The Oregon mist., March 30, 1894, Image 1

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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1894.
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PROFESSIONAL.
jjh. H. K. cijrr,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
81. Helen., Oregon.
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PIIYSICFAN and SURGEON.
" C'Utakniile. ColinubU comity, Or.
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SURVEYOR and
CIVIL ENGINEER,
St. Hrlwio, Oregon..
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pliillliiK, Mid englmierlng work proniptly
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tor Information and true Handbook write to
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be Jittiag by noUoa glTeo f rae ol ebmrge In the
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WATER WORKS SUIT.
THE OPINION OF AN ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
No Credence filven to the Htory That
Mr., Nlaoford I'ropoae, to Hell Home
of Her Hnutliern I'anlDfl Hal I road In
trta-llond I'umliaae..
Olvmpu. Tlie State Und Conimig
Ion Imn docidtid to pnrcliww ,176,000 0
per cwit funding bimdnof Skagit county.
milijctl to tlio approval of the Attornny
UiMiural. JIoiiiIh to the amount of 1 ,(100
of School Oiotrict No. Ill, Clarke county,
bearing 7 per cent interent, were ac
cepted, aubject to the game conditions.
fiold Illanovery lu I'tuh.
Salt I.akk. The excitement over the
new gold diftcovcricg a running high in
the little town of Lchl. Utah, about
thirty mill's aouth of thin citv. TheiliH-
covei lcg were made a few davg airo. The
ore l a pink nlate, and lavs in Htratifled
Ti-uin, j im ijuii. line ueun iraiHi lor two
,ni..u o'l... 1...1. 1 1.- & 1
mileg. It la over thirty feet in thick-
iiCHH, and annHj'a alxut 10 in gold to the
tun.
A Hhlogle Klght.
Tacoma. It looks ao though there was
going to be a bitter fight between the
shingle manufacturers and dealers.
Manufacturers have iiojued circulars
Hlatlng that in future they will sell to
KuHlorn dealers car lots at the same rate
as that now given to Western commis
sion Ucalers. J Ins plan, w hile it will
raiae a big fight among the Western deal
ers, it is expected will be of great benefit
to manufacturers, as they will be able to
cell all the product to Kastern men, sav
ing middlemen's profit.
In.uranre Adjualed.
San FitANCiKi'o. There was quite a
lenaation in Insurance circles in this city
when it became known that the Alliance
Insurance Companv of London had set
tled with Iluyer & iteich and had paid
that firm the full amount of Its propor
tion of the Ions under its policy of $5,000.
The amount paid is t4,018.:t. It was ex
plained that the Alliance Company paid
this lorn after taking competent legal ad
vice, lucre are suits penning against
about twenty-seven other insurance com
panies to recover the remainder of the
total of 1 10,000.
Irrigation for Idaho.
. Boihb. The State Committee on Irri
gation held an interesting session re?
cently. A lengthy paper on irrigation
was read bv Hon. W. J. Mills of Poca
tello. Ho favored the plan of redemp
tion of bi id Innds bv the pcency of the
Jeneral government, and said that the
anda in the Snake Kiver Vulley, if re
claimed, would furnifb homes for a quar
ter of a million people at a coHt to the
general government of about 10,000,
000, an amount which Is less than that
expended for coast defense against for-
n toes in a single jrrar.
Alaska News.
Port Townsbnd. A private letter
from Juneau, brought down by tlie
steamer Mexico, says that up to the time
of writing no solution of the Treadwell
works robbery baa been arrived at, and
the big company is sun mourning uis
loss of 130,000 worth of gold chlorina-
tions. ruggist Fentir, who was recent
ly arrested in San Francisco and taken
back in charge 01 a iwpuiy marenm, 10
still under surveillance, although he
claims to be able to prove an alibi it
only given a chance. Whatever efforts
are lieing mane to get at ine oonom 01
the matter are done so quietly that no '
one knows alwut them. . .
Very little movement toward the u-
ami colil weather. This Is unfortunate,
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an expensive matter to the miners.
Negro Convicted of Murder.
SKATH.it. William Holmes, a negro
mule driver at the Franklin coal mines, '
i cnnvii UHi 01 murtier in uio urai. uu-
gree in killing his roommate. William
Russell, at the mines January litis-
sell was a negro miner. The trial lasted
two days before Judge Moore lhe evi-
dence showed the men quarreled over a
revolver which Russell saw iioimea
stole. Russell slapped Holmes while
standing In front ot a saloon, iioimes
went away, and came back a few nun-
ntes later with the same pistol. A short
distance away he fired at Russell, whose
back was turned. The latter wheeled
and ran for Holmes. The second shot
passed through his head from a distance
of two feet. Holmes said tie .was goin to
give tlie gun 10 nueoeii nu um i.!..
it 1 , . 1 . .... !nDalt fpnm 0 HI I
him. He also set up insanity irom epi
lepsy as a defense, lioin were arums.
