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Vol. 11.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1894.
NO. 12.
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PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
' CUlkkiinlf, Coliimlilii county, Or.
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MDNN CO.. Wl IlKOAUWAT, Nlf VoBT.
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gf timiiUt mttlm
Lanrnat rtronlatlon ot any adentlBo paper In tti
SuiK. MiUau.iidir illu.trateo. No tntjiliinA
nan rtouid be witriom .
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Tb0 Overland Routt.
Two train, dally, leaT
liigl'llthandlatreeta, .Urand Central Depot.
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inakliiK dlrent nonneotlon. lor Dayton, Pom
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car lo.' PullmaTi Palace and Tourl.l Sleeper.
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aJk Pa-kenjier Agn.
ESTATE OP STANFORD
A DECISION RENDERED IN THE
MURPHY WILL CASE.
(Inly Hmall Portion of the Northern
I'ai'lllo Orant ArTeiited by the Knnent
IleeUlon- Kanta Ke Make, a Move
Hear Valley Irrigation Company.
Kkdi.anii,, Cl. The reuont appoint
ment of new receiver!! (or the Bear Val
ley Irrigation Company ii a remilt of an
itrreiiient betweun the Kuropean cred
itor and itockholderi on baaii wliich
will ltave a fair percentage toitockhold
um. It ia claimed they will get fully 25
ier cent of the Inventment and the com
jiany will be able to' reeitiiie bunineBi
within tixty dayi, fully reorganized.
Kdinl.ton Gate a Change of Venue.
Walla Walla. J. K. EdiniBton,
Preoident of the defunct Walla Walla
Having Hank, charged with larceny of
1:15,000 of bang fund", hag been granted
a change of venue. It wan agreed that
he nlmll be tried in Garfleld county next
April before Judge Startevant.
A IteoUlon Nut Vet Filed.
Olympia. There ii much interest and
many inquiriei are made concerning the
cane heard by the Supreme Court Janu
ary 17, involving the location of the
county-teat of Kteveni county, being
queation between the preeent location
Colville and Kettle Falls. No decmion
liaa been liled. and It mav be gome tune
yet before a conclusion is reached.
M I) It I'll V WILL CAHK.
The lleelalon Kevohe. the I'robate and
Distribute, the K.tate.
Oakland. Cal. A declsiou waa ren
dered In the Murphy will cane, holding
that the testator wag able to make a will,
but that the priority of the two wills
could not be determined, and therefore
could not be probated. 8. P. Hall, one
of the attorneys for the contestant,
n 11 Tlia iln'iainn Is a victorv for the
contestants. Our object was to secure a
revocation ot tne prorate oi uie win,
and we have succeeded. The decision
UUMLo (ha will In aMmoI rlpclame it In
valid, and as a result the estate will tie
distributed under the law oi succession
i.t ! in all iriA rhildron ennatlv.
Th aalala la amrth about IfiUO.OUO. and
by the will went to the ttiree daughters.
but under uie oecision win ue uiviuuu
equally among the seven children.".
AXUTHKH HTKP.
The Santa Ke JCxtenda the Privilege of Its
CM-nat. rn..
Los ANoiti.KM. General Passenger
Agent Thompson of the Southern Cali
fornia railroad has received a telegraphic
message from the main office in Chicago
Utat the Santa re had decided to make
another aggressive move in the rate war
now under way. Mr. Thompson was
notified that the Santo Fe Company had
issued a circular to all connecting lines
authorising them to sell the reduced
rate tickets to Ban t rancisco via juujavo
i.i.n via (ta1n. or vice versa, or
over any lines on which the Southern
Pacific had authorised them to use iia
cut-rate tickets. The notification lur-
ther stated that stop-over tickets win oe
allowed at any point in California on
v.A-. ;,.kna within their limit: also
that the same reeulations which govern
the Midwinter r air hum wm m
foree on the Santa Fe tickets in question.
Tl.l. I. In Una aafitk Ilia contract which
the Atlantic and Paclnc road has with
the Southern Pacific as regards iranic
over the Union Pacific and other trans
continental lines.
THK STANFORD K8TATK.
Paper on Kile That May Materially Af
fect the Appral.oa value.
