OREGON
VOL. II.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1891.
NO. 9.
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THE OREGON MIST.
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.THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY,
DAVIS BR03., Manacora
OFFICIAL COUNTY TAPER.
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one iiM'h unit niooiii...,, ,..,. , 'i I The Phiunix (A. T.) opera house liai
nil lui'ii three month. 1 t)een condemned m unsafe.
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luteal ii.tiliMM, cam. per lino for ihi In-er. Sacramento propose to make 111 sew
tlon: 10 cent, uer line lr each unbi-iiMHii hi' erage system more perfect at a cost of
cruiin.
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liimirlUiit, mul 7D vent, per IikiIi for each nle
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COI.UMIIU COUNTY DlltKOTOKY.
'miljr Olllrere.
Judge... Dean lllaiichar.t, Itelhler
('lurk K. K.jiilrk. H . Helen.
rlliurln" T. l watts, HI. Helm
Treaaiir r K. M. Wharton, tolmnt la :ity
Hil.t. of School. T. i. t:lectoii, (iMl.kiin e
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pxiri in ii ii lint loii Ural anil third Matimlay In
each month al7:H0r. M. al MhwiiiIii hall. lll
I tlx member. In good Handing luvlloil to al
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MMMi(!.-Kitlular Lidg. No. I-Htute.l
neellngi HiilunlKV on or beloreeach lull moon
at 7 ,'i r. . at Mimonlc, hell, over Ulani'liard .
viii'. .A'.'.LV.'l ",!"",'r, '" tuwi """"""'"
wo Fu...wV-t. Helen, l-iw Nn. ur-
Heel every Haim.lay nlglit ai 7:10 'l run. lent
brethren In good .lamling eorttlally iuvlled to
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'tie alalia.
Down rlvar (boat) clonal at S;M . M.
Up river (hoel li-loi.ee at 4 r. H.
The mull (nr Vacnonla ami rillbnr Lave.
HI. Helen, lli.hday, Wednesday ami Krl.lny at
A U
Tha mall lor Marhlan1, Clatnliaiilo ami Mint
leave. t4nltin Moiiday, Wadnmday and Filday
M.ila(rallway) norm oioM at to A.m.; tor
Portiami at m.
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Hatunlay. Iiw hi Helen, for ( lal.Unia
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Htakm iini.n-i.'i hi . Heiam tor Fort-
land 7 i . . h inniiog at i;r. m.
mtamkh jo,.Ki'ii Ki.i.mio-l.a(ist. Ilolemi
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rlvliual I'orl I al 111 W); relHrnliiK. leant
orilauv al I r. .. arriving at lit. Helen, at 4.
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rillblCIAN AND SUKUKUIN.
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B. I.ITTI.K,
SURVKYOliAND
CIVIL ENGINEER,
HI. Helen, Oregon.
Ciiunty urvevr Lund siirveylng, town tle CMe, although it has been placed be
.lniiliiK, and enidncering work proniplly (ore The Washington government
done. I has now demanded Pullman's release on
- bail or an explanation why he should
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w mrA frM UitniltMlok Write Ut
SilNlJ a CO.. ll llnoaliWAT, NW VOBB.
Oliteat bureau I
trln. tiatanta In Am Arte
Krorr iuint taken out hr n. la brnuglit borra
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Thl Ovarland Route,
Two train, dally, leav
ing Fifth ahd I afreet.,
Urand Cenlrel l)cinl.
No. 2, "The Limited
Pant Mull," leaving at
7:0 T. M; carrle. Ve.tl
liule I'ullmHii Tallica
sleeping and Dining
Oar. auq Ireo Reellnliig
Chair Cam through
from Portland to Oitl-
c.ngo,vlattouncll llluffii,
en.y, Wojeow and Cnjiir a ..,5 v ji
ea?,0.Vt?-rF&'&&fi ffiZ
.from Portland to Ml..ourl river wHIioutchaiige.
Thniuh trains arrive at 7. A.M. ana r.
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t.v.ve I'nltTI.ANn.