Holmes is a small man, and Russell was
very large. A new trial is a$ked for.
Holmes has not the money, and will
probably hang.
COI'NTT WARRANTS.
A Caae Involving the Legal Rate of
. . Iiitere.t Argued.
Olvmpia. The last Legislature
changed the legal rate of interest from
10 to 8 per cent. Since that time there
has been great contention as to how the
law would affect warrants issued prior
and payable subsequent to the passage
of the act. The Attorney-General ex
pressed the opinion that all warrants is
sued prior to passage of lhe act draw 10
ner cent until paid, and all warrants is
sued subsequent to tbo passage of the
act and prior to the time the act took
"ffect-June 8-draw 10 per cent until
June 8 and 8 per cent thereafter. A
short time since action was brought
against Treasurer Gilbaeh of Hub loitnty
to compel him to nay 10 per cent on
warrants Issued before the passage of
the act. Ju'lge Gordon held ft P""4
to bo the legal rate sinro June 8, 18 '3,
regardless of the timo of issuance. This
case was appealed to and argued In the
Supreme Court, and the decision will be
awaited with great Interest throughout
the State.
WATER WORKS SUIT.
Legality of the Monde Uphold, But the
ajlty la unjmiw'ii
Walla Walla. The case of the Walla
Walla Water Company against the city
of Walla Walla, to restrain the city from
.ffcHshinir -a water plant of its own,
was deolded by Judge Hanford in the
United States Court this afternoon. In
this case all objections to the creation of
new water works by the city and the is
sue of bonds to the amount of $100,000,
as proposed, on account of alleged irreg
ularities In passing the ordinance and
In the election were overruled. The
court follows the decisions of the Su
preme Court of this State in Yesler vs.
Seattle, 1 Wash., 308, and Seymour vs.
Tacoma, 0 Wash., 138. But an injunc
tion is granted on the ground that the
city of Walla Walla is bound by its con
tract with complainant not to become a
competitor in the water business and
not to establish its own system of water
works during the period of twenty-five
years from the date of the contract with
out first purchasing or condemning and
paying for complainant's plant.
MRU. STANFORD' INTKUKHT8
Itallroad Men Do Not Expect a Hale of
Her Mouthern PacIHe Stock.
San Fhancihco. Railroad men who
know something of the condition of the
Stanford estate and its relations to the
Southern Pacific give no credence to the
story that Mrs. Stanford proposes to cell
some of her railroad interest, and that
her associates in the company are fear
ful of consequent disaster. President
Huntington said: " I see Mrs. Stanford
very seldom, bat we naturally confer
frequently with her attorneys, and thev
have never said anything of the kind. I
don't think Mrs. Stanford wants to do
anything to injure the interests of the
company. They are her interests. If
she wanted to sell her railroad interests,
she could probably do so very easily. I
would like to bo v them myself, only I
am trying to build railroads inutead of
buying them. 'o, I don't think we
would be very much afraid to see her in
terests go into other hands. Then, of
course, a woman can't take hold of rail
road affairs like a man. In fact, it might
be well to put in some new blood. I am
a progressive man, and I think it might
be a good thing."
A JUDGE HMGIITXY OFF.
Oregon Has No Jurladlctloo In the Slate
of Waehlngton
Oi.ympia. Assistant Attorney-General
Haight, advising State Fish Com mis- j
sioner Crawford concerning the opinion
of the Judge of the Circuit Court of ,
lijaisop county, or., wuu nuiu uiui. ueii-
ermen of the State of Washington fish
ing in the waters of this Htate in con
formity with the laws of this State are
amenable in the courts of Oregon to the
laws of that State, savs: "Game, fish
and other wild animals are public prop
erty, legislation njion which is a power
reserved to the State. Under no theory
of law can the contention of the learned
Judge be maintained. The officers of I
the State of Oregon charged with the
duty of arresting offenders cannot invade
the territorial limits 01 vvasnington in ;
tlie performance of their duty. Congress
can give no jurisdiction, concurrent or I
otherwise, to the State of Oregon within
the limits of this Slate; even the juris- '
diction that the United States may ex
ercise by reason of its admiralty juris
diction does not extend to regulation of
fisheries." Referring to the opinion of
the Oregon Judge. Haight savs the posi- '
tion taken Is so remarkable that but for
proof to the contrary one would be jus- '
tided in believing that the learned J uuge
had been misrepresented.
