage to the government
covering all its property, in considera
tion of which it may issue $134,000,000
2b per cent bonds, to run 125 years, to
be applied first to the replacement of
the mortgage bonds of the Central Pa
cific and California and Western Pacific
railroad, amounting to $27,853,000; also
to the redemption of bonds issue 1 on
account of the California and Oregon
railroad, amounting to $38,000,000. The
bill contains numerous provision look
ing to the protection of the government
interest in the road. 0. P. Huntington
after his argument before the Railroads
Committee of the Senate in favor of the
extension of the Central Pacific indebt
edness by issuing bonds payable in 126
years, bearing interest at $ per cent,
was asked by a newspaper correspond
ent if he would state in writing over his
own signature just what his proposition
was. He replied sententiously and per
haps a little bit facetiously : " It is a
proposition to use the credit of the
United States, none of its money, and
pay off the indebtedneas. That ii all I
can say now,"
THE MIDWINTER EXPOSITION, i
Nearly 200,000 people hare passed the
turnstiles of the California Midwinter
Exposition during the first two weeks
of its existence. This fact establishes
the sure success of the Exposition from
the standpoint qf attendance, and the
verdict of the thousands who make up
this grand total has been unanim .ayi in
favor of the success of the Exposition
from every point of view.
Since the opening day, Jan. 27, no
special effort has been made to draw the
crowds. It has been the aim of tbe Ex
position management to let tbe many
features of the Exposition speak for
themselves, and exclamations of sur
prise and satisfaction have been heard
on every hand. The exhibits are now
practically all in position. There are no
hole in the floor, so to speak, and it is
noticeable by those who visited the
great Columbian Exposition that even
the exhibits which were seen there ap
pear to have taken on new form here ia
Ban Francisco, and the exhibitors have
undoubtedly profited by the experience
gained on the shore of Lake Michigan.
The largest spaces in the center of the
great floor of the Manufactures and
Liberal Arts building are occupied by
France, Germany, Russia and Italy.
Each of these countries is represented
by a display of artistic and useful man
ufactures which has never before been
seen outside of the great Columbian Ex
position, and in most instances the dis
plays brought from there have been
augmented by new supplies brought
across the Atlantic and across the conti
nent especially for this display.
But in the midst of all this that is
not new to everybody, there is so much
in the Midwinter Exposition that is uni
versally unique and novel that there is
nothing of the "old story" about it.
The American section is particularly
prolific- in novelty, and it occupies the
largest space assigned to any one coun
try, so that the international character
of the Exposition by no means shuts out
the glorification of home industries in
this beautiful industrial fair.
The Palace of Fine Arts has already
proved to be a revelation. Such a dis
play of pictures has never before been
seen in this part of the world. This de
partment did not depend on Chicago for
its pictures, though it got a great many
f the best that were shown there. On
the walls of this building are hung later
pictures by well-known American,
French and German artists, and promi
nent among them are something like a
hundred of the works of the best artists
ef the Pacific- Coast. Connoisseurs say
that the Midwinter Art Palace is tho
best arranged picture gallery that the
world haa ever seen, and it certainly is
well adapted for the purpose to which it
is put.
In the eyes of Eastern visitors the cit
rus display naturally attracts the most
attention. It seems to be good for East
ern eyes to encounter a pear as big as a
baby's head and peaches almost as large,
to say nothing of so many oranges in
heaps and piles and buildings that there
is a great gleam of yellow before thera
all the while. The rivalry between the
.Northern and the Southern Citrus Fairs,
both of which are held in the Exposi
tion grounds, haa been happily produc
tive of the best displays in this line that
have ever been made, even in Califor
nia. The Northern Citrus Fair awarded
its premiums during the past week.
The Southern Citrus Fair does not open
until Feb. SO. The buildings devoted to
this class of displays are proving quite
as popular as some of the main Exposi
tion buildings, and California citrus
fruits are getting the best advertise
ment they have ever had.
One feature of the Exposition which
has emphasized itself since the opening
day is the excellence Of the electric illu
minations. The system of arc lighting
is as complete as anyone could wish, and
the incandescent system is well calcu
lated to arouse the enthusiasm of the
most latent soul. In these beautiful
midwinter evenings, whether the moon
shines or not, the entire Exposition
grounds areas light as day. Long lines
of incandescent lights stretch the entire
length of each of the main bui!d'ngs and
outline all their architectural points.
The dome of the Administration build
ing is' outlined against the deep
blue sky, the straight lines of the
Mechanic Arts building are clear
cut against the background of
the night, the classio outlines of the
Fine Arts palace enhanee the effect that
structure always has, and the peculiarly
effective architecture of the great palace
of Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
seems never to be seen at better advant
age than when its thousands of incan
descent electric lights are lighted.