Ram FnANma;o. Panerg are on file
with the County Clerk which may ma
(..rlallv alTwt the aonraieed value of the
estate of the late Senator Stanford. The
appraisement made of record two months
.... i .l. ...I. .a f iha nronnrtv at
g)l7,HW.310. Mrs. SUnfortl has now tiletl
a report showing that mucn property oi
the deceaseil Senator has never come
Into her possession, having been pledged
. . i : I...L. ........ i f i. f..r nrnin
Willi various uavuas aw w.i..j r"i,
t M. n.l nl.Af nliliffatmns. 1 he
latter report of his widow in her capac-
ity as executrix snows m f
......i ...i.,.t i,a autatA nn to Janiiarv
laat aiiEreuate the enormous sum pi A-
. rwr.A,.n ti 1. t lio liar
i taga.bnft mav1 not Vtot m COHl"
plete, as the time for the presentation of
':. 11, . till Mav 97. TlD
to the middle of January Mrs. Stanford
under order of the court had paid debts
of her' husband aggregating !l,48.73,
and had registered claims which foot yip
the handsome sum of 09.2tl5.S0. The
rejected claims may yet be made the
subject of civil suit, so that the action
of the executrix cannot be considered as
final.
MORTHKHN 1'AtllKIO GRANT.
Only a 'Small Portion A fleeted by the
Reeent Declalon. .
, Tacoma. Paul Schulze, AssistantGen
eral Manager of the Northern Pacific
Land Company, when shown the report
that the decision of the United States
Supreme Court threw open lands claimed
by the company between Tacoma and
Portland as sent out from Washington,
D- 0., said: "The question of 'the va
lidity of the land grant to. the company
between Tacoma and Portland was not
at all involved in this case. The ques
tion Involved was whether the grant of
the Northern Pacific Company for the
Paciflo division was of prior date to that
to the Oregon Central Railroad Compa
ny, gnd the lands in this State involved
In this decision are confined to a n rrow
strip along the Columbia river in C'arke,
Cowlita and Wahkiakum counties that
is, lying within the overlapping hmitaof
the - grants to the Northern Pacific Kail
roadtompany and the Oregon Central
Railroad Company. Incidentally title
to some other tracts wilt be affected by
this decision, but only in so far as the
decision will x the date whin the
Northern Pacific grant took effect. For
the Information of those who think the
company has no grant between Tacoma
and Portland J may state that we recently
received patents for 86,000 acres of land
in Indemnity limits of the Pacific divi
sion and for 147,000 acres within the
place limits between Tacoma and Kahuna."
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.
Senator Dolph's bill ratifying the
agreement with the Hiletz Indians and
ceding the unallotted lands to the gov
ernment, to be thrown open for settle
ment, has passed the Senate. The ceded
lands will he sold at fl, 50 per acre.
Representative Outhwaite of Ohio,
Chairman of the House Committee on
Military Affairs, has Introduced a bill to
reorganize the artillery and infantry of
the army. The plan provides for a corps
of artillery and two regiments of mount
ed field artillery.
President Cleveland has promised to
review the Knights of Pythias at their
triennial encampment in Washington
next August, and General Schofield has
consented to inspect the Knights. This
is the first time the President and the
commanding General of the army have
so honored similar organizations.
The constitutionality of the tide-water ,
lands of Oregon-was a'ftirmed by the Ha-'
preme Court in passing upon the suit of .
Charles W. Shiveley, plaintiff in error,
against John Q. A. Howby and W. W.
Parker, which contest was over wbarflng ,
privileges on the Columbia river at As- j
toria. Justice Gray affirmed the deci- ,
sion of the Supreme Court of Oregon,
which asserted that when lands were ,
ran ted under the general land laws bor
ering on navigable waters no rights to
the lands under water were given, and
such rights depend on the local laws.
Congress never acted on the policy that
tide-water lands could be given away
piecemeal, but held them for public pur- ,
poses under the regulations winch Uie .
States might make.
The claim of the Northern Pacific to
control of the tide lands and harbor line
along its land grants in Washington near
Tacoma was denied in a decision by the
Supreme Court in the case of Prosser
and others vs. the Northern Pacific. Jus
tice Gray also delivered this opinion.
He held the question to be whether the
charter giving the land grants to the
railroad auuionzeu it to monopolize uie
harbor. The court held that every State
has the right to define its harbor lines
and regulate buildings upon them, since
a general system was necessary, and that
urivate Darties could not lie permitted to
control portions of the lines. The in
junction against tne naroor uommis
sieners asked for was denied as against
public policy. The lower court was
therefore sustained and the suit dis
missed.
Thanks to the sense of equity of the
Mexican irovernment. the State Depart
ment has at last succeeded in adjusting
and providing for a settlement of the
claim of Mrs. Janet L. Baldwin of San
Francisco for killing tier husband in
Mexico about six years ago. Baldwin
was a miner, and was killed by outlaws
while on his way to his claim. Although
a nation can scarcely be held account
able for such acts, provided that due
diligence was used to keep the peace and
to protect the lives of sojourning for
eigners, the Department of State has
succeeded in impressing the Mexican
government with the belief that the
claim of the widow is a just and equita
ble one, although the amount of allow
ance will probably be reduced from 100,
000, originally claimed, to one-fourth the
amount. '
The Committee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce has reported a bill to
license and classify by the boards of lo
cal inspectors the second and third mates
of sea-going passenger steamers. The
bill also makes it uniawiui io empioy
anv person as second or third mate on
such vessel who is not licensed. The
penalty for so doing is a fine of $100.