BAZAR CASK ENDED.
Puget Sound Bank Get. Preference
Other Creditors Follow After.
Sbatti.. The law suit growing out of
the alleged failure of the Seattle Bazar,
owned bv Samuel I-evy, has been settled
TnjM Tntrlev. The Puget Sound ,
' " . h,h fhA nUintiff
.." V",-" JTt JSTi
to share In order of
priority in the stock, which is worth
about 0,000. .
Th har-ar was closed bv levy of exe
cution on the day before last Christmas,
Levy having on that day confessed judg-
luciii, in y. -.
&Jtt'32X
. . T:, 1.1. a n otn oo
o lg unaer execution on the ground
t)mrt T did not owe anything at all to
tne ju,am0nt creditors, who were al-
, , related to him in different
ThI ininnction Judge Langley
permanent. The evidence showed
thRt Ievy had been promising to pay
nig creditorg wj,0 were pressing him,
ont of the proceeds of his holiday sales ,
and tnns Btaving them off. The bank
under the same promise was still extend-
m cretylt to Levy, jHSt before ChriBt- '
mR however, Levy failed suddenly and ,
ponfegged judgment for all the stock was
worth, leaving most ot nis creaitors out,
. . , 0
in the cold.
EUROPE WANTS FRESH SALMON.
Arrangement. Perfected for Paying up
the Obligations of Two Canneries.
Astoria. It ia-understood that ar
rangements have been made by Annas
C. R. Berle, representing the house of
Rud Kanzaw of Hamburg, to have fresh
salmon shipped overland in refrigerator
cars from Kalama to New York en route
to Hamburg;. Mr, Berle, who left this
city for Portland recently, interviewed
the principal cannerymcn on the subject
of the proposed venture, but made no
contract. Before he left, however, he
Btated a deal had been made with par
ties at Kalama. The firm of Rud Kan
saw has branches at the different points
in Norway and Sweden where salmon
are caught, and Mr. Berle came here
highly recommended. Several large con
signments of fresh salmon were shipped
to Berlin by J. O. Hanthorn and M. J.
Kinney of this city and Mr. Barnes of
Portland about three years ago, but were
not paid for, the claim having been
made by Lindenberg, the purchaser, that
they arrived in poor condition. The
opinion is still entertained here that the
excuse was made for the sole purpose of
avoiding payment, and that the salmon
was properly handled and delivered in
good order. ...
Mn- of the creditors ot the firm of
Scotchler & Gibbs have been paid off
here on the basis ot dollar lor aouar, ar
rangements having been made with H.
o,i m Anthnnv A Co. of New York to
take charge of the embarrassed firm's
affairs, settle all debts ana operate me
Mrti, Rhnro and Eureka canneries dur-
t tl.o mminir season. The money for
I the settlement in full of all claims U nn-
Bank 0( th,, city.
deratood to be neta ByuieiiriniawuBai
SMALL RESERVATIONS
WILSON WANT8 THEM OPENED
FOR SETTLEMENT.
Governor KeKlnleyr Gives Out the Atti
tude He Wilt A.ainne Toward Coxey
and His Army of Cranks Hard Time.
In the Army. i
Coi.umjiuh, O. Governor McKinley
gave out the following official statement
to-night of his attitude toward theCoxey
army, which Is to march from Massillon
next Sunday: "I cannot but believe
that the stories about the assembling of
people at Massillon Sunday have been
greatly exaggerated. From all the in
formation I have received I believe there
will not be any snch number of people
assembled as has been predicted by the
promoter of the movement and by the
press. It would be a matter of deep re
gret if any disturbance were to result to
public order from this movement. I can
realize that, however peaceful and lawful
the purpose of the movement may be,
the fact that a large body of unorgan
ized men, assembled to make a long
march on foot, relying upon supplies
from the country through which they
travel, is well calculated to create alarm,
yet I cannot think that the movement
will assume any dangerous or threaten
ins nronortions: bnt. if it does, the lo
cal authorities city and county in
Uhiowill be able to meet any emergency,
and they will not permit the peace and
good order of the community to be
broken, but will be prompt to punish
any unlawful acts which may occur.