The Horticulture and Agriculture
building, however, is the one that seems
to attract most attention in this partic
ular. This is perhaps due to the fact
that its lines contain more curves and
mere architectural eccentricities than
any other, but it is undoubtedly due in
a larger degree to the great flood of light
which pours through the big glass
dome that surmounts the building. Vis
itors seem at a loss to decide whether
the prettier picture is presented by day,
when the deep green of California's mid
winter foliage lends its aid, or at night
when artificial light plays so prominent
a part. All are agreed, however, that
the California Midwinter International
Exposition is the prettiest World's Fair
that has ever been held upon God's foot
stool, and the concessionaires, many of
whom have staked their all to cross the
continent and share the success of this
Industrial venture, and who may be con
ceded to be good judges of the promise
of such an exposition, are united in the
opinion that this f .tir will be an immense
success, and that that success will be
readily recognized without cavil and
without te local jealousies that have
too often surrounded similar enterprises.
The survey of a route for the main
line of the Union Pacific through Boise,
Idaho, will shortly be made. In fact,
orders to that effect have been issued.
After a hard struggle the Spokane
temperance people have carried the day
in their fight not to have any saloon at
the site of the new water works, where
FOREIGN CABLES.
Large Decrease in the Italian
Customs Receipts.
FAVOR BIRCHING BAD BOYS.
Church of England Clergymen Going
Over to the Church of Rome
The French Navy.
More than 2,700 Jews have started
from Odessa on their way to England.
The Italian bank circulation will be
increased by the issue of 125,000,000 lire.
The French navy is to be strengthened
by the addition of 101 swift torpedo
boats.
France voluntarily pays $80,000 in
demnity to Italy for the Aignes Mortes
massacre.
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain denies any
knowledge of a Unionist scheme for
home rule.
The number of books published in
England last year was 6,382, says the
London Telegraph.
France is uneasy over the political
significance of Bismarck's reconciliation
with the German Emperor.
The Pope is said to be preparing to
issue an encyclical on Catholiz Poles in
a tone conciliatory to Russia. .
The Austrian Cabinet has decided to
introduce in the Reichsrath a bill in
creasing the tax on corn flour to 7 francs.
Fewer German emigrants left the port
of Hamburg, the great point of embar
kation, last year than in any year since
1879. - ' .
The tax of 10 francs a year on cycles,
which was imposed in France last April,
yielded in the first half year over 780,
000 francs.
The French authorities of Corsica
have forbidden n -li h and German
doctors to practice lueir profession in
that island.
The Appeal Court in Dublin has
granted to Michael Davitt a certificate
in bankruptcy, thus rendering him again
eligible to sit in Parliament.
Only five out of the thirty-three mem
bers of the new Standing Committee on
Customs Duties in tbe French Chamber
of Deputies are not protectionists.
For the first time in her known his
tory the city of London has fallen be
hind the rest of England and Wales in
the rate of population for a decade.
Henceforth all Russian emigrants en
tering Germany en route for the United
States must be healthy, and if over 10
years of age, be possessed of 400 marks
in cash.
The fortune of Cecil Rhodes, Premier
of Cape Colony in Africa, is set at some
where from $60,000,000 to $75,000,000
all made in the diamond mines of that
Country.
The French Senate by a vote of 132 to
84 agreed to give votes to women en
gaged in business at elections. for tribu
nals of commerce. This is the begin
ning of woman's suffrage in France.
Orders for 250 locomotives and several
thousand railway carriages have been
given by the Russian government to
Austrian and Belgian firms, presumably
required for the Transiberian railway. .
There was a decrease of 7,000,000 lire
in the Italian customs receipts during
last month, while the revenue from in
direct taxation shows a total falling off
of 1,000,000 lire in the last six months.
Even Bulgaria, with her 100 or less
miles of coast line on a small inland sea,
has caught the naval fever, and the gov
ernment has just voted a sum equal to
about $5,000,000 for the establishment of
a navy. -
The political leaders in the Basque
provi nces of Spain will send to Mr. Glad
stone a gold-mounted casket containing
an address and a sprig from the historic
oak of Guernica, the symbol of Basque
liberty. : -. . . -
A government decree has been issued
at Madrid abolishing the obligation of a
special passport for entry to the Phillip
pine Islands, which for centuries has ir
ritated foreign visitors and closed the
archipelago.
Attention was called in the House of
Commons the other day to the injustice
of maintaining the Church of England
establishment in India by taxation raised
almost entirely from persons of the Mos
lem and Hindoo faith.