The inspectors are compelled to grant a
license lor one vear to any person oi
good character who glial) give satisfac
tory evidence of the knowledge, experi
ence and skill necessary in loading cargo,
handling and stowing ireigtit and in
navigating such vessels. These licensee
will be revoked or suspended upon satis-
lactory prooi 01 nau oonauci, imemper-
ate habits, unekillfulness, wantof knowl
edge of the duties of his station or will
ful violation of any law regulating steam
vessels. This bill has received the in
dorsement of the entire committee. I
Senator White has introduced a bill ,
to extend the mineral land laws of the .
United States to lands embraced within ;
reservations created by Presidential
proclamations for the purpose that no
lands on any such reservation shall be
open to mineral entry that are being ac
tually used or occupied by any one for
beneficial purposes, or that are more
valuable for agricultural than for min
eral purposes. Grants of right of way
for canals, ditches, etc., provided for by
the terms of sections 18, 19, 20 and 21
under the act to repeal timber culture
laws are hereby extended so as to in
clude the right of way for poles and
wires for the transmission- of electric
power created by water power.' No such
site for the location of a power-house
Shall include more than ten acres. Rep
resentative Bowers has introduced the
game bill in the House. Bowers said
that the object in Introducing this bill
was twofold. First, for instance, applied
to the great San Bernardino forest res
ervation, it would prevent this great
tract lying idle; second, there are a
large number of mountain streams going
down into the valley and the proposi
tion is to nse the water to develop elec
trical power.
The report of the Committee on Post
offices, submitted to the House with the
postonice appropriation bill, shows the
bill carries a total appropriation of $87,
470,51)9, or about $3,000,000 less than the
department estimates and a like amount
mora than the appropriation for the our
rent year. The estimated postal revenue
for the fiscal -year of 1895 is $84,427,748.
The bill cuts the estimates ot $17,250,
000 for compensation of postmasters to
$16,000,000; for clerks' salaries the full
$9,700,000 asked is appropriated ; for
compensation of railroads the amount is
cut from $26,900,000 to $25,500,000. A
saving of $967,923 has been made by cut
ting off the following ocean mail contract
routes : Galveston to La Gnavara, San
Francisco to "Panama, New York tot Ant
werp, New York to Buenos Ayres, New
York to Rio de Janeiro. Dissenting
views are reported by Kyle of Mississippi
and Loml of California from the recom
mendation to appropriate $196,614 for
special mail facilities on the trunk lines.
They argue that the principle which al
lows the government to discriminate in
favor ot individual enterprises is unjust
and demoralising to the system; that
Postmaster-General Bissell does not rec
ommend a continuance, but shows in his
report that railroads that were previous
ly beneficiaries of the fund and are not
receiving it are rendering as good serv
ice as 'before. .They assert that no Post-master-General
has recommended an
appropriation of that character, and cite
Postmasters-General Dickinson and Wa
nainaker against it.
FORESTRY CONGRESS.
STRONG SENTIMENT IN FAVOR
OF A PACIFIC CABLE.
Prealdent Cleveland Will Adopt a Vlgor
ona, Vmiil.lakable Policy In Regard
to Aaaertlng Onr Right In Central
America III. Second Letter.
Baltimobk, Md. Joseph Donjan, who
was sentenced to thirteen months in the
Maryland penitentiary for sending a
threatening postal card to Vice-President
Stevenson, has written a letter to Presi
dent Cleveland asking for a pardon.
Celebrates a Year Too goon.
Nxw Yokk. William Morris Hayes
has a plan for the celebration of the
twentieth century of the Christian era
bv an exposition to be held in this city
during the year 1900. Mr. Hayes has in
the umrae of nrenaration a detailed plan
embodying all the important features of
the proposed celebration, which he will
soon lay before the representative men
of this city with a view to the organiza
tion of a committee to arrange the pre
liminary details.
To Ral.e the Kearaarge.
Boston. The contract for raising the
wrecked Kearsarge has been awarded to
the Boston Towboat Company of this
city. By agreement the company is to
receive $47,000 if successful in delivering
the ship at Norfolk navy yard, and if
unsuccessful, to be paid $10,000 for hav
ing made the attempt. The wrecking
fleet of the company will be made ready
to leave by next week, and the work of
saving the vessel will be commenced so
soon as the conditions are favorable.-' .