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Oregon .Ide Monday., Wedne.da .and Frl ay;,
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without change. Thl. train ninkoa direct eon- The promoters of the, railroad from
mici'iT. fr JJtu Astoria to Goble are exhibiting great i ac
JJSir.Kn'lllJ.Vr'.nW "vity at present, and consider heir
c " ix . rim mirioii, Bockhurd and Hpokane, chances of securing a road better than
."it... .h;....i !;,,, .ell,iin for Uaylnn, 1'oui- ..... tfr. Tt la el aimed that stock on
Itie boat leuve. roriuuiu hj, r--"
i 7 a m returning, leave. Anlorln dully, ex
cent Honihiy. at 6 r M. Night boat leave. I!rl
ind Zlly.ex.!ept Halurduy, at r. h.i return
inlH t.1?',ronTure
l.ln Tiioatlava. 1 nun'
S::?.a'i,tHaW ,'lOH , --that there are now in the neighbor
dWvSc!uK KOUTK-Leave A.lj 't ; hood of 640 acres of accretion. Mr. Gile
Wrr&TI &M. claims everything, in sight out in the
v to UAYTON and w 'v LANDiNus-Mon- channel. The suit is the outgrowth of a
duv. Wednendny, Friday, 7a.m. ,u.mlhln wll.r, 'refusal on the part of the squatters to
Ocean .learner, leave from Bteam.hlp Wharf pfty to cllllI1(lnt' The suit
'ai'L OTHBB Steamerg leave irom A.h .treet was first instituted in the Superior Court
dock'. ....i,i, ,.. of Ptcifiooountyioms monthi iko, but
AfW-Tiot "hIXrtV ' was dismissed on account of tome tech-
ooruer i'Ja;ttllt 0OTierai pa.ioi.ger Agent, nical error In drawing the complaint,
j, "" Portland, Or. . , .. . . . , ... . -
THE PACIFIC COAST.
A Woman Devoured by Two
Bears in a Graveyard.
A SING GAMBLE BEING HELD.
The Mammoth Collin Gold Proper
ties la Arizona Deposits of
Good Coal Found.
Provo Is scheming to become the cap
ital of Utah.
$100,000.
A crowd if unemployed marched
through the street of Bait Lake, Utah,
recently, demanding work.
Large deposit of good coal. It In re
ported at Yuma, have been discovered
within eight mile of the Uulf coast.
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Company has offered a reward of $500
for llie apprehension of the man who
recently robbed the express car on the
road.
I A party of Eastern capitalists is pre-
I tiftptnv tj mif In .vtun.lv. tnatiiifnulnn.
lug plant at Slioshone Falls, Idaho, and
also to build an electrio railroad from
Shoshone to that place.
The mammoth Collins gold properties,
atxmt sixiy-nvo miles irom xucson, A.
, T., form the largest and richest group of
mines in the Southwest. They are to be
extensively developed at once.
I Jtr. Huntington has decided to go
ahead with the work of making Santa
. Mii a thoroughly protected harbor,
whether the government assist him or
not, and will expend $1,500,000 to that
'end.
I Mrs. Sis to Wesley went to the grave
yard on the Upper Gila, a lonely spot in
a thinly populated section in New Mex-
1 ico, where her child was buried, when
she was set upon by two bears and com
pletely devoured.
I Startling but believed to be unfounded
' rumor regarding the loss of the steamer
Mtene are current ai Victoria, n.j,
One Is that there was dynamite In the
carg0 and another that one of the dis-
charged crew put dynamite among the
001.
o-, 9(10 Tiidlans of the Black River
I V lnu '? ol V, fC '
Cedar River and Puyallup tribes are
holding a great "sing gamble" near
Renton, Wash., the first event of the
kind in that section for thirty years or
more. The Indians do not sleep during
... m(1 t
The countrv throaiih which the San
Diego, Yuma and Phronix railroad will
ran is said to be not only rich, but beau
tiful. For ninety miles the grade of the
line will in no case exceed twenty feet
to the mile. The ancient canal system
of New river, over 8,000 miles in length,
g one of the wonders of that magnificent
region, in which there is not a settler.
The Jury in the West case at San
Frnlan mi tirnp.il a verdict of convic
tion. The crime of which Dr. Eugene
"jEJS&S.
upon whom he committed a criminal
I1.,, Ti,e bodv of the munlered
" ' girl was horribly mangled and thrown in
I the bay, portions of it only being found
' and identified.
There is considerable feeling at Ban
Diego over the imprisonment at Ensen
yada, Ixwer California, of a citisen of
1 Ban Diego named Pullman. He has
been held for some time, and the Mexi-
n.n nnunrnmplll IllUI tmlll nO attention U)
not be so dealt witn.
I Mayor Carlson of Ban Diego has re
moved from office the entire Board of
Publio Works, and has called a special
session of the Council to pass on the
new board, which the Mayor will pre
sent to the session. The trouble is all
about a street the board is grading
through Rose Canyon, several miles
north of the city, work on which the
Mayor ordered discontinued, but no at
tention was paid to his order.
Near Bennington in Bear Lake coun
v Idaho, recently a man named Booth
was caught in a snowslide, carried about
' l. i rl ear.la and mm nletelv buried. His
&yztt&fi
nd going there, by placing their ears to
the snow coum near mm groan, xiwy
set to work with shovels and soon dug
i,t, . 11. ... him ir in the face ana
nearly dead, but was soon revived.
Another evening paper of Democratic
tendencies In to be established in Port
Townsend. M. t. Hatteriee 01 ijuucene
has arranged to bring in his plant, the
Qullcene Queen, and with a new press
will begin the publication of an after
noon paper. It is understood that Dem
ocratic aid to the Leader will now cease.