A "commer:ial museum " is about to
be established at Tangier, Morocco, in
which manufacturers and merchants
from all countries may exhibit samples
of those of their wares which they think
best adapted to the Moorish market.
Women typewriters, who have hith
erto been employed in the government
offices in London as supernumeraries,
are according to a decision of the Treas
ury Department henceforth to be incor
porated into the regular civil service. ..
Three clergymen of the Church of
England went over to the Church of
Rome in the course of one week of last
month. Fourteen English clergymen
have thus changed their church since
the judgment in the noted Lincoln case.
A resolution in favor of birching bad
boys instead of sending them to prison
has been sent to the British Home Sec
retary, signed by a number of Magis
trates. The proposition is to birch boys
under 16 for all offenses at the discretion
of the Magistrate.
The Argentine Republic is rapidly be
coming a prominent competitor in the
business of supplying grain to the Eu
ropean markets. Ship owners of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick are taking
advantage of the trade and finding em
ployment for their vessels.
Though Jules Verne's works of scien
tific fiction have sold by the hundreds of
thousands and returned millions of
francs to the publishers, they have
earned for their author only $4,000 a
year not even enough for him to buy
the house he rents at Amiens.
The Governor of Sierra Leone tele
graphs confirmation of the report of an
other engagement between French and
British forces on the frontier of Sierra
Leone, and says several were killed on
both sides, and that the French attacked
the British, whose force consisted en
tirely of natives. Touching on the af
fair, the Pall Mall Gazette says: " We
cannot have these things happen weekly.
No time should be lost in settling the
affair with France." .
THE PORTLAND MARKETS.
Whsat Valley, 66c; Walla Walla, 75
776c per cental
raovisioiia.
EaSTSBM SatOKSO MBATS AMD LA
Hams, medium, 12(13c per pound;
hams, large, hams, picnic,
ll12c; breakfast bacon, 1315c;
short clear sides. 11(8 13c; dry salt sides,
10!llc; dried beef hams, 1213c;
lard, compound, in tins, 9X10c per
pound; pure, in tans, ll13e; pigs'
feet, 80s, $5.60 ; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.00.
HOI'S, WOOl, AMD HIDES.
Hops '93s, choice, 1516c per pound;
medium, 1012c; poor, 67c.
Wool Valley, 10llc per pound;
Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 6(3
10c, according to quality and shrinkage.
Hioss Dry selected prime. 6c: (Teen.
salted, 60 pounds and over, Zc; under
60 pounds, 2 3c ; sheep pelts, shearlings,
1015c; medium, 2035c; long wool,
30 60c; tallow, good to choice, 303)0
per pound.
UVS AMD DBBSSSD MA.
Bssr Top steers, $2.6O3.00; fair to
good steers, $2.002.25; cows, $2,000
2.25; dressed beef, 4hc per pound.
Mcttom Best sheep, $2.50; ewes,
$2.26; lambs, $ .
Hoes Choice heavy. $4.0004.25: me
dium, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.90(8
4.00; dressed, 07c per pound.
VsAb Small choice, 6c; large, 4o pei
pound.
COBDAOS.
, Manilla rope, IK in. cir. and up, lOc ;
manilla rope, 12-thread, diam., lie;
manilla rope, 6 and 9-thread, and 6-16
diam., llic; manilla bail rope, in coils
or on reels, 10jc; manilla lath yarn,
tarred, 9c ; manilla hawser-laid rope well
boring, etc., 13c; manilla transmission-of-power
rope, 14c ; manilla paper twine,
11c; manilla spring twine, 14c; sisal
rope, 1 in. cir. and upward, 7c; sisal
rope, 12-thread, diam., 7c; sisal
rope, 6 and 9-thread, 1 and 6-10 diam.,
8c ; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7c; hop-vibe
twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine, Sc.
stocb, fssd, srrc .
Floub Portland, $2.66; Salem, $2.65;
Cascadia, $2.66; Dayton, $2.55; Walla
Walla, $3.00; Snowflake, $2.75; Corval
lis, $2.65; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham,
$2.40 ; superfine, $2.25 per barreL
Oats White, 3334c per bushel;
gray, 3132c; rolled, in bags, $5.76(1
6.00; barrels, $6.006.25; in cases, $3.76.
MiLLSTurrs Bran, $1316; shorts,
$1516; ground barley. $16(gl8; chop
feed, $15 per ton ; whole feed barley, 60(j .
70c per cental; middlings, $2328 per
ton; chicken wheat, 66c$1.15 per
cental.
Hat Good, $1012 per ton.
DAIBT FBODCCB.