The Forestry Congress.
Albany, N. Y. At the session of the
Forestry Congress reports on State forest
interests were submitted from a number
of States by their delegates. R.U. John
son of California made an address on
the methods in vogue in California in
the matter of forestry reform. He of
fered a resolution that the convention
regarded with approval the national pol
icy of forest reservation inaugurated by
President Harrison and continued by
President Cleveland ; that it urged the
reservation of other Western lands ; that
it Indorsed theMcRae bill introduced
with that end in view, and urged that a
careful study and investigation of the
subject was not only desirable, but nec
essary. The resolution was adopted.
MATTERS OF FINANCE.
Progreas of the Reorganisation of the
Nicaragua Canal Company.
Nkw York. So far 105,000 shares of
the 117,000 Nicaragua canal construction
stock have been deposited with the Cen
tral Trust Company ander the reorgani
zation plan, and assignments of about
$220,000 have been paid in. This leaves
in the hands of the committee a block
of stock which has not paid the assess
ments, and which the committee pro
poses to sell at $10 a share, limiting its
sale, however, to the assenting stock
holders. This is more than enough to
pay the floating debt and leave the new
company with a working cash balance
besides. The new company will have in
the treasury $0,000,000 of the construc
tion stock surrendered and about 414,
000,000 of the maritime securities carried
over from the old company.
MORGAN'S RESOLUTION.
Intention of the President to Adopt a
Vigorous, Unmistakable Policy.
Washington. The President has
turned over to the Secretary of State the
preparation of the answer to Morgan's
resolution calling for information rela
tive to the landing of the British troops
at Bluefields, Nicaragua. No additional
advices from Nicaragua were given put
at the State Department, but there ia
reason to believe the President is pre
paring for a vigorous and unmistakable
assertion oi the rights of the United
States in Central America, and that the
correspondence will include matters of
later date than the brief report from
Minister Baker of the landing of the
British troops. It is still hoped the con
ditions have been misstated, and that
the troops were landed solely to protect
the lives and property of British sub
jects instead of for the purpose of inter
fering between Nicaragua and the Mos
quito government. But there is no dis
position to difguise the real gravity of
the incident, for, although the British
have often talked of their rights of pro
tectorate and have even threatened, it
has never in thiB century come to pass
that British troops have actually landed
in Central America since the assertion
of the Monroe doctrine to assert a pro
tectorate.
A PACIFIC CABLE.
A Strong Sentiment In Favor of Its Con
struction at Washington.
Washington. Much interest is ex
pressed at the capital concerning the
news from Australia that the authorities
there are moving to secure cable con
nection with the United States. The
importance of this has been emphasized
by occurrences the past year in Hawaii.
There is now a proposition before Con
gress looking to the. establishment of
such a line, but Morgan, Chairman of
the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela
tions, said he had no doubt this govern
ment would be willing to co-operate with
the Australian authorities in an effort in
this direction. He said further; "I
expect to see the Pacific Ocean bisected
with a cable. A line has been surveyed
from our Western coast to Hawaii and
found perfectly feasible, and there Is
little doubt that the conditions beyond
are likewise good. A cable, such as is
proposed, would be of great advantage
to our commerce. We ought to lose no
opportunity to control the business of
the Pacific, and if we would take the
proper Bteps, we would secure the rap
idly increasing trade of China and
India, as well as that of the Pacific Isl
ands." He advanced the idea that the
tariff bill ought to be so framed as to
discriminate in favor of those countries
and others issuing silver money, and
thought if this was done, with the Nica
ragua canal built and a cable conBtruct
aI Mm TTnitd States would soon be able
to take the bulk of the trade of those
countries from Europe. Sherman coin
cided with Morgan as to the desirability
of a Pacific cable, but said the unsettled
condition ot affairs in Hawaii might
have the effect of delaying its construe;
tion.
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Washington, '
Some of Walla Walla's streets have
never been named. t
Chehalls county paid out about $30,-
000 for roads in 1893.
A project is on foot to construct a small
smelter at Hamilton. . I
A fruit growers' association is being
organized at Waitsburg.
The lone-distance telephone is to be
extended to Monte Cristo.
Reform has cut down Port Townsend's
annual budget some $3,000.
A plank road costing- $6,000 is to be
built across the big Snohomish marsh.
Tacoma brewers are drying out and
making merchantable s good deal of
wneat.
The early-closing agreement at Walla
Walla is enforced with a clause forfeit
ing $25.
A sample invoice of a ton of the South
Bend tannin extract has been -sent to
Liverpool.
The Fairhaven Chamber of Commerce
is forwarding resolutions for the pilot
chart to Washington..
The Whatcom Agricultural Association
is agitating the subject of a fruit can
nery and a county fair.