Should any emergency arise and the lo
cal authorities not be able to preserve
the peace and observance of the law, the
State authorities upon notice will 'be
prompt to aid them within the law and
the constitution.
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
A Series of Reaolutlon. Prepared by the
Executive Committee.
Omaka. Nearly the entire morning
meeting of the Interstate Irrigation Con
vention was spent in executive session,
debating a series of resolutions prepared
by the Executive Committee. The prin
cipal fight was made over the the clause
demanding that Congress make an ap
propriation to test the practicability of
irrigation by means of artesian wells.
No conclusion was reached, and the de
bate was continued till afternoon. Aside
from this the convention listened to pi
pers on " Irrigation and Continental De
velopment" and " Pumping Machinery
for Irrigation."
At the afternoon session the report of
the Committee on Resolutions, reported
at the morning session, was adopted.
After reciting the opening of public
lands to settlement the platform goes on :
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
convention that it is the duty of Congress
to make an appropriation to test the
practii ability of the following methods
of irrigation for these plains: First
That the government should by experi
ments determine whether the overflow
water is of sufficient volume and can be
brought to the surface at a cost to make
it available for general irrigation pur
poses. Second That it should deter
mine the extent to which reservoirs can
be constructed for the purpose of storing
storm water sufficient in quantity for
irrigation purposes. Tbat we fully in
dorse the following from the report of
the special committee of the United
States Senate and the same be made a
part of the resolutions of this conven
tion : " If anything can be done to en
courage the people of these great plains,
it is important that it should be done
speedily. There are over 1,000.000 peo-
file in the arid and semi-arid belt, who
lave paid into the United States Treas
ury no less than $40,000,000 for public
lands. The government should demon
strate to them the practicability, before
they can have the courage or can com
mand the means, to prosecute the work
on any considerable scale."
Several addresses by prominent irriga
tionists were made during the day.
MILITARY RESERVATIONS.
Bill Before Congreas for the -Abandonment
of Some of Them.
Washington. The other day the
House was considering a bill for the
abandonment of certain military reserva
tions and allowing them to be opened for
settlement. The bill provides for the
opening of such reservations that exceed
5,000 acres. To this feature Represent
ative Wilson of Washington made objec
tion, as did other Western men. Wilson
said Washington had several abandoned
military reservations 01 less extent inan
6,000 acres, upon which there were set
tlers who desired to obtain title to the
bind in lots of 40. 30 and even 10 acres.
He mentioned Point Roberts and Gigg
Harbor as two of the reservations where
the settlers desired Congressional action.
He called attention to the fact that in
1800 the Secretary of War withdrew
these lands at different points along
Pnoet. Snnnil and reserved them for for
tification purposes. Outhwaite of Ohio
anid that, if these lands were turned
over to settlers, the government would
be buying them back at $10,000 an acre
some time for the purposes for which
they were reserved.
wilson's reply.
This stirred up the Washington Repre
sentative. He said these lands had been
reserved for vears for fortification pur
poses, and the government had not spent
a dollar on mem, yet, mey wore .nmu
sound of the morning and evening guns
nf fireat Britain. The Committee on
Appropriations brought in a bill that
appropriates thousands of dollars to
purchase land on the East coast, while
f. 1 , ... - i nn;n
me ooiecuve poim., we ontx h"""i
tlm noint tbat is absolutely necessary to
have fortified, is without fortification at
all. As the government had abandoned
these landB, there was no reason why
the settlers should not have them. He
said there were thirty or forty of these
ama.ll reservations on Panel .Sound.
where the settlerB had been, allowed to
go by Registers and Keceiversot tne lana
nfflona. and thev were now suspended
like Mahomet's cofiin and did not know
whether they would secure title, to their
lands or not.
The Chairman of the committee, hav-
t. ilia Kill in eharon. said in the pres
ent bill no attempt had been made to
deal with the small reservations, and
added that the committee would gladly
consider a bill for that purpose.
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.
Secretary Smith has approved the 'an- I
plication of " Pawnee Bill" for a loan of
thlrty-tl ve Bioux Indians to be exhibited
at the Antwerp Exhibition,
Senator Call of the Senate Committee
on Appropriations has reported the for
tifications bill to the Senate as amended.
The committee increases total Hoase ap
propriation to the extent ol $8:2U,40&,
the bill as reported carrying $3,604,104.
It is intimated upon good authority
that the President is strongly disposed
to use a portion of the fund placed at
his disposal for the establishment of a
naval coaling station in Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii. It is asserted tbat the actual
occupation of Pearl Harbor will amount
to assuming a protectorate over tne isl
ands, and that Hawaiians would have no
cause to fear interference in their affair
by other powers.