W. A. Wilcox, brother-in-law of Special
Deputy Collector Bowen, will be city
editor. The first issue will be about
March 1. " "
this line has been subscribed in New
Yo?k to the amount of ll.ZM.OOO, and
tht 30o,000 in cash is actually in hand
. -v -iih . P.tionro ml nar-
' verence are bound to win, and the peo-
iA nf l.lnHa lnvn nThthltivl an much
' , :, that thnv dnaervn ta
of these virtues that they deserve to
mat. the riffle this time.
A suit is now in progress in the Stipe-
. , rf-i a -1 n.inA nni. VJ.t.1. Im
nur uiuri. Ul inwuii wmnji Mwiii., u
which H. S. Gile of Portland is com
plainant. He alleges that a number of
persons are in illegal possession of cer
tain land on Chinook Beach claimed by
him. Mr. Gile surveyed a claim in that
nnrtion of Pacilio countv in the year
1868, but since then there has been a
. . . recession of waters
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
John Barrett. Minister to Siam, was
more promptly confirmed than any ap
pointee ill the diplomatic service. He
win pass two weeks at rortiana on uis
way to Bangkok, ,
Hermann has been assured by the
House Committee on War Claims that
his bill for $600,000 for Oregon and
Washington Indian war claims will be
made a part of the omnibus bill carry
ing (2,000,000. The Chairman of the
committee says this bill, like the river
and harbor appropriation, will go
through, for every member has some
thing in it.
Fence of Colorado has offered in the
House a bill providing for woman suf
frage. The bill differs somewhat from
others presented on the same subject
heretofore, as it does not propose to
amend the constitution, but simply to
give women over 21 the right to register
and vote at all elections for members of
Congress, and provides that the right
shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or any State.
The Senate Committee on Pacific Rail
ways continued the hearing in the in
terest 01 tne union l'aouic Donunoiuors.
Boissevain and hi s attorneys explained
the proposition for an extension of time
for the payment of the government in
debtedness, and answered many ques
tions put by members of the committee.
At the conclusion of the meeting a mem
ber of the committee stated satisfactory
progress had been made, but the impor
tance of the question was such that some
time must necessarily elapse before an
understanding could be reached.
The entire Pacific Coast delegation, in
cluding, of course, Hermann and Ellis
ol Uregon, Wilson and I'oollttleol Wash
ington, as well as the California delega
tion, will make an effort to have the
amount for Chinese exclusion enforce
ment increased. The Committee on Ap
propriations has provided in the sundry
civil bill only $50,000 for this purpose.
It may not be raised in the House, but
the Pacific Coast Senators will force a
raise in the Senate. Senator Dolph has
already a proposition making it $500,000,
and will no doubt secure a part of that
urn.
Returns received at the Treasury De-
fartment indicate the gold output for
81)3 in the United States will reach al
most the unprecedented amount of 37,
000,000, an increase over 1802 of $4,000,
000. In Colorado the output has increased
from $3,000,000 in 1802 to $6,000,000 in
1803. While the gains in all gold-producing
countries are unusually large, the
Australian production will carry the
production of the world, it Is thought,
to $153,000,000, which is an increase of
$12,000,000 for the year. With one or
two exceptions this it the largest output
ever known.
In the Senate Frye said a statement
had been published that the Women's
Christian Temperance Union had peti
tioned Congress to increase the tax on
whisky. The fact was a petition pur
porting to come from that body had been
presented to the House Committee on
Ways and Means. The petitions ' had
been investigated, and it was found they
were fraudulent; that no such persons
were living in the towns from which
they purported to come. Frye then pre
sented a remonstrance from the National
Women's Christian Temperance Union,
signed by officers in forty-four States
anil three Territories, against any tax on
whisky on the ground that the govern
ment should not enter into partnership
with manufacturers and tellers of intox
icating liquors.
The Postmaster-General has addressed
a communication to Hon. John 8. Hen
derson, Chairman of the House Com
mittee on Postofficet and Post Roads, in
reply to a letter Irom the latter asking
for information and suggestions in re
gard to a bill introduced in the House to
admit to the mails as second-class mat
ter periodical publications issued by or
under the auspices of regularly incor
porated benevolent societies, orders and
institutions of learning. The Postmaster-General
says that the matter is one
that does not commend itself to his fa
vor and is so objectionable that he trusts
the Postoffice Committee will not hesi
tate to report it adversely. He savt that
it would be unwise to make a reduction
of postage rates or any change in the
classification of mall matter that would
bring about either a loss of revenue or
an increase of postal expenditure, and
refers to the fact that the department's
income is $6,000,000 short of its expendi
tures. Representatives Hermann and Wilson
have engineered a scheme by which they
will secure quite a good-sized appropria
tion for the survey of public lands. They
went to the Chairman of the committee,
and agreed not to fight the surveying
appropriation if he would allow them a
fair appropriation in the bill when it
was reported. A chairman of a commit
tee does not like to have his bill amend
ed or increased, and he preferred to com-
firomise with the Western men, who
lave heretofore been successful in get
ting the appropriations for this particu
lar matter Increased. The Chairman
ollered Hermann and Wilson $160,000,
and afterwards increased it to $175,000,
but they would agree to nothing less
than $200,000, which the Chairman of
the committee finally accepted in con
sideration of the understanding that this
particular feature of the bill should not
be attacked by these Western men on
the floor of the House. It Is possible
that the appropriation will be increased
in the Senate, but the sum agreed upon
and reported is as large as was obtained
last year after a very hard fight in both
House and Senate.