The Vancouver creamery is turning
out 1,500 pounds of butter per week,
afid cannot supply the demand..
' The Supreme Court has affirmed the
decision ot Judge Pritchard of Tacoma
that an individual cannot garnishee a
county.
A citizens' league has been formed in
Port Townsend. which guarantees to re
duce city expenses $15,000 annually if
given control of affairs.
Ernest Slim, the Tacoma opium smug
gler, gets off with four months at Mc
Neil's Island. His friends will make np
his $100 fine among them.
During the month of February the
Olympia land office received twelve
homestead entries, nine final homestead
proofs, tour cash entries and six coal
filings.
Thomas Canboy, the principal witness
In the Manville murder case, has been
put under $1,000 bonds at Olympia on
the charge of hayirnerjured himself
in his testimony alt fyyial. ;
The output of the GTaV's Harbor lum
ber mills for 1893 is figured by the Hc
quiam Washingtonian at 72,700,000 feet.
There are at present on the harbor about
40.000.000of loss uncut, all except 7,000,-
000 of which have .been sold.
The taxes paid to the Klickitat County
Treasurer for the monthsof January and
February amount to $15,170, or about
one-third of the total for the current tax
year. This is considered a good showing
under existing circumstances.
The Interstate Fair matter at Tacoma
is moving along smoothly. The com
mittee appointed recently report that
thev are meeting with success in their
collecting trip, and express themselves
confident ot raising the money. ,
The suit of Elizabeth Davis against
the Northern Pacific Coal Company for
$30,000 damages for the death of her
husband by an explosion in the Roslyn
mine waa decided in the Federal Court
in Tacoma by a verdict for the defend
ant. General Otis will make a tour of the
different army posts in the department
of the Columbia in about six weeks. Hi
will visit Boise Barracks and make a re
port on the advisability of abandoning
that post, which General Schofield hat
recommended.- ,. ;
The detailed statement of the peni
tentiary's jute-bag output for the past
six months is as follows: In September,
106,300 bags; October, 113,700; Novem
ber, 119,400; December, 132,000; Janu
ary, 154,600; February, 161,100. The
original plant for making grain bags in
the penitentiary in the jute mill com
prised fifty looms and other machinery.
The last Legislature authorized an addi
tion of twenty looms and other machin
ery, which were put in position last fall.
Since then there lias been a very marked
increase in the output.
Oregon. v
There is a good deal ot scab among the
sheep bands of Lake county.
Grant's Pass Odd Fellows have sold
the Council a site for a city hall, to be
erected in the spring.
The output of gold in Jackson and Jo
sephine counties last vear is put at $1.-
000,000, and the indications are better!
for this year.
In the Lakeview land district there
are 2,221,000 acres of unsurveyed lands,
not including Indian reservations, and
285,000 acres are in Lake county. '
C. H. DeWitt of Harney county is
taking an eight-legged calf to the Mid
winter Fair. The calf, a heifer, is finely
developed, with two organs of genera
tion, same sex ; one head and eight legs;
calved near Harney, and died despite
great care given it by the owner.
The Secretary of War has approved
the plans for the railway bridge across
Young's Bay. Mayor Kinney of Astoria
has received the following dispatch from
Senator Mitchell : " Everything ' all
right. Duplicate license papers are be
ing prepared in the department author
izing the bridge. They will be forwarded
in a few days." 1
Seven miles of the Bailey irrigation
ditch have been already completed and
600 feet of the flume built. The latter
will be 2,100 feet in length and the ditch
twenty-two miles. As soon as the flume
is done it is intended to turn in the wa
ter, causing it to follow as fast as work
on the canal progresses, A dam was
constructed above the point where the
water is diverted from the Umatilla
river and the flume put down to the bot
tom of the channel. The prospect is
sure for an abundant flow of water along
the canals ot the company. In three
weeks the water will be turned in.
1 The question of ratifying the contract
made by the Modoc and Klamath In
dian tribes and the Yahoo band of Snake
Indians of Oregon and theig agents is
pending action by the Interior Depart
ment. The contract stipulates for serv
ices to be rendered by the latter in pros
ecuting the claims of the Indians aga nst
the United States arising from an al
leged error in the survey of the out
boundaries of the Klamath reservation
in Oregon. It is provided that one agent
be given a commission of 12 per cent of
lands which are valued at $200,000 to
1400,000. Commissioner ot Indian Af
fairs Browning recently recommended a
reduction of the commission to 5 per
cent. The out boundaries were estab
lished by a survey made in 1871. and as
a result ot the contention which once
threatened to end in a serious conflict
between the Indians and the settlers the
Commissioner recommended a resurvey.
mi . . ,,, -
iu case wui tie ueciuea
JESUITS EXPELLED.
