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VOL. 11.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1894.
NO. 16.
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tiirilmi. l.egnl artverllaaineiila, I.MI per lui'li fui lirnt
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clera. ...... K K. ynl.k. It . Helena
HltnrlrT ' Walla, St. Helena
Truaaur r K. M. Wharton, t.'oliiinl In city
U.I..1 111 li.uil. T. J. IHeelnll. flalakmi
Aaauaaor W. II. Kaer. Kiaer
Surveyor A. if. i.iiiim, iioiiiiou
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tloinmlaal.,urr. , w ,, 4i(,y.
oriel r Nollees.
MtMiNiit,-HI. lli'lrn. IjxIk". Nil. M-Regular
etnuiiiitii'lloin llr.l mul llilnl Saturday III
each mouth t7:K0r. . l Niwinle li.ll. Vlall
lull momliera In good eteiiillug luvlleil to et-
M'iiiiii.!lliilor Lndse, No. 31-Hlaled
lueellnzm (tnliinlny on or belorecai h lull moon
.1 7 .'l e H al Maaunle hall, over Hlam-hanl'.
turn. VIhIIIiik MiumlNira In ood .taiiiHu In
tiled to albiuil,
Dim rM.-ti. Helena tM N. 117
leel every Hatitniay nliilil at 7:1.0. Tranalcnt
brelhrou III KU'I alllilli vurillally Invllail tu
annul.
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l'i river (IjMMlt-imaa al i r. M.
idnUHttllor V.rniiiiia awl I'lllilmni
Mi. IUiWim 11. ndj. Hiliil ami rrhlnyat
I a m. .
Tlia mall lr Maralilanil. t'latakaul. kii.1 Mill
InaviM iuiiiii lluiiclay, WailiiwHlay and Friday
atl'iu.
Mail(rllwy) onrth (tlta 10 A. m.t lot
INirllaiul al r. M.
Travi'lnai inlil .lllvar Manama.
rTKMaa. fiiton Invw M. Huloiia
Ut IMrUallil al H I 1 ' l. 'I burwlav and
Hiliinlay. Iuk- -I llrlnia lor Clalakanl.
Muiiilny, W-.lnralny un I l-ildny t 00 a, M.
HrK ixkh lHi.'.-lai'iw It. Helena lor Port
laud l;t . M. iiliiinliiK al:,K)r. M.
drt:tii J -aai ii K ki.wxio Ianaa HI. Itelaii.
lor r.iiiliind di.lly ainil Hunday, al7 i. .. ar
rlvlnii i f.iiiUinl al 10 rluriiliiK, Itwva
Porilauv al I r. at., arrlvlim al Hi. lioleua al4.
IMtOFKHSIONAL.
I jr. H, R. cwr,
rilYsiCMAN and SURGEON.
J, K. 1UI.I,
PHYSICIAN and SVHGKON.
Clatakimi. Coliinihln county. Or.
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A a
SURVEYOR and
, CIVIL ENGINEER,
.... . ,. . . pi. Helena, Oregon, ,
Ciinty surveyor. Und mirveyii)K,Uiv;n
ilall!iiK, ami mKineeriiin work promi'lly
iloim.
nauaraTa.
Ana aaABHat.
maiQM HATaMTS.
A marten.
k". iwlerit lakan out by nala bmu,fii l,for.
Uia TpuEIa by a uoUoa ln tn ot obania la tu.
Tlit Overland Routt.
fwo 'traliu dally, leav
liinFI'llianilUtre.u, ttrimd Caiitral Ui'iwl.
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jHlwplnir. mid Din hif
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' lumtr uara ,"""""
;from I'ortland Jo thl-
-i.i Inhanao. Thl. train make, d.lrool con-
N ..Viimiii 1'iilaia and Toiirlat Hlieiwrs
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tiAWADKHOUT
1"y. f X"H rflVlnJ J X V l."d at .
AIX OtnEK Steamer, leave from A.nnree.
awes. : : j,i. i ma Wash nxtfi" "res'
mi aa. v j m
Iiarreat drmlatlno of any .
tuauau am MroadwM. Mw Vork Oln
THE " DANSEDU VENTRE
Railway and Steamer Com
bine Circumvented.
COUBT OF APPEALS 'DECISION.
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Oooda Mhl4 In Ilond by tha Way ol
Kurope ( an Coma In Foreign Hottonia
and Ar. Duly Free- IlMiiiinliig. on
the 1'avlflo Coaat. ' '
8a Fuanoiboo. Tha United State
Circuit Court of Appeals hai affirmed
the doclHlon of the lower court in tlie
uit of the Rovoriimunt against Dunham,
Carrlgan, Haydon A Co. for the conlls-
cation of a cargo of nallt. Two year
ago, when the TranHcontinental AsiHx io
tion of Kuilwaya, the Puclflc Mail Bteam
hip Company and the clipper ship com
bine kept up rates from New York to
Ban FranvUco, Uia firm of Dunham,
Carrigan, Haydon A Co. discovered that
it was cheaper to ship goods from New
York to Kit rope and thence by sail to
8uu Frnncisco than to ship by the - com
bined railways or vteamers direct to Kan
Kraiicisro. Acting on this discovery,
they shipped a big lot of goods by a Bel
gian steamer to a consignee in Antwerp
In bond. They were put alward a for
eign sailing vessel there and shipped to
this city. After much of the shipment
bad been landed, Collector of the Port
I'helps seized the llrst lot that followed.