The original copy ot the Declaration
of Independence was withdrawn from
public exhibition in the 8tate Depart
ment library, made into a roll and placed
in a tin box for filing with the archives
of the government. The rapid fading of
the text ot the Declaration and the de
terioration of the parchment on which
it is engrossed from exposure to the light
and account of age rendered it impracti
cable for the department to allow it to
be exhibited or handled longer. In lieu
of the original document a fac-simile
will be placed on exhibition. Some years
ago it was noticed that the ink on the
original parchment waa fading, and it
has been growing fainter. Recently
chemists were called on to examine it,
and they gave the opinion that the full
strength of the ink could be brought out
again by coating it with a chemical solu
tion. But this experiment was not tried,
owing to the fear that the precious pa
per might be injured in some way, and
also because no alteration of anything
whatever could be done to it without the
authority of an act of Congress. It re
quired an act of Congress to bring the
Declaration from Philadelphia to Washington.
EASTERN NEWS.
Naturalization Papers Issued
to a Chinamen.
BUT THEY WERE RECALLED
The Receiver of the Northern Pa
cific and the Employe Reach
an Agreement.
The government of Chicago cost near
ly $10,000,000 last year. .
All the leading papers in Chicago are
now members of the Associated Press.
St. Louis will again allow married
women to teach in her public schools.
Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio pro
poses to try for the Governorship next
year.
1 The new gas company has been given
the right to supply the people of Chi
cago. I Inmates of the State prison at Provi
dence, R. I., are making boots for the
Brazilian soldiers.
I Boston has succeeded in getting more
than HO per cent of its telephone wires
placed under ground. , ,
I It is proposed in Kansas City to issue
$200,000 in bonds and with the proceeds
erect a public-library building.
1 Chicago is now asking itself the ques
tion whether to reduce the salaries of
the police or school teachers first.
I There is said to be a scheme afoot to
produce the Passion Play at a summer
resort near New York this summer.
The Louisiana lottery is seeking to set
up its ring in Florida, hot Governor
Mitchell will probably knock it out.
The "fickle" winter weather in the
peach-growing section of Kentucky has
left little hope of any crop of the fruit.
' The passenger-rate war will make it
possible at an early date for a $5 rate
from the Missouri river to the Pacific
Coast.
I Three millions of greenbacks were
among the deposits made at the New
York Subtreasury by subscribers for
bonds.
The shortage of John W. Love, the
Watkms (N. Y.) bank cashier, is $110,
000. It is believed Love has sailed for
foreign parts.
New York city will at once expend
$220,000 on park improvements to pro
vide work for the unemployed and $260,
000 soon afterward.
1 Two aluminium boats are being con
structed at Baltimore for an Arctic ex
pedition, which is to start northward
early this coming Bpring.
Dr. Senner. the Commissioner of Im
migration, says that the immigration to
New York in January has been lower
than for any month since 1847.
The city of Philadelphia expended
$160,000 for election booths, and the
most of them were wrecked after three
elections had been held in them.
I Shall habitual inebriates try the Kee-
ley cure at the expense of the State?
That is the novel proposition of some
petitioners in Cayuga county, N. Y.
I The Common Council of Emporia,
Kan., passed a bill placing a tax of $500
a year on dealers in cigarettes, and the
Mayor, a tobacconist, vetoed tne Dili.
John W. Mackay has the practical ad
ministration of the affairs of the Com
mercial Cable Company, which early In
the spring will lay two more cables to
Europe.
Eleven of the twelve thirteen-inch
guns to be made have now been jacketed,
and are gradually nearing completion.
They are lor the ships Indiana, Massa
chusetts and Oregon.
As a step toward "saving the country"
the citizens of Westerville, Columbus
county, 0., BUggest biennial session of
Congress, and offer to subscribe $25
apiece to tide over the present financial
distress.
An article in the New York Herald as
serts that there are strong reason for
thinking that the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company is interested in the proposed
trolley line between New York and Phil
adelphia. A recent reception at the White House
demonstrated that the house is much too
small to hold- the crowds that attend
every reception given in it. The coun
try has outgrown the Chief Executive's
place of residence.