BtJTTXR Oregon fancy creamery, 27
30c; fancy dairy, 22)4 26c; fair to
good, 16(8174c; common, ll(312o per
pound; Californit, 46c per roU.
Chkksb Oregon, 1013c; Califor
nia. : Young America, 1215e:
Swiss, imported, 3032c; domestic, 16
ioc per pound. '
Eeos Oregon, generally 12(al4cper
dozen; Eastern, nominally the same. -
Poultbt (Jhickens. mixed. Quoted at
$3.00(23.50 per dozen; ducks, $4,600
5.00; geese, $8.00; turkeys, live, lUc per
pound ; dressed, 12c
1 VKQXTABLKS AUD FBOITS.
Vsorablbs California cabbage, l)c
per pound ; potatoes, Oregon, 60(8 75c per
sack ; onions (buying price), $1.00(31.10
per sack ; sweet potatoes, 3c per pound ;
California celery, 8690o; artichokes,
$1.001.10 per dozen ; California lettuce,
2035c per dozen ; Oregon hothouse let
tuce, 4050c ; cauliflower, $2.76 per crate,
90c per dozen; parsley, 25c per dozen;
sprouts, $1.00(31.25 per box; string
beans, 15 18c per pound; asparagus,
12c per pound ; Los Angeles tomatoes,
$2.00 per box.
Fecit -Sicily lemons, $4.0004.60 per
box; California fancy, $3.6004.00; com
mon, $2.50(33.00; bananas, $1.50 3.00
per bunch; Honolulu, $1.602.50; Cali
fornia navels, $2.25t32.75 per box; seed
lings, $1.25 2.00; Japanese, $1.752.00;
sunflower, $2.75; apples (buying price),
green, 5065c per box; red, 50 75c;
late winter pears, 6580c per box.
CAMMBD OOOD8.
Caskxd Goods Table fruits, assorted,
$1.752.00; peaches, $1.852.00; Bart
lett pears, $1.762.0O; plums, $1.37tfJ
1.50; strawberries, $2.25 2.45; cherries,
$2.252.40; blackberries, $15 2.00;
raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2,259
8.80; apricots, $1.65. Pie fruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.00 1.20; blackberries, $1.251.40per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.163.60; peaches, $3.604.00; apri
cots, $3.504.00; plums, $2.75 3.00;
blackberries, $4.254.60; tomatoes,$1.10.
Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.60; 2a,
$2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is,
$3.60; 2b, $(5.75 7.00; deviled bam, $1.60
2.75 per dozen; roast beet Is, $1.50;
2s, $2.26.
Fish Sardines, Js, 75c $2.25; n,
$2.154.50; lobsters, $2.30 3.50; sal
mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.261.60; flats,
$1.75;2-lbs, $2.26 2.50; -barrel, $5.60.
BTAPLa OBOCBBIBS.
Coma Costa Rica, 23c ; Rio,2223e ;
Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 26X28c; Ar
buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound
cases, $25.80
Dbied Fboits 1893 pack, Petit
prunes, 6 8c; silver, 10 12c; Italian,
8 10c; German. 6 8c; plums, 610c;
evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporated
apricots, 15 16c; peaches, 1012c;
pears, 7 lie per pound.
Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s,
$16.00; 80s, $16.60; stock, $8.509.60.
Stbdp Eastern, in barrels, 40 56c;
in half barrels, 42 57c; in cases, 359
80c per gallon ; $2,26 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 20 40c per gallon ; $1.76 per
keg.
Soqab D, 4,'sc; Golden 0, 4,c; extra
C, 4?4C ; confectioners' A, 6)(j c ; dry gran
ulated, 6)c; cube, crushed and pow
dered, 6o per pound; 14 Pr pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash ;
maple sugar, 16 16c per pound.
Rick No. 1 Sandwich Island, $4,759
6.00; no Japan in market.
Beans Small white, No. 1, 2c; No.
2, 2c large white, 2i'c; pea beans,
2c; pink, 2'c; bayou, 23c; butter,
3c; Lima, 3Kc per pound.
Picklks Barrels, No. 1, 2830o per
fallon; No. 2, 26 28c; kegs, 6s, 85c per
eg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen.
Raisins London layers, boxes, $1.75
(32.00; halves, $2.0002.25; quarters,
$2.25 2.75; eighths, $2.50 3.00. Loose
Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced,
$1.75; bags, 8 crown, 45c per pound;
4 crown, 55c. Seedless Sultanas,
boxes, $1.762.00; bags, 68e per
pound.
Smcbb Whole Allspice, 1830o per
pound; cassia, 16 18c; cinnamon,?
40c; cloves, 18"? 30c; black pepper, liuj
25c j nutmeg, 75$S0c ,