The lower court decided that Dunhnin,
Carrigan, llavdcn & Co. was lawfully
entitled to shfp as it had, and that such
shipments did not violate the letter of
coastwise laws, which require trade be
tween American ports to lie conducted
in American vessels. The United States
Circuit Court of Appeals finally upheld
the lower i ourt. Judges McKenna and
Oilbert rendered the decision.
. THK COUKT BTKKKT CASKS.
Aaaeaanient Deelared Illegal After the
Tai Wai t'ald.
, AsToniA. The news that the Supreme
Court has revemed the decision of Judge
McBrlde in what Is known as "the Court
street cases," suits brought In the Cir
cuit Court for Clatsop county to enjoin
the city of Astoria from collecting cer
tain ' assessments for street Improve
ment", and in which Judge McRride de
cided in hivor ol the city, caused no lit
tle snrpri-e hero, not nnmixed with dis
satisfaction. Many of the property
owners interested refused to pay until
tbe case was heard in the lower court,
but a soon as the decision wa learned
a majority of the assessments were
promptly paid, the opinion being pretty
general that Judge McBridt's . ruling
would hold good. Those who took the
case to the higher court were only inter
ested to the extent of a few hundred
dollars, and in consequence the lose to
the city will be small, as none of the
property owner paid under protest.
The grounds upon which the ruling of
the Circuit Court wa reversed have not
yet been learned, but it is surmised that
the ordinances providing for the Im
provement of the street were illegal, y
reason of the fact that there waa no
Mayor, the President of the Council
having signed all measures passed after
the resignation of Mayor Crosby in IK1
and until the election of Mr. Elmore by
the Council. ? : : ' vju
NEW HOAltD Or DtKKCTOKS.
Annual Meeting oflhe Southern I'nelne
Stoi'Jibol.lera Held. ,
San Fhancihco. The annual stock
holders' meeting of the Southern Pacific
Kailway Company has just been held,
and a new Board of Directors elected as
follows ! C. P. Huntington, C. F. Crocker,
T. H. Hubbard, Russell J. Wilson, 8. T.
Gage, N. T. Smith, W. II. Crocker, II.
Kriluntliigton, T. K. Stillman, A. N.
Towne and J. C. Stiihbs. The new names
in this list are Russell J. Wilson and W.
H. Crocker, tbe latter replacing his
brother George. The election of Russell
J. Wilson and the re-election of 8. T.
Gage and N. T. Smith, all r i r senatives
of Stanford, seem to refute the recent
statements that Mrs. Stanford designs
an early withdrawal of her proprietary
Interest in the road,' The annual report
for 18118 waa submitted, and made the
following showing of totals: Receipts,
. ... . ... a, it . 1 1 .1 ...tl .
4H,7U,lin; expeimivurce, ii,uio,oui ,
balance, sjlM.HW ; income irom invest
ments, 811,43; total net Income,
lOB.VUO. J no toiaia lor ions were ; n
l..i ,JO (UIK mill ,iYiiHilil.nriui. . 1411..
867.2K8; balance, 3)8,01 2 i income from
Investmenw, .u,u.iii ton" uunuwuio,
1620,644.. ?--;v! iihVJiii.
" FlllKMAN ACQUITTED.
Krug'a Hondamen Detilared Not to be
' tiullty of a crime. ... (
fiitATTi.!. The trial of Henry Fuhr-
man, the rlchjiroker. fo,- using the city
funds as an accessory to Adolph Krug,
tha dnfault nt- Citv Treasurer, enuea in
verdict for the, defendant. The. trial
lasted five day, and wa closely con
tested. The specific charge was concern
inn the 110,000 which Fuhrman was al-
lowed Dy n.rng K) ma". "8
.i.ia aamn indictment a few
davsaeo. Fuhrman'a defense waa that
- r .. .i ,1... aama.
he tooK Hie money on ...
,11.1 T. almwn Hint ha
retumed every dollar borrowed and has
made up ine anortaguo i aco.o.
. ... - i v...,,... nn alvint three
Borrowers -ojr fuiwuj r ----,
.1 . 1.1. naniuirllMI flf tllfi (ll)fftUltinir
Treasurer' official bond. Ex-United
State Senator Jonn v. a"
, i..rt.i Ka dniAnan. and
liugnes KIUUI" i V 'j i
made eloquent pleas for the defendant.
. A 1 A lUtla a-alTAla O 11 Ii 11 1 It"
The jury was oui. uu ,
,i ... l - l,.t nf "not rlllltv."