The President has transmitted to the
Senate all information in his possession
regarding the Bluenelds (Nicaragua) in- 1
cident and the landing of British troops. (
There is nothing startling in the corre- i
spondence. Among the letters attacnea
isonefrom Ambassador Bayard, in which )
Bayard says he was informed by tne
British government that the landing of
troops at Bluefields was taken for the
sole purpose of protecting the lives and
property of the residents and with no
intention of violating treaty rights.
Estimates of the amount of revenue
under the new tariff bill reported to the
Senate will probably show the total
amount to be almost $381,000,000. This
is a reduction or $13,000,000 from the
estimates in the first bill reported to the
committee. The principal reduction is
made through the restoration of the
present tax rate on domestic cigars and
cigarettes, which amounts to a loss of
over $10,000,000. As the bill stands, if
the estimate is correct, it will produce
$30,000,000 more revenue than is needed.
Delegate Joseph of New Mexico will
make a move, as soon as the appropria
tion bills are out of the way, to secure a
special rule by which the New Mexico
Statehood bill will be given the right of
way and block all other business in the
House until a quorum makes its appear
ance and passes the bill. As party lines
are drawn on the bill, he can hope for
no help from the Republicans. The lat
ter want Oklahoma admitted at the same
date in order to secure two Republican
Senators to offset the Democratic Sena
tors from New Mexico. It is urged also
that the Utah and Arizona bills, already
passed by the House, give a prospect of
four Democratic Senators, so that fair
ness urges the admission of Oklahoma
as well as the other three territories.
Loud of California made a strong
speech that attracted mucn attention in
the House the other day during consid
eration of the river and harbor items in
the sundry civil bill. He showed that
the Southern States had received up to
1890 $00,000,000 for river and harbor im
provements, while the value of their
shipping was only $18,000,000. During
Uuul lha Pi-oifio CoeU with. 123,.
000,000 value in shipping, had only re
ceived f 10,UUU,ut"J, ana 01 mis auiouut
Oregon had received the lion'a share
$6,000,000.. Loud made such a good
showing for California that Hermann of
Oregon attempted a reply. Loud molli
fied the uregon representative uy ear
ing that Oregon fared so well because of
the ability of Senators Mitchell and
Doloh and Representative Hermann,
whose fitness for Congressional work the
Oregon people appreciated. j
The atiDointnient of General Catch-
ings to the Chairmanship of the River
and Harbor Committee to succeed
Blanchard, appointed Senator, leads
members of the House to hope that
there will be some very material in
creases made in the river and harbor ap-
firopriations, for Catchings is a more
iberal-minded man than his predecessor.
RenresentAtive Caminetti as a member
of the committee is daily in consultation
with his colleagues in an endeavor to se
cure more money for the Sacramento
and San Joaquin rivers, while Repre
sentatives Loud and Wilson of Washing
ton made a gallant fight tor the entire
Pacific Coast on the House floor during
tlm consideration of the sundry civil bill.
The river and harbor bill when reported
will show some changes anecting racinc
Coast rivers and harbors since the first
statement was telegraphed. What
changes Jhese are will probably be in
the nature of increases.
Further correspondence between Wil
lis and Dole has been submitted to Con
gress. It is mostly explanatory. Dole
acknowledges the receipt of a letter
dated January 10 irom huh, uuu
that in it Willis shows a desire that no
events referred to that would be incon
sistent with a friendly attitude on the
part of himself and the United States
toward Hawaii. February 14 Dole ad
dressed a le'tter to WilliB, in which he is
much pleased at Willis' explanation as
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deprived of their liberty and prohibited
from wearing uniiormg on snore auer
the arrival of the Corwin. Dole says
r.. that if lmn not heen bis desire to
charge the United States with intending
to use iorce, out rauier w buuw urn, buu
withholding of information on the point
nNulnnurl an iinfnrt.nnAta state of af
fairs, and to which Willis' attention was
called at the time, uoie ctosea oy uisa
vowing on the part of his government
any unfriendliness toward the United
States.