CATHOLICISM IS DISRUPTED IN
THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC.
Portuguese and British Have a Fight IB
Africa Count Herbert Bismarck In
terrogates a Member of the Reichs
tag No Exposition for Kome.
Rons. The Chamber of Deputies re
jected a bill providing that an interna
tional exhibition be held in Rome in
1895.
Passed In Committee.
Bkblin. The Reichstag Committee
has passed the Russo-German commer
cial treaty by a vote of 16 to 12.
Dr. Miguel Will Mot Resign.
Biblin. Dr. Miguel, Prussian Minis
ter of Finance, emphatically denies the
report that he intends resigning from
the office. '
Carter a Criminal Lunatic.
London. Wyndham Carter, a crank
who was arraigned in Bow-street police
station February 17 on a charge of bav
ins menaced the life of the Queen, waa
adjudged a criminal lunatic. Since his
arraignment on the original charge he
bas been connned in an asyium, Dut not
as a lunatic
. Jack the Blpper Located. ,
London. The fact bas developed that
the Scotland Yard detectives have dis
covered that the famous "Jack the Rip
per" is an inmate ot the Dartmoor in
sane asylum, having been sent there
soon after committing the last of the
Whitechapel atrocities. The fact has
been kept a profound secret, but is now
generally admitted.
The Spanish Cabinet Resigns.
Madrid. The Cabinet has resigned,
and the Queen Regent has ch-uged Prem
ier Sagasta with the work of reconstruct
ina l.hk M iniar.rv. The Cabinet refliraed
f,A an A-rcifinc ailtino. whioh lajitprl
seven hours, and which revealed the fact
that a serious divergence ot opinion ex-
latmA mnntf ill mAmllAIA Ml ttlA Tmm
1DMU ma,v..g) v.v "
posed economic and colonial reforms.
Spanish and Morocco Treaty.
Madrid. The treaty which Captain
General Martinez Campos concluded
with the Sultan ot Morocco for the set
tlement of the trouble at Melilla pro
vides for sending the offending Riff tribes
into the interior, the chief aggressors to
be imDrisoned and the ringleaders exe
cuted. A neutral zone will be estab
lished, and the eidi Aguariach Mosque,
the proximity of which to a Spanish
fort in course of erection led to the out
break, will be encircled by a wall. Pil
grims will continue to be admitted to
the mosque.- ' -. .
MORE WAR IN AFRICA.
Portuguese and British Have a Fight on
the Zambesi River.
Port Natal," Africa. A serious en
counter between Portuguese troops and
British sailors has occurred nearTete on
the Zambesi. British parties construct
ing a telegraph line between the British
sphere and Tete, the capital of a Portu
guese government, nave recently oeen
greatly oostruciea dj we ironnguese,
and finallv Commander Carr of the Brit
ish gunboat Mosquito was sent up the
river to protect tne worxmen. ine mos
quito, landed a party, and they were
promptly fired upon ty the Portuguese.
The sailors returned the fire, but with
what result the re porta do not state.
The latest reports are Governor-General
Lones de Mendonic has sent irom Quili-
mane, the capital of the Portuguese dis
trict in Mozambique, two Portuguese
gunboats and a strong force of troops.
It is understood that the British com
mander in charge of the telegraph con
struction party has also asked that rein
forcements be sent to nun immeaiaieiy.
WAR ON THE JESUITS.'
They May be Entirely Expelled From
the Bepublte of Mexico.
Hidalgo. The expulsion of the Jesu
its from Mexico is causing much serious
thought among those having the welfare
of the Republic at heart. The first blow
waa struck by the expulsion of the Jes
uits in a college of this city by Bishop
Montes de Oca. and the Jesuits are out
of power in San Luis Potosi and have
, , - . , . i
peen oroerea w wave ai. ones, sunup
de Oca has assigned no official reason for
the action. Matters have been in an
ominous state many months. . Many ef
forts have been made to bring peace
again in the divided ranks of Catholi
cism, bnt have been unavailing. - Just
how this will affect the Jesuits and their
interests in the remainder ot Mexico is
hard to foretell. It is freely predicted
that it is the beginning of the trouble,
and that this is the first or'Veak of a
deeply seated growing oppo itn i to Jes
uit domination, which is fel in ill parts
of the Republic. It is though i uie action
of Bishop de Oca will be .the sign for an
uprising in many parts of the country
against the Jesuits, and that if they are
not expelled from the Republic they will
at least be shorn of a large part of their
power. , -;.
TYPICAL HEARSAY EVIDENCE.
Upon It Waa Founded Report of Possible
- Rnsso-uerman War.