Several other prominent citizna were
ind chid on similar cnanioo,
nu ttal is Buppoeed to greatly relieve
Uiem. :-.'V ' ,,
',,' OBASS-COVKBISD TB98KI..
The 8tranf Kepor Drongh l Ty the
Bah Francisco. The bark Helen W.
Almy, which arrived here Friday from
Fanning Islaiit!, brought a strange story.
When off the Island February 26 she
sighted a smal) schooner, which after w
(treat deal of effbrt ran under her lee
Sad showed a flag of most peculiar da-
sign, the like of which was never eeen
before. It wa In two pieces, and the
lower half was from the American flag,
while the upper half looked like a black
once, but her shies were covered with
grass. The mainsail appeared to be new,
and as for the foresail there was only
half of one, and that was all patches
and hole. The name of the little craft
could not be made out, as she kept a re
spectful distance from the bark. Cap
tain Lnttrell thought he recognized in
her the twenty-Hve-ton schooner Kbon,
whose skipper, Captain Cameron, disap
peared from the Gilberts early in 181)3,
leaving; some lieavv creditors. Cameron
and his schooner were afterward heard of
In tbe Marshall Islands.
THAT NAUCillTV UANCK.
Jury of Han Franelaenna to I'aaa Upon
the (Juration of Ita Morality.
San Fbancis.co. The trial of Belle
Baya and a bevy of the Cairo street
dancing girls, instigated by the Society
for the Prevention of Vice for the pur
pose of securing a legal determination
of the question as to whether the danse
du ventre is immoral, was called this
afternoon by Judge Conlan. The de
fendants after their arrest several din s
ago demanded a jury trial, and the aft
ernoon was passed in a fruitless effort to
secure the jury. Nearly all those sum
moned confessed they had seen the
dance, and because of previous bias of
mind or judgment already fixed or for
other sullicient reason were dismissed
as incompetent. After much trouble a
jury waa finally secured, and the case
went over till next week. There waa a
great deal of disappointment on the part
of a large crowd which assembled at the
courtroom because the door waa barred
upon them, the Judge proposing to con
duct the trial only before the jurv, at
torneys and witnesses. It ia probable
the young women will be called upon to
perform the dance before the jury that
the case nicy be determined upon ita
merits. .......
A NKW 8CIIEMK.
Chinese Deported to China Landed In
British Columbia.
. Viotokia, B, C Yee Lee, Yee Chung
and Fong Chong Yuen, deported from
the United States and shipped to China
by the steamer Tacoma, have been land
ed here with a habeas corpus sworn out
bv friends before Justice Drake. On the
arrival of the ship the head tax of (50
waa paid for each, and they presented
the receipts to Captain Hill. He re
fused to recognize them, holding that he
bad contracted with the United States
government to deliver them in China,
and that a such he was acting as agent
of said government. A writ of habeas
corpus wa then obtained and an order
for their release made. The steamship
waa delayed nearly all day. This is the
first case of the kind, and will either
lead to a speedy understanding between
Washington and Ottawa or to the depor
tation of all Chinese from San Francisco.
If a sharp lookout is kept, the three
Chinamen will probably be caught en
tering the United States again.
The Alaaka Murvey.
Ban Fbamcisco. When the United
States steamer Patterson leaves this port
on the 21st of this month she will have
on board four parties from the coast ur
vev bound for Alaska. The parties con
sist of tmnreyors and astronomers, who
will devote themselves to making sur
veys on the boundary line between
Alaska and British America.. These
survey have been in progress for several
seasons, and are now completed from
the Arctic regions to Mount St. Elias.
This year work will be finished from
this point south. The United State
steamer. Captain Harber, will be placed
at the service of the surveyors for the
purpose of communication and the car
rying out of the chronometers.
Coaat Dlvlalon Extension.
San Fkancibco. The Coast division
of the Southern Pacific from San Luis
Obispo south to Elwood in Santa Bar
bara county is about to begin. The last
Innnel between Santa Margarita and
San Luis Obispo 1 nearly finished, and
l he line will soon run through to San
I.uis Obispo. . The Pacific Improvement
Company ia preparing to build the ex
tension farther south. Contract will
soon lie ready, and bid will be asked
for. The company announces that work
will be carried on slowly, aa the financial
situation of the ompany will not war
rant too rapid work for a year or so yet.
The lino is to be completed by 1897.
Opposition Kndnd. , .
1 Sam Francisco.-1 The Panama Rail
road Company has attached the effects
of the North American Navigation Cam
jany for $33,000. This attachment brings
to a climax the financial difficulties un
der which the Navigation Company has
been laboring for Borne time, and Jt is
expected it will go out of existence. It
is believed 'here the Panama "railroad
will continue the steamship service of
the North , American maintained for
about one year between this port and
Panama in opposition to the Pacific Mail.
Monterey's Trip io Sea.
