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rmT OREGON MIST. VOL. 11. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1891. NO. 19. THE, OREGON . MIST. IMl KD KVKIIY rillDAV noilNINti -BT- THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY, . UWK I) .4 VIM. Manager. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. mbairlptieii Hates, Oh oopy " your In atlvwuce II M OH ropjr l iiiuntlia,.... 70 rlluultr copy ft A4((rllH lime. I'riifo-loiiul carila on year..... , I 12 On column nil ar , 126 Hull iniliiiiiii mi year , , 75 Oiiarlur Poliiiiin on )nr 40 Oil Inch Oil tIMMllll ,..,......,.. i Una Iik'Ii Hire umntha ft Ou luull al imiiiUi. , S Loral miUcea, Manilla wr Hue fur Ural I n-r-ttou; lUceuta per Ilii fur ai'h auteiieul hi aerilnn. Legal trrtl.ineul. l. M) per Inch fur llrat ItiHirilttii, mul 7ft cent per Inch fur each atihae iiuiitluaerllin. COl.tLUlHA COUNTY DhtrXTOUY, " ' l'ou ly ameer. JiiiIko J an Hlaiicliarrl, Hal tiler Clura ,. ....K. K.tpilca. St. Ilolana Snerlff. T. (,'. Malta. Ml. llvle. a Tmaaur r K. M. Wharum, I'oluniWa city Hil.t. ol ftcfcoiile T. 4. I'll'cliin. Clal.kull u Aaaear... , ..w. if. nraur, avaer Survoyur, A. H. I.lllle, lluultott M. (I. H .ho .mover, Vetiioola (I. W. llaruea, qulncr. f.'outuilaal.iuer.. t Secieir Naiiere. MaaiiNlc HI.' llelpoa llg, No. M-Regular cniiiiniiulcatlolM Mr. I ami llilril Saturday III .lu ll iiiiiiiIU al7;HUr. M. al Maannto hall. Vl.ll Ink iii.inlwra Ill uol atauillug luvllad to at leutl. aUauNic.-ilaluler l.odge, No. ?l-HUtd uioittiKH naturilay on or before each ' full luuon an nur". m. at MuMiuIn IihII, over lllaui'haril'a mm. Vl.llluii liiaiolier lu good atamlllig In vited lo attend, Odii Ki.lo HI. Helen l.xlr No, 117 Meet every ftaluiilny illicit! al ! Tmiialetil hrvlhieii IiikuihI atauiliuii cordially Inviled lo aiiMinl. tha naalla. Iiown river (boat) elnwa at S:M A, n. !tu river flMtatlflune. at 4 P. M. 1 fi taHll (or Vornoiila and I'lll.hurs learm St. Helena Ui.iiday, ttvdueaiUy and Krlday al ft A. M. Th mall for Marahland. ClaUkanla anil Wirt leave. tiilun Muuday, weduawiay aoa rriaay al I J M Maila(rallway) north oloa s 10 A. lor Purllaud ats r. M. eu....1 - Tmrelrrvt ;M. Hirer Hon lea. HTStnaaO. IV. Hiu sr. ienim HI. Iluloua lor Portland al II . a. Tue-lay, Thnraday and Haturday. I.avw M. Ilrlmia for Clatakanla Muuday. Wi'duexlny and lilda) at:00 a, n. Htrimkk Iiij in - U'vca ML Helena for Port land 7:ift a. M. ittiiiiilug all HOr. a. HntANaa Ju.kcii Kkm.mo UaveaHt Helena lor 1'oiilniid dally eaeept Hiinday. al7 k.a ar-rlvlna-al I'oilUud al 10. HO: returning, loan Porlianv al I r. n.. arriving al 81. Helena alt. PKOFES810NAL. J JR. II. It. CI4Kr, rilYSlCIAN and SURGEON. 81. Helena, Oregon. j ya. s. k. it ai.u, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. L'lnlkniile, Columlila county, Or. t B. I.ITI I.K. B. I.I H I- SURVEYOR and CIVIL ENGINEER, St. Helens, Oregon. Onnty surveyor. Lund surveying, town platliiiH, '! engineering work promptly iliine. 8olentlflo American Afleooy ror OOPVaiOHT. ete For Information and tree Handbook write to UNN CO. Ml Bhoauwat, Naw ViiaB. 01 deat onraau for aeourlnii p.lont. In Arnerloa. Rrerr nut taken out by ja la brnuafit bef.w ui lHibllll M a uoUoa given fro of uharsa la tha Lanraat elrffltlatlnn of any kH entitle paper tha KHoT Silen.lldly IlluatraUO. No IntellTnoi I.n .hnuld bewlllioul.it. Weakly. 