Representative Hermann has had re
ported from the Committee on Indian
Affairs his bill to ratify and confirm the
agreement with the Alsea and other
bands of Indians located upon the Siletz
Indian reservation and to make appro
priation for carrying it into effect. There
are 1K0,UVU acres in me reraervo, ui wurcu
176,000 acres, not allotted to the Indians,
am tn ha subiect to settlement. The In
dians are to be paid $142,600 for their
cession. The President is to issue a
proclamation within twenty days after
the passage of the bill fixing a time not
later than forty days thereafter when
the surplus lands are to be opened to
nntrv. Judire Holman. the Chairman of
the committee, argued for a reduction to
4 per cent from the 6 per cent interest
provided by the bill to be paid .the In
dians on the deferred payments, but he
was voted down and his amendment de
feated. He, however, succeeded with an
amendment requiring actual residence
on the land for not less than three years.
whereas under the homestead law proper
commutation could be made after four
teen months. An additional amendment
requires that at time of entry 60 cents
of the $1.60 payable per acre shall be
paid, the balance payable when final
proof is made at the end of three or five
years.
CASIMIR-PERIER.
HE SWAYS THE FRENCH SENATE
AND PREVENTS A CRISIS.
Irish National League of Great Britain
Calls the Irl.h Leaden Hard ramea
International Salvation Arm- Con
gressBelgian Cabinet Kealgna.
Brussels. King Leopold has been
notified by telegraph that his Cabinet
has resigned.
. Glad.tone In the Common..
London. The Westminster Gazette
says Gladstone will occasionally make
his appearance in the Commons and will
retain bis old seat on the treasury bench.
Fired on by Bin..
Mklilla. A party of Riffs on the
coast three miles from this town fired on
a transport which was conveying Span
ish troops to Malaga. They wounded
one man. The Governor of Melilla is
inquiring into the affair. No complica
tions are expected to result from the
shooting.
One of William's Freaks.
Berlin. At noon to-day the Emperor
surprised everybody by summoning the
entire Berlin garrison to assemble in the
Temple Hot for maneuvers. The sum
mons was responded to with amazing
promptness, and the sudden appearance
and rapid pace of the troops through the
streets created a good deal of excitement.
Tax E.tiinate Too High.
Rome. Baron Sienna, Minister of Fi
nance, has refused to modify his propos
als for the new taxes to the amount of
100,000,000 lire. There is such a strong
sentiment among the Deputies in favor
of decreasing the amount in question
that it will be difficult to effect an un
derstanding between the Chamber and
the Cabinet.
Truckler, and Cowards.
London. The Irish National League
of Great Britain has issued a manifesto
to the Irish people concerning Lord
Roeebery's explanation of his attitude
toward home rule. The manifesto de
clares that the explanation is insufficient,
and that the Irish members of Parlia
ment who accept it are trucklers, cow
ards and traitors, who ought to be driven
out of public life.
Salvation Army Jubilee.
London. An appeal has been issued
for the purpose of raising fund of 60,
000 in order to celebrate the jubilee of
the Salvation Army. In connection
with the jubilee General Booth proposes
to inaugurate a four months' Salvation
Army campaign in the United States
next autumn. The General also pro
poses an International Salvation Army
Congress in June and expeditions to Ja
pan, Java and Demerara. .
GIad.tona Rs
London. Gladstone in a letter to the
Chairman of the Midlothian "Liberals,
thanks him for the generous desire that
he (Gladstone) shall not cease to repre
sent Midlothian. He refers to his career,
and says it has certainly been chargeable
with many errors of judgment, but he
hopes it has been governed by a desire
for strict justice. He says he rejoices to
think tbat Scotland has done battle for
the right. The masses, he declares, owe
their present political elevation to the
principles, '"Love of liberty for all, with
out distinction of class, creed or coun
try." Gladstone laments " the discrep
ancy of sentiment" between the two
Houses of Parliament, and concludes by
saving he feels convinced that nntil the
inst demands of Ireland are satisfied the
Empire will not have attained the max
imum of its nnion and power. "Nor
will British honor be effectually cleared
of the deepest historic Btain ever attached
to it."
i
MINISTRY OF COLONIES.
. Caalmlr-Ferler, the French Premier,
8 ways the Senate.
Paris. The crisis which was threat
ened by the action ot the Senate in re
fusing to take action on the measure
which had previously passed the Cham
ber of Deputies, creating a Ministry of
Colonies instead of leaving that depart
ment directed, as has been the case up
to the present, has been averted, and
Premier Casimir-Perier is again victori
ous. When the Premier learned of the
failure to act npon the matter referred
tv he nromntlv called a special session
of the Senate and allowed it to become
known that he would not remain m
power without a vote of confidence on
the part of the Senate. In the Senate
after a conciliatory speech from the
Premier the Chamber of Deputies bill
creating a Ministry of the Colonies was
approved by a vote ol io to sz, ana
later the Senate agreed to the grant
asked for in regard to the creation of
this new ministry by a vote of 316 to 81.