I Valuuo. The, coast-defense vessel
Monterey has returned from her trial
trip with the board of inspection. The
ship ran from fifteen .to twenty miles
outside the heads, and for six hours was
under pressure and made about - ten
knots an hour.;. The .Monterey carried
about 100 tons more armor than when
last at sea. It wa noticed that the roll
of the ship wa more even and anything
like a jerky motion had; disappeared.
During the trip drill of different kind
were held. r f ? t 1 - fr,
Nefch Bay Seal Catoh. V- -I
Port Townbend. Latest rejiorts from
Neah Bay place the total catch of the
Indian sealing fleet at 1,441." This un
usual luck is TRcconnted for by the fact
that the natives were fortunate enough
last week during the pleasant weather
to get into the midst of the sea herd mi
grating to the breeding grounds in Behr,
ing Sea, and ceased their slaughter Only
wfn their ammunition gave put. I l
j. New Informations riled.
Walla Walla. Information have
teen filed against J. K. Edmiston in two
new case by the Prosecuting Attorney.
Both charge him with receiving money
on deposit when the Walla Walla Sav
Ing Bank was in a tottering condition.
Both information allege the money was
received the day of the suspension; in
eluding tHX) State money. ,
SWEET COLLEGE GIRLS
Enjoy Newspaper Accounts of
' the Breckinridge Case. ;
IT IS TABOOED BY THE DEAN.
One of the Evlla Growing Out of That
Notorious Breaeh-of-Promlae Suit
" Why Report, of the Trial Should be
Culled of the Filthy Faaaage..
Chicago. There ia trouble brewing
among the students at the Woman's Col-
( lege, a section of the Northwestern Uni
i versity in Evanston. The young women
are now allowed to read only those pa
'per from which all accounts of the
Breckinridge-Pollard, case have been
'clipped, and as a consequence many
harsh tilings have been said and many
indignant tears have been shed. Three
weeks ago the newsboys in Evanston
' suddenly experienced a boom in busi
ness. Every morning and evening the
' carriers staggered toward the Woman's
' College under a huge pile of papers, and
returned empty-handed. Just what it
was the girls were interested in was for
. a time only surmised, but it has leaked
' out that it was the racy account of the
famous breach-of-proimse case that the
1 young women were after. Saturdav
' night the Dean, Emily Huntington Mil
ler, and an assistant surprised a roomful
. ,: . i 1 xJ
oi young women nsrcning witn uau
breath while one of their number waa
reading the most sensational part of Col.
Breckinridge' confession. When the
newsboys went heavily laden to the col
lege next morning they were unceremo
niously ejected by the janitor without
the sale of a paper, and the girls have
not since been allowed to see a paper
except those from which all reference to
the case has been clipped. , :
X; Wenatvbee-Conconully Mall Rovto.
I Washington City. Senator Squire
is working hard in the endeavor to se
cure a new mail route from Wenatchee
in Kittitas county vii Knapp's Ferry,
Lakeside, Chelan, Methow river, Vir
ginia Citv, Ophir, Malott, Clover and
Ruby to Conconully, a service which is
greatly desired by the- people living in
these towns and along this route. . Bet
ter mail facilities are greatly needed
throughout that section, and petitions
from that section have been supple
mented by one from the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce. Seattle is the natural
base of supplies for Okanogan and Kit
titas counties, and many of her citizens
who are interested in mining and in the
development of the country would be
benefited by this service. All these facts
have been laid before the Postmaster
General and, it ia hoped, will have the
desired effect. "
' . The Supply of Wheat. t
Washington City. The report of the
Secretary of Agriculture in reply to the
resolution of Senator Pettigrew, wiling
for a statement of the visible and Invis
ible supply of wheat, ha been submit
ted to the Senate. The total supply
March 1, 1808, was 610,000,000 bushel.
Amount in farmers' hands, March, .1.,
1803, and the visible' supply March 1,
18U4, amounted to 729,000,000 bushels,
which he gives a the total amount dis
tributed and available for distribution.
The appaaent discrepancy is 119,000,000
bushels. The supply on hand March 1,
1894, was 190,000,000 bushels. The prob
able consumption from March 1 to July
1, 1804, he put at 121,000,000 bushels,
leaving 69,000,000 bushels available for
export from March 1 to July 1, 1894.
Bill Dalton Fatally Wounded. .
; Gutbbir, O. T. A dispatch to United
States Marshal Nix state that Marshal
Carr met Bill Dalton and several of his
gang of outlaws near Sacred Heart Mis
sion in the Pottawattomie reservation,
and a pitched battle with revolvers en
sued. Bill Dalton and one of his men,
named George Thorn, were . fatally
wounded, but the others escaped. Dep
uty Marshal Carr also received a dan
gerous wound. It was thought the Dal
tons were preparing for a raid on the
banks at Purcell and Tecumseh. Bill
Dalton is the last of the notorious Dalton
brothers, and is said to have been a
member of the California Legislature at
one time.
Affeotlng Oregon Sohool Lands.