Common Pleas Judge Andrews at Kan
sas City naturalized a Chinaman, and
Captain Hogarty, Treasury Inspector,
threatened to proceed against him if the
papers were not recalled, as they were
issued in violation of the law. The
Judge recalled them. , k ,
The receiver of the Northern Pacific
and the employes have reached an agree
ment. The demand of the trainmen to
be paid for overtime caused by wrecks
was conceded. It was agreed that the
standard run should be 100 miles and
the time allowed to make it tan hours.
Shorter runs should be paid in propor
tion to the number of miles.
Great excitement ha been caused at
Lincoln, HI., by the discovery of an un
successful plot to blow up the jail of Lo
gan county, located at Lincoln, for the
purpose ot liberating a notorious local
criminal under sentence of six years at
Joliet prison. The parties implicated in
the plot are Arthur Goodpasture, Ida
Shells and Georgia Williams.
A scheme has been mooted by the Ni
agara Falls Park and River railroad to
construct a bridge from the Canadian
sido of the Niagara river to Navy Island
and thence to the United States shore.
The new bridge is to be of steel and to
rest on two rock ledges midway between
the top of the banks and the water's
edge. It will be 600 feet long, and it is
estimated to cost $200,000. The work
will begin in the spring.
The House Committee on Public Lands
has voted to favorably report the bill of
Hart man of Montana for determining
the title to mineral lands in Montana
and Idaho within the limit of the land
grants of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Under the bill commissioner are to be
appointed by the President to examine
and classify as soon as possible all lands
within these grant with regard to their
mineral character and to reject all claim
on behalf of the Northern Pacific on
mineral land exclusive of coal and iron
property. The action of the commia
sionert la to be final.
THE MIDWINTER EXPOSITION.
: The attendance at the Midwinter Ex
position continues to average between
8,000 and 10,000 per day, and everybody
ts correspondingly encouraged in the
belief that this fair will realize the most
sanguine expectation in regard to its
financial success. In proportion to the
amount of money invested, the attend
ance thn for hes greatly surpassed that
accorded the Columbian Exposition do--lng
the first month of its existence, and
at the same ratio of increase which was
noticeable at Chicago, there will be an
attendance at the Midwinter Exposition
before it close which will surpass the
fondest dream of its most enthusiastic
boomers.
The number of Eastern visitors to the
Exposition is increasing day by day, and
It is with a sigh of great relief that they
come out of the snows and blizzards of
of the East and the middle West, over
the mountains into the midwinter splen
dor of the Pacific Coast. It has been
what is called a "hard winter" in Cali
fornia, but that means only that it has
rained a little more than usual, and that
the warm midwinter days have not been
0 continuous a is generally the rule.
But even this weather has been so wel
come to people who are used to being
snowbound in February that they call
It " Paradise " in comparison, and they
really revel in their experience.
One enthusiastic traveler came into
the office of the Department of Publicity
and Promotion the other day and told
the following story: "I could hardly
get to the railway station in my town
for the snow drifts. The street cars
were not running, and the horses of a
hack on wheels could scarcely plunge
along fast enough for me to make my
train. Once on board the train I read
in a daily paper, for this was Jan. 28,
that the California Midwinter Exposi
tion bad been formally opened on the
preceding day with thousand of people
seated on a grand stand in the open air
with beads uncovered under a broiling
tun, and with the green foliage of a
beautiful pari forming a background to
the scene. At different places along the
railway where we stopped for a few
moments, I noticed bulletins of 'Mid
winter Exposition Weather,' and the
thought struck me that this was abcat
the most striking piece of advertising
that could be done in connection with
California's ' exposition. When one
stand in an atmosphere in the neigh
borhood of zero, and reads thai the
thermometer registers 75 degrees in San
Francisco, one wishes to be there, and
a for myself I was glad to feel that I
was on my way. At Chicago I was de
layed several hours waiting for it to be
come possible for trains to start on west
ward, and we dragged along acroes the
plains, but when we began to descend
the slopes of the Sierras we left the
mows behind us and found the green
fields at our feet, for we were, indeed,
in the land of sunshine, fruit and flow
ers, and I intend to stay here just as
long as I feel I can afford to. "
This has been the experience of many
westbound travelers during the present
Aiidwinter season, and every effort is
being made on the part of the Exposi
tion management to impress the Eastern
visitor with the fact that, . aside from
the climatic advantage, it is good for
them to be here. During the past week
there has been a succession of interest
ing things at the fair. First came the
nnveiling of the Harriet Hosmer statue
of Isabella in which a host of ladies
well known in social and literary circles
on the Pacific Coast took an interesting
part, and in which the Palace of Art
was dedicated. The formal opening of
the Vienna Prater introduced to San
Francisco the imperial Vienna orches
tra, one of the finest musical organiza
tions of the world.