The Premier was warmly congratulated
by friends npon the result of the affair.
DISASTER AT BANTANDER.
The Burled Cargo of the Cabo Maohioaco
Struck by Divers.
Madrid. A dispatch received from
Santander says that ten men were killed
and thirty injured by an explosion of
dynamite in the harbor. The dynamite
was In one of the many cases of explo
sives which went down last November
with the wreck of the steamer Cabo Ma
chicaco. Ever since the steamer was
blown to nieces divers have worked in
termittently upon the wreck, and have
raised a considerable quantity of miscel
laneous cargo, which was brought to
Santander. Recently the divers reported
that they were getting near the dyna
mite, but it was supposed that the ex
plosive had lost its power after so many
weeks in water. Three divers were down
when the explosion came. Ten men
were out in a boat over the spot where
the divers were at work. Some fifty men
were at work at the docks. The cauBe
of the explosion is not known exactly.
The report shook Mendez Nunez street,
which skirts the quay, along its whole
length. The small boat just off the spot
was splintered, and seven men were
killed. The three divers were aiBO ciiiea,
and thirty men along the quay were in
jured seriously. The mangled and black
ened corpses of the dead were scattered
all along the quay, and the scene was
one that defied description. Among the
dead are Don Manuel de Lapena, Pro
vincial Governor, and a number of other
officials. -
THE PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Valley, 85c; Walla Walla, 11
76c per cental.
' provisions.
Eastern Smoked Meats and Lard
Hams, medium, 12(412)0 per pound;
hams, large, li,(ti2c; hams, picnic,
ll12c; breakfast bacon, 1316c;
short clear sides, 10,312c; dry salt sides,
9)410sc; dried beef hams, 1213c;
lard, compound, in tins, 910c per
pound; pure, in tins, ll12iac; pigs'
feet, 80s, $5.60; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.25;
kiU, $1.25.
HOPS, WOOL AND HIDES.
Hops '93s, choice, VlZa per
pound; medium, 1012c; poor, neg-
ICtCtie
Wool Valley, 10llc per pound;
Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 6
10c, according to quality and shrinkage.
.Hides Dry selected prime, 6c; green,
salted, 60 pounds and over, 8c ; under
60 pounds, 23c ; sheep pelts, shearlings,
1016c; medium, 2035c; long wool,
3060c; tallow, good to choice, 33ijo
per pound.
LIVE AND DBK8KKD MEATS,
Bir Top steers, $2.603.00;
good steers, $2.00(2.25; cows,
fair to
$2.25;
dressed beef, 45io per pound.
Mutton Best sheep, $2.60; ewes,
$2.25.
Hoos Choice heavy, $4.004.2o; me
dium, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.U0
4.00; dressed, 67c per pound.
Veal Small choice, 6c; large, 4c per
pound.
FLOUR, FEED, ETC.
Floor Portland, $2.65; Salem, $2.55;
Cascadia, $2.55; Dayton, $2.55; Walla
Walla, $2.90; Snowflake, $2.65; Corval
lis, $2.65; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham,
$2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats White, 3334c per bushel;
gray, 3032c; rolled, in bags, $5.75
6.00; barrels, $6.00(S6.25 ; in cases, $3.75.
Miu-Torya Bran, $13 16; shorts,
$15ai8; ground barley, $1618; chop
feed. 116 per ton : whole leed barley, 60(3
70c per cental; middlings, $23g28 per
ton: chicken wheat, 66c$1.15 per
cental.
Hay Good, $101 per ton.
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Butter Oreson fancy creamery, 27
(S30c: fancy dairy. 2225c; fair to
good, 15gl7c; common, ll12c per
.i . ri;f:.. jk ll
ajuuu, voiuviuM, .uv r . " ...
Cheese Oregon, c; Young
America, 12(3 15c; California flat, 14tfj
15c; ewiss, imported, 30(g3zc; domes
tic, 16(g 18c per pound.