Washington City. In the matter ot
the appeal of the State of Oregon' from
the decision of. the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, rejecting its appli
cation to select certain school indemnity
lands within the limits of the grant to
the Oregon and California railroad, the
Secretary of the Interior reverses the ac
tion of the Land Commissioner. The
Secretary's decision will affect numerous
similar cases before the department as
well as reopen others already decided by
the department.' s .
Kearaarge's Commander Convicted.
, 'Washington City. The court-martial
in the case of Commander Heyerman,
commanding the Kearsarge, found him
guilty of negligence in suffering hi ves
sel to run upon the reef and inefficiency
in the performance of his duty. He is
sentenced to be suspended frotc duty for
two years on waiting orders, but to re
tain his present number of commanders.
Because of his long and faithful service
all the members ot the court recom
mended clemency by the reviewing au
thority. '
Reject the Dawe, Commlaalon. . ,
jCadpq,!!.'' T.-JThe. Choctaw Council.
adjourned without making provisions to
treat with -the Dawes Commission, but,"
on the contrary, passed a provision
against sectionizing or making any
change in their country, and will fight
any attempt by Congress to repeal the
treaty obligations.
Job for Coxey'a Men.
Washington City. Representative1
Dunphy of New York has introduced a
bill providing for . the appointment by
the President of a commission to exam
ine and report upon the feasibility and
desirability of constructing a boulevard
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceana.
To Prevent Poaching. j
Washington City. The Committee
on Public. Lands has agreed to report
the Larv bill, which fixes a heavy fine
for pinching in Yellowstone Park,
NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS.
The annual distribution of seeds by
the Agricultural Department 1 practi
cally completed. The amount distrib
uted is 80 percent greater than last year.
Each Congressman received 3,000 more
bags ot seeds than in any previous year.
The appropriation for the present fiscal
year was $136,400. . ; ,
The Committee on Indian Affairs has
decided not to move tbe Utea from the
Colorado reservation. A substitute bill,
which is a compromise, will be reported
to the House. It will not become a law
until the Utes agree to its provisions. It
will provide for keeping them on the
western end of the reservation, giving
them one- township in New Mexico.
They will be given a quarter of the pres
ent reservation.
' Secretary Smith has transmitted to
Congress an adverse report on the House
bill providing for the restoration of 1,861
square miles of land in Yellowstone Na
tional Park to the public domain.. The
Secretary says the segregation of the
land is the result of obstructing tbe en
forcement of regulations of the govern
ment in the park, owing to squatting by
poachers, trappers and other undesirable
characters. The boundaries now fixed
are satisfactory to the department. No
good reason for the proposed change ia
known.
The Senate Committee on Public
Lands has agreed to report favorably
Senator Kyle's amendment to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, providing
that any honorably discharged soldier of
the late civil war and not now the owner
of 160 acres of land, and who has not
availed himself of the privileges under
the land laws of the United States, may
acquire title to 160 acres of land by mak
ing application therefor in person at any
government land office and paying the
minimum price of $1.25 per acre. The
law now requires a residence of six
months on the part of the ex-soldier.
The fortifications bill, as it came back
to the Senate Committee, had added to
it increased appropriations to tbe amount
of $829,450, but not a cent for Puget
Sound. While the British government,
10,000 miles away, sees the necessity of
strongly fortifying the entrance to the
Straits of Fuca, the Congress of the
United States seems scarcely to-know
that there is such a place as Esquimalt,
or that every dollar expended there is a
menace to the cities on Washington's
inland sea. The total amount of the
bill as now prepared is $3,054,104, which
is over $800,000 more than was appro
priated in the same bill last year. The
principal amounts added to 'the House
bill are $226,000 for equipment and work
at the Watervliet factory and $275,000
for the purchase or manufacture of eight,
ten and twelve-inch guns.
Mr. Groevenor of Ohio has introduced
in the House a resolution calling for a
special investigation of Governor Till
man's action in seizing railroad property
and telegraph lines engaged in interstate
commerce and with armed force and vio
lence establishing a censorship of the
daily and weekly press of the country
and prohibiting the transmission of news
dispatches to the newspapers. The res
olution directs tbe Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce to inquire
by what law such acts had been commit
ted and whether the laws of the United
States had been violated. In his remarks
on the resolution Groevenor said this
was the first time in the history of the
government such a censorship of press
dispatches had been established. The
resolution was referred to the House
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, of which WTise of Virginia ia
Chairman. .
A bill introduced in the House by
Wolverton of Pennsylvania abolishes
the office ot United States Circuit Court
Commissioners, and repeals the laws
authorizing appointments thereto. The
Attorney-General is authorized to divide
the States and Territories into as many
Commissioner districts as he may deem
necessary and change the boundaries of ,
sucn aistricis or create new aisiricis
when required- The President is au
thorized to appoint on the nomination
of the Attorney-General a sufficient ,
number ol OommiBsioners in the dis
tricts, to hold office for four years. The
Commissioners are to have the same ju
risdiction now conferred on United States
Circuit Court Commissioners, and will
be authorized to try with a jury of six
all offenses punishable with fine or im
prisonment and sentence the defendant t
with the same effect as if the defendant -t
hod been convicted in the United States ,
District Court.