1,00 a yuan SIJ0 alx mont ha Adaraja m uaLuuawi. aei Broad ir ar. Nw Tit Ovarland Bout. Two tralna dally, leav ing Klflh and I alreata, Urand Central Popol. No. t, "The Limited Kt Mall," leaving at 7:110 a. ., carrlea Veatl bill Pullman Palaee Sleeping and Dintns Cr and free Kecllnlng Chair Car through from Portland to Chl eairn.vlaCouuellHIuffa, wlthniil change. This train Mas u... o... nee.l.Hi. for lnv.r, Vl'n.Vhh (n I'rli llilllon. Koeklora anil npoaaiie, makl.i dlr"" Soimoctloji. for I.ylu.., Pom- : A. ... earrlea nillmati M'"," ' '.,. .. l iaisiiill M riVlTWIlllWIU' imiia" r ..w POHTI.AN1I. i n. vr Han FatNciaco. Onliinill...Mayt,UI,W Htnte May fi, 17, Oregon May 4. W, U Columbia May S, 20 ui.ia May 12. 114 ori-iion iay . The company re UiHmera or sailing'' POIITI.AN1) A N 1 fewrvoa tha right to. change . aVWiTi t A noUTK-Morn- tat-ai g boal leave, i-o, i. 7 M ! rolurnliif . 1 u ..API at 7 A M n.l'nv alr.. NIghrboiit leave Port imiiy, ai o " .iiu .' returii- Vd da i except Haturday, at r. ..I returii ud iiaiiy , (.sy e,(.ept Hundny, at 6 a. "or b..X from PI'ortla.,i 'makes the .Oregon lda Tuwdaya, Thura' IH lllg: landliiKi " "":' ViVe WMh ngli-n .Ide H. uio .jjT..dttva. Thura' Sl'V nearfay. and Krlday. Krom Aa- Mondaya, weineia. i.,,.!!,,.. on the n, wee le men . .I.a nf.irillllH UU. in-. " , . l,ie iiw-i : " . r-7r,r... Thura- and on the wiianiiigHiu dt?!Ji '.KKOUtB-UmveAahatreet A. S,A :i.'ent Hiindty returning, leave Bonne d".'.ly' f?.VTI n arriving at Hor land at 6 r. M. dKtoV1nd wy f.ANDlNao-Mou. itTh OTHKB Bteamem leav from Aah-ttreet Ooruer TWjJ., y, Ag.nt 14 B " VO- TRAD! MAPJKt, JWA DtaiOM PATNT, A TIDE-LAI DECISION. Annoyance and Litigation is Expected to Ensue. PACIFIC IMPB0VEME8T COMPANY Decide to Place property Valued at 10,000,000 to 1H,000,0(I0 In Charge of th. Land Department of th Cen tral raolflo Koad for DI.po.nl. San Fba.ncihco. By the action ot the Board ot Director, of the Pacific lm- provement Company at their meeting the other day It was decided to place property valued at from $10,000,000 to 12,000,000 in charge of the land depart ment of the Central Pacific road for dis posal. The Pacific Improvement Com pany and the Southern Pacific, although organized under different charters, are practically one and the same, as the stock of both corporations is owned in great part by the same persons. Various reasons are surmised for the selling out of tha Pacific Improvement Company. One is that AI rs. Hlanford, who is a heavy tiocKiiouier, is anxious to secure a large amount of ready cash in order to carry ..v.. w whm hiiHhand. An- . ..: out me wisnes oi tier late I other reason is that the Pacific Improvement Company have not been prosperous lately, and that its davs of iisufulness as an auxiliary of the ..Mw., ,a boo hiimiivi uin Houlhern Pacific have passed. The off)' cers of the company, however, deny it is the intention to dissolve the corpora tion. The sale will include over 125,000 acres ot land, scattered over the States of California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah. Koine of it is improved and some not. Also included In the list are 125 town sites, comprising such places as Keno, Truckiw, Corning, Willows, Montague, Merced and others on the lines of the Southern Pacific and its branches. Near Hanta Barbara are 4.000 acres, and in . jut ivuiiy m v "w ntit.ni VWV of which are under fence. Tlie great Hotel del Monte at Monterey will also pronaoiy ne piaciMi on tne market;, tnongn this is not decided. The property at Aionu'rey comprises n.uvu acres, l acinc Orove and Kl Carmelo near Monterey and the big hotel at Castle Crag near Mount Shasta will also be sold. - , KKU KOt'K'a) KICK MINK. The lllaeovery of a Ledge That Is Stud ded With Hold. : 4 Los Asom.KM A gold mine, which bids fair to turn out an immense bo- nanxa, lias oeen ciiscovercu ininy-eignt ;he .UDerviBirilf inspector of steam ves miles northeasterly of Mojave. Not with- 1 B8iii dues not differ materially from the standing that the find was made three ' story told by the