A series of days which are to be cele
brated under the auspices of the differ
ent fraternal organizations was inaug
urated on Feb. 13 by the Independent
Order of Good Templar. On this oc
casion Festival Hall was first brought
into service, and a large audience as
sembled there to witness the exercises
of the annual convention and anniver
sary of the organization of that body.
A pleasing feature of the day was the
parade through the grounds of the or
phans from the Good Templars' Home
for Orphans, and whose enjoyment of
the concessional features to which they
were made welcome was accepted as the
forerunner of many similarly joyful oc
casions in the near feature. There is to
be a general "Orphans' Day" before
long, when every child from the chari
table institutions in San Francisco and
vicinity will be given the run of the Ex
position. There is also to be a publio
school children' day, for which the
people of San Francisco are now making
great preparations, and such a day the
school children of San Francisco have
never seen before. This school children's
day has been set for Feb. 23, and com
ing as it doe between the national holi
day and Saturday it is a school holiday
of itself, but it will be made in this con
nection an Exposition holiday in which
every person connected with the man
agement or with the Exposition in any
way will vie with every other amuse
ment maker to add to the children's
pleasure.
The Transmississippi Congress has
been in session in San Francisco during
the present week, and on Wednesday
evening it delegates were made the
guest of the Exposition. There was
grand display of fireworks and a gen
eral illumination of the buildings. Even
the electrio tower was illuminated,
though this great structure is not quite
complete, and there were band concerts
at the fireworks and on the grand cen
tral court as well. The arrangements
for Washington's birthday include more
fireworks, more illuminations, the open
ing of the electrio tower and the in
auguration of the electrio prismatio
fountain. ; . ' " i
: The Trustee ot St. Patrick's Cathe
dral at New York have prepared, and in
a few days will present to Joseph A.
Donohoe, the millionaire banker of San
Francisco, a unique and magnificently
illuminated album, containing resolu
tions of thank for the $12,000 altar re-
'c-, aented by Mr. Donohoe to tha
cathedral,
FOREIGN CABLES.
Silver Crisis In the Far East
Becoming More Acute.
DR. MARY PIERSON EDDY.
The Returns of the Manchester Ship
Canal for a Recent Week
Russian Railroads.
A $40,000,000 ship canal across Ireland
is mooted.
It is said that there are 30,000 Budd
hists in Paris.
Cholera is reported at Constantinople,
chiefly in the barracks.
A congress of doctors from all over the
world will be held in Rome next month.
William As tor Chanler, the American
explorer, is at Mombasa in good health.
It has been definitely settled that Eng
land is to buy the trunk-line telephones.
Pari 1 a borrowed $40,000,000 for the
preliminary expenditure of the World's
Fair of 1000.
Kossuth is reported to have become
totally blind a a result of his recent at
tack of influenza.
Betoochistan is now British. England
holds most of the mountain country on
the Indian frontier.
The report that the British Parliament
would be dissolved in thirty days is pos
itively denied at London.
An international mining and metal
lurgical exhibition will be held at San
tiago, Chili, this September.
There have been immense imports of
wheat into France recently in view of
the increase in import duties.
The weather in Australia during the
present antipodean summer has been
unusually hot and oppressive.
The import of hav into Great Britain
from the United itja were 101,132 tone
in 1893 against 11,688 tons in 1892.
Empress Frederick of Germany has
arrived at the Isle of Wight for a long
visit to her mother, Queen Victoria.
It ia stated that M, Clemenceau be
cause of his attacks on the administra
tion of the French navy is to be prose
cuted. Russian journals comment very bit
terly on the French policy of increasing
the duty on wheat, which is prejudicial
to the Russian grain trade.
Milan, Italy, will hold a national ex
hibition of wines and oliveoils this vear.
The exposition will be opened in May
and remain open until Uctooer.
The Russian railroads, owned by the
government, in 1889 and 1890 paid the
interest on their cost and the State debt,
and paid up a surplus of $35,000,000.
The Russian orthodox missionaries
have so failed in their proselytizing ef
forts among the Khirgese that the mis
sions will probably be shortly withdrawn.
White horses are to be barred from
military service in Germanv. The Em
peror has ordered that no more be pur
chased for the army, and those now in
use are to be sold.
Poor health may compel Mr. McDon
ald, United States Minister to Persia, to
resign, and the American missionaries
will ask the reappointment of ex-Min-iater
Truxton Beale.
Australian refrigerated meat has been
put on the Vienna market, where it can
compete in price with the domestic prod
uct, although Austria-Hungary is a large
meat-producing country.
Paris has gone daft over thing Rus
sian; the latest manifestation of the
craze is the gift by a French woman to
the women's hospital of St. Petersburg
of 3,000 smelling bottlts.
It is said to be of common occurrence
in London for proprietors of public
houses to hold life-insurance policies on
inebriates, so as to protect themselves
against the loss of patrons.