Three bills are now being considered
looking to the collection of $100,000,000
indebtedness of the Central and Union
Pacific Railroad Companies to the gov
ernment. Two of them are now before
the House Committee on Pacific Rail
ways. One was introduced by Geary,
another by Brown and a third by Boat
ner. The Geary bill provides for the
foreclosure of the government's mort
gage on the two roads and the appoint
ment of a committee on the part of the
government to manage the roads. Geary
says his desire is to make the men who
have grown rich out of the railroads pay
the government what they honestly owe.
From what can be learned the Brown
bill ia not likely to be agreed upon, but
after it and Geary's bill have been trior-
oughly discussed a new measure will be j
reported embodying the features of one
or the other. The Boatner bill also pro-1
vides for judicial procedure to compel,,
me companies 10 maae resuiuuon to me
government. ..-,
Caminetti has introduced a joint res
olution authorizing the President to in
vite all the nations of the Western Hem
isphere to a conference on the financial
question. The preamble of the resolu
tion recites the fact of the community
interests existing in the Western Hemi
sphere; the continued depreciation of
silver; the default by Guatemala; that
Mexico and the governments in Central
and South America may take similar
action, and asserts that the various in
terests of the United States are threat
ened with loss. .Then follows the resolu
tion. By it the President ia requested
to invite representatives of American
ReDublics to meet in Washington, whose
object it shall be to "obtain relief from '
Ilia (1 i t i nr. wliioH li.va Mnoofl IKa
demonetization of silver." The second
partis: " The convention shall be for
the purpose of drafting a treaty or treat
ies on the subject, to be thereafter sub
mitted for ratification to the nations
represented, calculated to secure to
thein such recognition of silver from the
nations of the Eastern Hemisphere and
to provide regulations governing the pro
duction thereof and maintenance among
themselves of such a standard as will re
store permanent financial conditions and
protect their common interests."
SCOTTISH HOME ROLE
Motion Carries in the British
House of Commons.
BEHRING SEA BILL IN COMMONS
Sealers Found Infringing the Provlelone
of the Award Hay be Seized by on
eer. of Kltber Nation The Brazilian
Insurgent Virtually Prieonera.
London. The Behring Sea bill intro
duced in the House provides that the
arbitration award shall have effect as
enacted by this act. Any one contra
vening this act will be guilty of misde
meanor within the meaning of merchant
shipping act 64. Any ship violating this
act is liable to forfeiture. Tbe court
without prejudice to any other power
may release such ship upon the payment
of a fine of 500. The Queen in council
may make, revoke or alter orders carry
ing into effect the provisions of this act,
and any one contravening the regula
tions of such order shall be liable to a
penalty of 500. The order of the Queen
in council may provide that such officers
ot the United States aa are specified may
exercise powers under this act similar to
those exercised by a British naval officer
in relation to British ships. The act is
to become effective May 1, and any ship
sailing before ita publication shall be
freed from forfeiture.
PARLIAMENT FOR SCOTLAND.
That Country Urges tbe Katabll.hment
of Home Rule.
London. In the House of Commons
James Henry Dalziel made a motion
that it was desired, while retaining in
tact the power and supremacy of the
Imperial Parliament, to establish a Leg
islature for Scotland to deal with Scot
tish affairs. In ppnMng of hi motion
he said nobody would say that the House
of Commons was eo congested that a
new and bold departure was necessary.
The government's proposal to appoint a
grand committee to deal with Scottish
affairs was only a temporary expedient.
The Scottish members of the House had
voted for home rule for Scotland. They
entertained no anti-English feeling, their
sole object being to procure for Scotland
legislation that was impossible under
existing conditions. The House adopted
the motion 180 to 170.. .
BRAZILIAN INSURGENTS.
Da Gama Will Not be Permitted to Land
In Buenoa Ayres.
Lisbon. The Portuguese government
has informed Admiral da Gama, who is
at Buenos Ayres a fugitive with a num
ber of hi follower on board the Portu
guese war ships Mindello and Albuquer
que, that it cannot permit the Brazilian
refugees to land anywhere excepting on
Portuguese territory, and then only on
such conditions that they cannot return
to Brazil in order to intervene in the
civil struggle. The Portuguese govern
ment is sending another war ship to
Buenos Ayres in order to assist in the
removal of the Brazilian insurgents to
Portuguese territory. The insurgents
on board the Portuguese war ships now
at Buenos Avres are said to be in a de
plorable condition, many of them suffer
ing from wounds and diseases. Two
cases of yellow fever were discovered on
the Mindello. 1 '
inquiring Into the Currency Queetlon.
London. The Central Associated
Chambers of Agriculture have decided
to immediately represent to the govern
ment the urgent Importance of the cur
rency question ; also to ask the Royal
Agricultural. Commission to institute
special inquiries into the bearing of the
currency question on agriculture. Re
plying to a letter from a gentleman in
the city asking that the government deal
promptly with the currency question,.