captain at the inquest weeks airo the news has not reached the , outside world vet. althoimh in that re gion the excitement is running high and the people are flocking to the new fields as fast as they ran. The first news was brought to Ixs Angeles by State Sena tor Del Vallo, who returned from Red Hock. He brotiirht with him specimens of the quarts, picked up from the dump haphazard, which are so full of free gold, running in size from a speck to the di mensions of a pea, that it is ne exagger ation to say that the ore must average value oi many thousand uoiiars a ton. The placers around Bed Bock, which j have been worked for several months, have caused quite a little settlement to spring np. On March 30 a Mexican In- habitant oi the camp discover this ledge in question alut nine miles west of the ii.r. a .hft haa Wn nnk nn it i Wn. and the ore is richer as it noes down. There is none of it in Which the gold is not distinctly visible, and most of the pieces are literally studded with it. Senator Del Valle says that the assays show almost incredible returns, but this is plain to see on examining the sped- 1 mens which he brought. The quartz is i oft, and the gold particles are so readily . extracted that a man with crude means ran get a dollar or so in a few minutes. The ledire is 4.000 feet above sea level, i and wood and water are scarce, a few .nttt?aTZ r",".".'".." tey i the latter. rushinu in bv the hundreds, all bent on J"rrr . i locating claims, but besides this bonanza nothing else has been found which prom ises returns. Extensions on this claim, however, show good returns. THE TIDK-I.AND DECISION. It Mar Causa the Stat a Great Deal of Annoyance and Litigation. OhVMPiA. It would appear from the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Smith against the Commis sioner of Public Lands that the State is liable to be deprived of valuable tide land reserves, unless there be some legal means of avoiding it. All this is attrib utable to tlie local tide-land appraisers in failing, as required by law, to file with the Commissioner of Public Lands a plat of natural ovster beds in their several counties. The inferencedrawn from the decision is that, there being no such plats filed, the legal presumption is there are no such beds; hence the Commissioner must issue a certificate ot purchase at the rate of (10 an acre, although the fact is well known that such purchaser is ac quiring valuable oyster beds, which it was the intent of the law to reserve from sale. No doubt an effort will be made to avoid such loss. Possibly steps may be taken to compel county appraisers to do their duty or resign in favor of those who will respect the provisions of the law. Allen Weir, one of the counsel for Smith, takes the ground that a person desiring to establish the existence of natural oys ter beds should compel the local apprais ers to tile a plat with the Commissioner, thev being the only agents of the State authorized to do that duty. Further, under tno decision the Commissioner of Public Lands is authorized and com pelled to soli tide lands unless there ex- Ists a contest, and the appeal board has no authority except to hear a contest. CHKAPEK GRAIN BATES. Farmers of Walla Walla County Hop to Secure a Reduction. Waiaa Walla. The recent decisions made by the Interstate Commerce Com mission in the Pullman and Ritzville cases have convinced the people of Walla Walla county that a reduced rate can be secured for the transportation of grain from Walla Walla to Portland. At a meeting of merchants and farmers the matter of bringing cane Mora the commission wiuMilaced in the hands of a committee. conaWiiio: o( F. W. Paine. Milton Evans, Sol Center, Henry Kell- i Ing, Milei 