The London Daily New declare that
the discharge in bankruptcy granted
Michael Davitt by the Appeal Court in
Dublin will not remove his disqualifica
tion for a Parliamentary teat.
The commanders of the Brazilian war
vessels Tiradentes, Santos and Bahia,
suspected of disloyalty, have been de-
rived of their commands, and other
ave been appointed in their places.
Alexander III has just affixed his sig
nature to a project of law now being
elaborated by the Council of the Russian
Empire, which ia destined to render in
alienable the landed allotments ot the
peasants.
A syndicate proposes a Pan-American
telegraph line to extend along the Pa
cific Coast from Victoria, B. OT, to San
Diego, Chili, passing through the United
States, Mexico, Central American States
and Pacific Coast countries of South
America.
Dr. Mary Pierson Eddy, a young grad
uate in medicine of a Massachusetts col
lege, has been authorized to practice her
Profession among tne women 01 Syria,
he Grand Vizier accorded her a per
sonal interview, and spoke encouragingly
a to her professional career.
Return ot the Manchester ship canal
tor a recent week show that " twenty
nine vessels were berthed at Manchester
and Sal ford docks. They carried about
17,000 tons of merchandise. There were
also many passenger trips. The locks,
sluices and other machinery worked
well."
Egypt is about to submit to the Euro
pean powers the project of forming a
reservoir for storing the water of the
Nile and during the season when the
river is at its lowest utilising the water
for irrigation, thus adding enormously
to the wealth of the land by extending
its cultivable area.
The other day at Saratoff, Russia, a
peasant woman walking near the village
was surrounded and devoured by a pack
of nine wolves. Another peasant going
to market was set upon by a pack of
wolves and torn to shreds. Nothing was
left of the man and hi horse but a few
bones and tufts of hair.
Reports from the far East are to the
effect that the silver crisis is becoming
more and more acute. There is a scar
city of currency in Shanghai. Hongkong
and Singapore, and a committee of the
Hongkong Uhamber ol Uommerce re
cently passed a unanimous resolution in
favor of the coinage ot British dollars
either in India or England. The Time
correspondent aver that the leading
Chinese favor a British dollar. - '
THE PORTLAND MARKETS.
WhaUt Valley, 85c j Wall Walla,
77480c per cental.
PROVISIONS. .
EaSTSBM SaTOKSD MlATI AMD LARD
Ham, medium, 1212e per pound;
hams, large, ll12Mc; hama, picnic,
ll12c; , breakfast bacon, 1310c;
short clear eidea, 1012c; dry salt sides,
0X10)c; dried beef hams, 1213c;
lard, compound, in tins, 9(5! 10c per
pound; pure, in tins, ll12c; pigs'
feet, 80s, $6.50; pigs' leet, :40s, $3.25;
kits, $1.25.
HOPS, WOOIi AID HI DBS.
Hops '93s, choice, 12 14c per pound ;
medium, 0llc; poor, no demand.
Wooiv Valley, 10 11c per pound;
TJmpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 6(8
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 15c; medium, 20 35c; long wool,
30 60c; tallow, good to choice, 33b
per pound.
LIVB AMJt DBISSSD MX AT.
Bxir Top steers, 2.603.00; fair to
good steers. $2.00 2.25; cows, $2.25;
dressed beef, 45jc per pound.
Mutton Best sheep, $2.50; ewes
$2.25.
Hogs Choice heavy, $4.00(14.25; me-,
dium, $4.00; light end feeders, $3.90 '
4.00; dressed, 67c per pound.
Vsaiv Small choice, 6c; large, 4c per,
pound.
COBDAQB.
Manilla rone. lJi in. cir. and up. 10c:
manilla rope, 12-thread, diam., lOjc;
manilla roie.6 and 9-thread. 34 and 6-18
diam., 11c; manilla bail rope, in coils,
or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yarn,'
tarred, 9c ; manilla hawser-laia rope well
boring, etc., 13c; manilla transmission-'
of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine,)
11c; manilla spring twine, 14c; sisal
rope, 1'4 in. cir. ana upwara, sc; usai
rope, 12-thread, diam., 7c; sisal
rope, 6 and w-tureao, 1 and o-io diam.,
8Jic: sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7Kc; hop-
vine twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine.
nvoum, peed, rrc
FtvouB Portland, $2.65; Salem. $2.65:
Cascadia, $2.65; Dayton, $2.65; Walla
Walla, $3.00; Hnownake, iz.70; uorval
lis, $2.65; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham,
$2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Uatb Wbite, 83034c per Dusnei;
ay. 31 32c: rolled, in baea. $5.75(9
fi
00; barrels, $6.006.25; in cases, $3.76.
Millstdppb Uran. l6(mw, snorts.
$1516; ground barley. $16 18; chop
feed. $15 per ton : whole feed barley, 60(3
70c per cental; middlings, $23 28 per
ton: cnicken wneac, oocrati.io per
centaL
Hat Good, 103l2 per ton.