Premier Rosebery writes that the sub
ject is engaging the attention of the
Cabinet. Mr. Smith has secured May 1
for the discussion by the House of Com
mons of a resolution on international
bimetalism.
Ide's Justice In Samoa.
London. Private advices are received
from Samoa that seventeen chiefs were
summoned before Chief-Justice Ide and
obliged to withdraw their complaints
against the government. The chiefs,
however, stuck to the protest against
disarming the natives, which they
strongly resented. Tbe trial of Alipia
and other chiefs of the Aana tribe ended
February 2, the court pronouncing sen
tence cf two years' imprisonment at
hard labor on Alipia and $50 to $100 fine
against the other chiefs.
Great Battle In the Soudan.
Tripoli. Pabah, a former slave of
Zebehr Pasha, with an army numbering
30,000 invaded the kingdom of Bornu,
Central Soudan, and wab opposed by the
Sultan of Bornu at the head of large
army. Both sides sustained heavy losses,
and the Sultan of Bornu and Pabah were
killed, fighting desperately at the head
ot their troops.
The Cattle Trade.
London. A deputation of Chamber
of Agriculture called upon President
Gardner of the Board of Agriculture to
urge the immediate slaughter of all im
ported cattle at the place of landing.
Gardner declined to entertain the propo
sition, saying such action would injure
the- trade- relations of England abroad,
and that tbe present precautions are
sufficient '
.rr:.- To Relieve the) Unemployed. ' ,
j Madbid. The government has re
solved to establish public works in the
provinces of Cadiz, Granada and Anda
lusia for tbe relief of the thousands of
workmen novr. unemployed.,
' Earthquake la Mexico.
. City, or Mexico. : Another severe
earthquake shock ha occurred on the
Isthmus of Tehuantopec ; Much damage
was done to th town and .villages on
the Pacific Coast. v
' 1 New Servian Premier.
Belgradb. Prime Minister Smith has
resigned, sod the King has summoned
M. Nieolaievitch to form a new Mm-
THE PORTLAND MARKER
Whsat Valley, 86c; Walla Walla, 75
76c per cental. '
provisions.
Eastskx 8moksd Miats ami Lajid-
Hams, medium, 2(Vls per pound;
hams, large, iiYlc; hams, picnic,
ll12c: breakfast bacon. 1315c; abort
clear sides, 0llc; dry salt sides,
910c; dried beef hams, 12M13c;
lard, compound, in tins, 8K10o per
pound; pure, in tins, 10illKc; pigs'
feet, 80s, $5.60; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.25;
kits, $1.25.
BOPS, WOOL AND HIDES.
Hops '93s, choice, 12J13e per
pound; medium, 10 12c; poor, neg
lected. Wool Valley, 10 10Xc per pound;
Umpqua, 1010)c; Eastern Oregon, 4
7c, according to quality and shrinkage.
Hidks Dry selected prime, 6c; green,
salted, 60 pound and over, 8)c; under
60 pounds, 23c ; sheep pelts, shearlings,
1015c; medium, 2036c; long wool,
3060c; tallow, good to choice, 33g0
per pound.
rLoua, fskd, rro.
Flour Portland, $2.56; Salem, $2.65;
Cascadia, $2.66; Dayton, $2.55; Walla
Walla, $2.90; Snowflake, $2.66; Corval
lis, $2.65; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham,
$2.40 ; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats White, 3233c per bushel;
gray, 3032c; rolled, in bags, $5.76 '
6.00; barrels, $6.00(38.25; in cases, $3.76.
MiLLsrurre Bran, $13 16; shorts,
$15 16; ground barley. $16 18; chop
feed, $16 per ton ; whole feed barley, 60
70c per cental; middlings, $2328 per
ton; chicken wheat, 65c$1.16 per,
cental.
Hat Good, $10012 per ton.
DAIRY PBODCCR.
Bcttrr Oregon fancy creamery, 22)'
25c; fancy dairy, 17X20c; fair to
good, 12)1 15c; common, 11 12c per
pound ; California, 30 13c per roll. i
Chrisr Oregon, -c; Young
America, 12 16c; California flat, 14
15c ; Swiss, imported, 3032c; domes
tic, 1618c per pound.
Eons Oregon, 10c per dozen.
Pooltry Chickens, mixed, quoted at
about $33.60 per dozen; ducks, $4,009
5.00; geese, $7.008.00; turkeys, live,
12 13c per pound; dressed, 14 15c
. vkoktabi.es and vrdtt.