' Berlin, The committee in the Reichs
tag having in charge the German-Russian
treaty rejected the amendment of
fered by the Conservatives, limiting to
one year the time when either party to
the convention shall be entitled to one
year's notice of its abrogation, by a vote
01 10 to io. Ane oouiiuiiuw uien auopwxi
a number of articles, including that fix
ing the term of duration of the treaty at
ten years, as originally proposed. Count
Herbert Bismarck in the regular session
of the Beichstag demanded of Count
von Doenhoff (Conservative) an expla
nation of the Tageblatt's statement, al
leged to have been made on his (Doen-
hotPs) authority, that Prince Bismarck
had declared that the rejection of the
treat v would Inevitably be followed bv a
Russo-German war. Count von Doenhoff
admitted that he did not speak with the
authority of Prince Bismarck, but that
he had based his statement merely upon
hearsay. He had learned, he said, that
Herr Krupp had heard Dr. Schweninger
say that he had heard Prince Bismarck
make a statement to the effect that the
rejection of the Russo-German treaty
would be followed Dy a -.usso-Vjerman
war. . ' ' -. -. : ,
THE PORTLAND MARKETS,
nA- Vail . RUfoMMe.: Walla
Walla, 7677c per cental. .
PROVISIONS,
f.i bm Qtir.tr wn f Ann TjAUn
Hams, medium, 1212jo per pound;
hams, large. hams, picnic,
ll12c; breakfast bacon, 13(10c;
short clear sides, 1012c; dry salt sides, T
X10c; dried beef hams, 12 13c;
lard, compound, in tins, 910o per
pound; pure, in tins, pigs'
leet, os, so.ou; pigs' leei, ws, to.Au,
kits, $1.25.
HOPS, W0OI. AND RTDBS.
'Qt trii 197ai14 tier rionnd:
medium, 9llc; .poor, no demand.
Wmt VhIIav 10(3)1 In ner pound: '
Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 6(
lUc, according w quality aim sunuaaga. .
Hides Dry selected prime, 5c; green,
alt4 ATI wirtkila anil Avar. Stl! Under
60 pounds, 2Sc; sheep pelts, shearlings,
11 1 1 C . ' OA.QC. Ltnrt vwil
lvujxoc, wouiuiu, viaiuw, " --i
3060c; tallow, good to choice, 8 3o
per pound. ,
LIVB AND DRESSED MEAT.
Beef Too steers. $2.503.00; fair to
good steers. $2 002.25; cows, $2.25;
dressed beef, 46o per pound.
mutton cest sueep, f2.0Vf
$2.25.
Hoas Choice heaw Lf4.00a425; me-
Ar.m (Ann. liolit anrl liwdera. iS.iKXdl
4.00; dressed, 6i7c per pound.
VEAL tsmail cnoice, oc; targe, ;
pound. .
. CORDAGE.
u.;it. 11- In oir anil nn. TOc:
manilla rope, 12-thread, H diam., 10c ;
A u-tht-Mul. i andB-lU .
.1 ; n ... 11a. manilla ha.it mnfl. in Coils
or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yarn,
tarred, c ; manina nawser-iam rope woii
w;n titr. vnanillfl. transmission-
of-pow'er rope, 14c ; manilla paper twine,
' .w -! .t i
rope, i4 ju. tii . aiiu upnwu, i 1
rope, l-tnreaa, r aiam.. 174c, siaa
anJ O.threa1. 1 and 6-16 diam..
HI.' .leal lafh VAm t.Art! H. 7Wct llOD-
vine twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine, .
. FLOUR, F ZED,. TO.
Fiona Portland. t2.55; Salem. $2.55;
Cascadia, $2.56; Dayton, $2.55; Walla
Walla, $2.90; Snowfiake, $2.65; Corval
lia ti!.fifi? Pendleton. 12.65 -. Graham.
$2.40; Buperfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Uatb wnite, oatga per uueuei.
gray, 300331; rolled, in bags, so.iois ,
6.00; barrels, $6.006.25; in cases, $3.75. ,
Milujt urrs Bran, fiaigio; gnoruj,
$15 16; ground barley. $1618; chop
feed, $16 per ton ; whole feed barley, 60
70c per cental; middlings, $2328 per"'
ton; chicken wheat, bocg$i.io per
cental. - !...
Hat Good, $1012 per ton.
. dairy produce.
Butter Oregon fancy creamery, 27 J
h QA e ia ns ' g iairv 99fSi9Rr.i fair tn
VJJj -TV-. A-J vw.;. -M v
good, 1517ic; common, ll12c per
, , . i r ,c -11
pouna lAluorm i, uu per iuu.