Eoaa Uregon, iz(gLM per aozen.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, quoted at
$4.50(25.00 per dozen; ducka, $5.0063
6.00; geese, $9.0010.00; turkeys, live,
14c per pouna; areesea, xoc
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
Vegetables California cabbage, l'c
per pound; potatoes, Oregon (buying
mice). 40(850c per sack; onions (bm 'na
price), $1.76(32.50 per sack ; sweet pota
toes, $1.752.50 per box; California cel
ery, 8590c; artichokes, 75c per dozen ;
California lettuce, 25c per dozen ; Orer.
gon hothouse lettuce, 6060c ; cauliflow
er, $2.75 per crate, $1.00 per dozen ; pars
ley, ac per dozen; sprouts, fi.w per
box; string beans, 30c per pound; as
paragus, 1517c per pound; rhu
barb, 10llc per pound; peas, 10
Fruits uauiornia tancy lemons, fa.ou
(94.00: common, $2.603.00; bananas.
tl .76(32.60 per bunch : Honolulu, $3,003
8.50; California navels, $2.252.75 per
box; seedlings, E1.S XgZ.w; gu uuo m r,
$2.50; apples (buying price), green, 76ct3
$1.00 per box ; red, $1.001.26 ; htte win
ter pears, 6580c per box.
CANNED GOODS.
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted,
$1.752.00; peaches, $1.752.00; Bart-
lett pears. 1.752.0U; plums, il.a4 (a
1.60; strawberries, $2.26(32.46; cherries,
$2.252.40; blackberries, $1.85(32.00;
tasDbemes. 12.40: pineapples. Kl.z(3
2.80; apricots, $1.66. Fie fruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.001.20; blackberries, $1.25(31.40 per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.15(33.60; peaches, $3.60(34.00; apri
cots, $3.604.00 ; plums, $2.75(33.00;
blackberries, $4.Z54.oU ; tomatoes, fi.iU.
Meats Corned beef. Is. $1.50; 2s.
$2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is,
$3.60; 2s, $6.75(37.00; deviled ham, $1.50
632.75 per dozen; roast beef. Is, U.oO:
2s, $2.25.
pish Wartimes, Ma, ttx-mz.zo: Ka,
$2.15(34.50 ; lobsters, $2.303.50; sal
mon, tin Mb tails, $1.25(31.50; flats,
$1.75;2-lbs, $2.25(32.50; -barrel, $5.60.
STAPLE GROCERIES.
CorrEB Costa Rica, 23c; Rio, 2223ct
Salvador, 22c; Mocha, 2628c; Ar
buckie's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound
cases, $24.80
Dried Fruits 1893 pack, retite
prunes, 6(38c; silver, 10(312c; Italian
8(3 10c; German, 68c; plums, 6(310
evaporated appleB, 8(4 10c; evaporat
apricots, 15(316c; peaches, 10(3 12
pears, 7llc per pound.
Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; l1
$16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.50(29.5.
Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 40(3
in half barrels, 42(S 57c; in cases, J
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; Califori
in barrels, 20(3 40c per gallon ; $1.75 1
keg.
Sugar D, 4Jo ; Golden 0,6c; extra
0, 64C ; confectioneraVA, 6 Jjjc ; dry gran
ulated, 6c; cube, crushed and pow
dered, 6o per pound ; Jc per pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash ;
maple sugar, 15(316c per pound.
Rice Not 1 Sandwich Island, $4.50(3
4.76; no Japan, $5.00(35.25.
Beans Small white, No. 1, 2e; No.
2, 2jc; large white, 2c; pea beans,
2?'c; pink, 2Jc; bayou, 2c; butter,
8c ; Lima, Sl;c per pound.
Picexes Barrels, No. 1, 2830c per
gallon; No. 2, 2628c; kegs, 6s, 85c per
keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen.
Spices Whole Allspice, 1820c per
pound; cassia, 16 18c; cinnamon, 22(tj
40c; cloves, 18 30c; black pepper, 20(3
26c; nutmeg, 7580c
Raisins London layers, boxes, $1.75
(32.00; halves, $2.00(32.25; quarters,
$2.25(82.75; eighths, $2.503.00. Loose
MuscatelB, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced,
$1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4)4 (35c per pound;
4 crown, 5(350. Seedless Sultanas,
boxes. $1.75(32.00; bags, 6(38o per
pound.
CORDAGE.
Manilla rope, li in. cir. and up, 10c ;
manilla rope, 12-thread, diam., lOfic;
manilla rope, 6 and 9-thread, and 6-16
diam., 11c; manilla bail rope, in coils
or on reels, 10c; manilla lata 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, i "3 in. cir. anti uiwru, (tu, iiwi
rope, 12-thread, K diam.. 7c; sisal
! rope, 6 and 9-thread, 1 and 5-16 diam.,
8,ic ; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7.yc; hop-
vine twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine.
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