Vegetables California cabbage, lii'e
per pound; potatoes, Oregon (buying
price), 4046c per -sack; Early Rose,
for seed, 8990c; onions (buying price),
$1.75(32.25 per sack; sweet potatoes,
$1.75(82.00 per box ; California cel
ery, 8690c; artichokes, 60c per dozen; '
California lettuce, 25c per dozen; Ore
gon hothouse lettuce, 50 60c; cauliflow
er, $2.75 per crate, $1.00 per dozen ; pars
ley, 25c per dozen; sprouts, $1.40 per -box;
string beans, 30c per pound; as
paragus, 9 10c per pound; rhubarb,
4H6s'c per pound; peas, 89c; cu
cumbers, $2 per dozen.
Fruits California fancy lemons, $3.60
4.00; common, $2.50 3.00; bananas,
$1.752.60 per bunch; Honolulu, $3,000
3.50; California navels, $2.2502.76 per
box; seedlings, $1.25 2.00; sunflower,
$2.50; Malta blood, $3.00; apples (buy-
ing price), green, $1.0001-26; red, $1.25
1.75 per box. , .
- CANNED GOODS.
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted,
$1.7502.00; peaches, $1.7602.00; Bart
lett pears, $1.7502.00; plums, $1.37)0
1.60; strawberries, $2.2502.45; cherries,
$2.252.40; blackberries, $1.8602.00;
laspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25
8.80; apricots, $1.66. Pie fruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.26; plums,
$1.0001.20: blackberries, $1.26 1.40 per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.16 3.60; peaches, $3.6004.00; apri
cots, $3.6004.00; plums, $2.7603.00;
blackberries, $4504-60; tomatoes,$1.10.
M eats Corned beef, Is, $1.50; zsy '
$2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is,
$3.60; as, $6.7607.00; deviled ham, $1.60
02.75 per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.60;
2a, $2.26.
Fish Sardines, M, 75c $2. 25;
$2.1504.50; febsters, $2.303.60; sal
mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.26 1.60; flats,
$1.75 ;2-lbs, $2.2602.60; -barrel, $5.50.
btaplb gbocsbirs. -
Coffee Costa Rica, 2Se; Rio, 22023c;
Salvador, 22c; Mocha, 263 28c; Ar-
buckle', Columbia and Lion, 100-pound
cases, $24.80 - .
Dribo Fboits 1893 pack, Petite
prunes, 6 8c; silver, 10O12c; Italian,
8010c; German, 6 8c; plums, 6 10c:
evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporated'
apricots, 15 16cf 'peaches, 12014c;
pears, 7llc per pound.
Salt Uverpool, 200s, $15.60; 100a,
$16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.50 9.50.
Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 40055c;
in half barrels, 42 57c ; in cases, 350
80c per gallon ; $2.26 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 20040c per gallon ; $1.76 per
keg. :
Sugar D,4J(c; Golden 0,6c; extra
0, 6I4C ; confectioner' A, 6c ; dry gran
ulated, 5c; cube, crushed and pow
dered, 6,e per pound; Jc per pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash ;
maple sugar, 15 16c per pound.
Rice No. 1 Sandwich Island, $4,500 "
4.75; Japan, $5.0005.26.
Brans Small white, No. 1, 33,c;
No. 2, 3c: large white, Sc; pea beans, 3c; ;
E ink, 2Mc; bayou, 2c; butter, Sc;.
ima, 3ic per pound.
PicRLBS Barrels, No. 1, 28030c per
gallon; No. 2, 26028c; kegs, 6a, 85c per
keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; qnar ,
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen.
Spicbs Whole Allspice, 18020c per
pound; cassia, 16 18c; cinnamon, 220
40c; cloves, 18030c; black pepper, ISO ,
22c; white pepper, 20 25c; nutmeg,
76080c. . "
Raisins London la vers, boxes, $1.75
O2.00; halves, $2.00 2.25; quarters,
$2.252.76; eighths, $2.5003.00. Loose ,
Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced,.
$1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4i5c per pound;
4 crown, 65Lc. Seedless 8ultanas, '
boxes, $1.75 2.00; bags, 68c per
pound. 1
- ltvb and dressed miats. '
Beef Top steers, $2.50 3.00; fair to
good steers, $2.00 2.26; cows, $2.25; :
dressed beef, 46e per pound.
Mutton Best sheep, $2.60; ewes,.
$2.25.
Hogs Choice heavy, $4-0004.26; me
dium, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.90(3
4.00; dressed, 607c per pound.
Vrait Small choice, 6c; large, 4c per
pound.
.. 0ORDAOR. '
Manilla rope.ljtf in. cir. and up, 10c
manilla rope, 12-thread, diain., lOcj
maniila rope, 6 and 9-thread, a and 6-lt
diam., 11c; manilla bail rope, in coils
or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yara,
tarred, 9c ; manilla hawser-laid rope well '
boring, etc., 13c; manilla transmission- s
of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine.
11c; manilla spring twine, 14c; sisal
rope, XSi in. cir. and upward, 7c; siaal
rope, 12-thread, K dtara., 7.'c; sisal '
rope, 6 and 9-thread, 1 and 5-16 diam.,
8c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7Sc; hop- "
vine twine, tarred, 7c; aiaal paper twine.
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