DAIRY PRODtJCa.
Bottsr Oregon fancy creamery, 27)' '
(330c: fancy dairy, 2225c; fair to
good, 15173c; common, ll12o per
pound; uaiuornia, 40c per rou.
UuxBsa uregon, luigiiic; camor-.
ma, c; Young America, I2loc;
Swiss, imported, JW3Zc; domestic, 10
18c per pound.
Eggs Oretron. fcenerallv 1510c per
dozen ; Eastern, nominally the same.
Poultry (Jhickena, mixed, quoted at '
$3.003.50 per dozen; dncks, $4.50(3'
6.60; geese, $8.00; turkey, live, 12o
per pound ; dressed, 14c
TiaXT'ABLBS A.tD FBOITS.
Vegetables California cabbage, Xjo
per pound; potatoes, Oregon, 60 75c per
sack; onions (buying price), $1.00(31.
per sack ; sweet potatoes,2),c per pound ;
California celery, 8590c; artichokes,
$1.00 per dozen; California lettuce,,
2035c per dozen ; Oregon hothouse let
tuce, 4050c ; cauliflower, $2.75 per crate,
80c per dozen ; parsley, 25c per dozen ;i
sprouts, $1.00gl.25 per box; string,
beans, 15 18c per pound; asparagus,
12 c per pound.
Fruits Sicily lemons, $4.00(34.60 per
box; California fancy, $3.504.00; com
mon, $2.503.00; bananas, $1.6033.00
per bunch; Honolulu. $102.50; Cali
fornia navels, $2.25ig2.75 per box; seed-,
lings, $1.25ffl2.00; Japanese, $1.762.00;
sunflower, $2.76; apple (buying price),
green, 5065c per box; red, 5076c;
late winter pears, 6580c per box.
CANNED GOODS.
Caused Goods Table fruits, assorted, '
$1.752.00; peaches, $1.862.00; Bart-.
lett pears, $f.752.00; plums, $1.37(3
1.50; strawberries, $2.25 2.46; cherries,
$2 .25 2.40; blackberries, $1.852.00; '
raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25(3
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,
$3.15 3.50; peaches, $3. 60 4.00; apri
cots, $3.504.00; plums, $2.753.00;
blackberries, $4.254.60; tomatoes,$1.10.
Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.50; 2s,
$2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is,
$3.50; 2s, $8.76 7.00; deviled ham. $1.60
2.75 per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.60; ;
2s, $2.25.
Fish Sardines, Js, 75c$2.28; &, '
$2.1504.60; lobsters, $2.30 3.60; sal
mon, tin 1-lb talis, $1.251.50; flats,
$1.76;2-lbs, $2.252.60; -barrel, $5.50.
I BTAPLB ohockries.
I Coffee Costa Rica, 23c; Rio,2223c;
Salvador, 22c; Mocha, 20 28c; Ar
buckle', Columbia and Lion, 100-pound .
cases, $24 80
Dried Fboits 1893 pack, Petite '
prunes, 68c; silver, 10 12c; Italian, 1
S10c; German, 68c; plum, 6 10c; .
evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporated
apricots, 15 16c; peaches, 1012c; 1
pears, 7llc per pound.
Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100,
$16.00; 60s, $16.50; stock; $8.50 9.0.
Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 40sS55c!
in half barrels, 42(f?57c; in cases, 35 ,
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 2040c per gallon ; $1.76 per
l(Ce - 1
Sooab D,"4?c; Golden 0, 4c; extra
C, 6c; confectioners' A,6?sc; dry gran- '
ulated, 5c; cube, crushed and pow- 1
dered, Oo per pound ; per pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash ;
maple sugar, 15 16c per pound. 1
Rice No. 1 Sandwich Island, $4.76(3 ,
6.00; no Japan in market.
Beans Small white, No. 1, 2Jc; No.
2, 23c: large white, 2j'c; pea bean,
24Cj pink, 23c; bayou, 23ic; butter,
80 ; Lima, 3?4c per pound.
Pickles Barrels, No. 1, 28S0c per
gallon; No. 2, 2628c; kegs, 5s, 85c per
keg; half gallons, $2.76 per dozen; quar
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen.
: Spicks AVhole Allspice, 1820c per
pound; cassia, 10 18c; cinnamon, 22($ :
40c; cloves, 1830c; black pepper, 20(3
25c; nutmeg, 7680c.
K.MSINS London lavers, boxes, $1.75 .
(2.00; halves, $2.00(2.25 ; quarter,
$2.25(32.75; eighths, $2.50(83.00. Loom
Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced, ,
$1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4(S5c per ponnd;
4 crown, 55'ic Seedloss Sultanas, :
boxes,' $1.75ig2.00; bags, 6($3o . pet -
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