Uheesb uregon, luujxov, uk-
nia, c; Young America, lisigxoc,
Swiss, iinrjorted, 3032c; domestic, 16 .
(Sloe per iruuiiv.. .
Eoos OregfTn, ll12c per dozen. '
PnnrDVnhielrAniL mixAd. Quoted at :
$3.003.60 per dozen ; ducks, $4.50(9 ,
ft nn oaara. 7. OOffiS.OO : turkevs. live, 11c
per pound ; dressed, 13c.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
Vegetables California cabbage, XMfi
per pound; potatoes, Oregon (buying
price), 4550c per sack ; onions (buying
price;, si.oisz.uu per sacc; swmi jir
toes, 2t per pound ; California celery, ;
oA3iun artiAnirAa fuip. nAr dozen : Cal
ifornia lettuce, 2035c per dozen; Ore- ;
gon hothouse lettuce, 40(8 60c; cauliflow
er, $2.65 perorate, 90c per dozen; pars-1
lAV Olu vtaw Arnn . anmnla. E1.40 Per
ttjj , w yv ii. , i' . - o
box; string beans, 1518c per pound;
rauiTa oiv leuivua, .wi.w
box; California fancy, $3.504.00; com
mon, $2.603.00; bananas, Ewisa-.w
per bunch; Honolulu, $10WiJOan-ir
fornia navels, $2.25i32.75 per box; seed- ;
a, OKaonn. T.iu t1.7Rrat2.00: '
sunflower, $2.50; apples (buying price),
green, ouigoac per dox; a u, oviuv,
tte winter pears, 6580c per bo. ,
;.'..,.; CANNED OOODS. .
C ahmeo Goods Table fruits, assorted,
$1.752.00; peaches, $1.862.00; Bart
lett pears, $f.762.00; plums, $1.37X
1.50; strawberries, $2.252.46; cherries,.
$2.25(32.40; blackberries, $152.00;
laspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2S(t
2.80; apricots, $1.65. fruits, : .
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, ;
il.UU(gl.2U. biacKDerries. fi.zo(Si.wper -dozen.
Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, -$3.163.50;
peaches, $3.604.00; apri
cots, $3.50(34.00; plums, t.753.UU;
blackberries, $4.254.50; tomatoes.tl.iu. .
Meats Corned beef. Is. $1.50; 2s,
$2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is,
$3.50; 2s, $6.757.00; deviled ham, $1.60
Q2.75 per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.60;
2s, $2.25. ,
Fish Sardines,: Jfs, 75c$2.25; ,
$2.16(8,4.60; lobsters, $2.30(3.60; sal-
mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.251.60; flats,
$1.76;2-lbs,$2.252.60;i-bg4rreL$5.6v.
. - ' STAPLE G-OOMKIBS.
CorriE Costa Rica. 23c: Rio,2223ci
Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 2628c; Ar
buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound ,
cases, $24 80 .
; Dried fruits isaa pace, reuie
prunes, 68o; silver, 10 12c; Italian,
810c; German, 68c; plums, 610c; ,
evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporated
apricots, 1516c; peaches, 10(g)12c; "
pears, 7011c per pound. -
Vsalt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s,
$16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.50(39.50.
Syrup Eastern,, in barrels, 4065c;
In half barrels, 4257c; in cases, 35(9 ,
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 2040o per gallon $1.75 per
IfuoAB D, 4c ; Golden 0, 4Jc ; extra
C, 6c; confectioners A.Sc; dry gran- 1
ulated, 5$c; cube, crushed and pow-
dered,6c per pound; Ho per pound.,
discount on all grades for prompt cash ;
maple sugar, 16lflo per pound.
; RicE-r-No. 1 Sandwich Island, $4.75(3 ,
5.00 1 no Japan in market.
Beans Small white, No. 1, 2?$c; No. -2,
2s'c: large white, tc; pea beans, '
2?4c; pink, 2c; bayou, 2?c; batter,
3c; Lima, 3Jic per pound.
Pickles "Barrels, No. 1,' 2830e per f
gallon; No. 2, 2628c; kegs, 6s, 85c per ,.i
keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar- .
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen.
Spices Whole Allspice, 18820c jer
pound; cassia, 1618c; cinnamon, UfA t
40c; cloves, 1830c; black pepper, 203 t
25c; nutmeg, 75830c. ; - "
Raisins London layers, boxes, $1.76 , i
2.00; halves, $2.00(32.26; quarters,
$2.262.75j eighths, $2.503.00. Loo
Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy 'fatted,
$1.75 ; bags, 8 crown, 45o per pound ; ,
4 crown, 606c. Seedless Sultanas, .
boxes, $1.76(82.00; bags, 8c pes - '
pound, ' . -.. 4