0. Moore, M. BaumeiHter, M. McCarthy, W. S. Gilliam, J. I). Oehr, Daniel Stewart, Jeafe Drum heller, N. K. Butler and Javid Miller. Thin commit tee organized by electing Milton Evans Chairman, Henry Kelling Secretary and M. McCarthy Treasurer. The commit tee will ask lor a rate of 1 cent per ton per mile. The present rate from Walla Walla to Portland In 14.1 cents per bushel. If the rate applied for is (riven, it would lie 7.36 cents per bushel. As Walla Walla county ships annually 3,000,000 bushels of grain, this saving of O, cents per bushel would add much to the prosperity of the farmers of Walla Walla. This committee is actively at totoJ to the commission. I WAaHINOTON'ii mtatk capitol. work, and will find no difficulty In te Ernest Flags; of New York I tha Mae eeaaful Designer. Olvmpia. Out of 187 plans submitted by architects from every State in the Union for Washington's State capitol the commission 'selected that of Krnest Flaffg of New York. The second prixe Of l,w l awarue. w wii.iam in- J?" Jf ?Ii",neftrp0i:i' 1,8 m inSiu LOOP to W. if. Dennis of Minneapo is 1,vi 0 P. Dennis of Taconia. the fourth prize of f00 to fierman & Dewaard of Duluth and W. K. Brown oi Lincago, - , . . , ; All the plans giving awas were from the nix se ected bv Prof. Ware, who was . . ,. . , engagoa ny ine inwru i arcmcjun., "P"1"', The hmlding will cost J.000.- , to be paid for from the sa e of 000 acres of land granted for that pur pose by Congress upon admission to Statehood. Work will commence at once. The capitol grounds proper cover twelve acres. It is proposed to place the central line of the State building on the central line of Fourteenth street, down which it will face. It would thus be brought near the edge of the bluff in full view of the Sound. The building will be placed on a terrace six feet high. r an..i.. Hhirtin ,' tm. i . r n. u ' t J a. a II it. 1 Los Angeles do not rest well on the rocky , bottom of the ocean off Point Bur. The hUest reports from the scene of the wn!Ck say that the hull has moved ahead ' i,000 feet toward the shore from where g,e first wentdown. The wreckers hope , wji mov0 BtiU farther toward the it,. nr new rjosition will facilitate the work of the wreckers, and now there is more hope that a greater part of the steamer will be saved. The only danger la that in a shift the hull mav be banned I around on jagged rocks so hard that she ' will go to pieces before the wreckers be gin work. The report of Captain Le , land of the wrecked vesrel, handed to hew at Monterey. To Number and Maine Dtreeta. Astobia. Mayor Kinney has signed an ordinance to change the names of all the streets in this city. The ordinance was introduced into the Council on ac count of the expressed desire on the part of the United Slates prwtal authorities that the nomenclature of the streets should be put into some condition less nerolexinir than at present, for now in Astoria one name Joes duty for three streets and another answers lor eleven. The ordinance provides lor naming an streets by numbers from west .to east and with the letters of the alphabet from north to south. Most of the new names win ue uiui a ""' avenues of New )ork. The signing of the ordinance ends an agitation in this direction that lias extended over a De- riod of several years. Salmon Mot Kunnlng Well. AsToniA. The cannerymen have al most given up hope of a large pack of salmon this year. Despite the fact that all the conditions so far have been favor able for a heavy run, fish are still scarce, and the average pack per cannery is not abo ve sixty cases. Since the opening of the season, and in fact lor two weexs previous, tlie weather has been all that could hale been wished ; and it wascon- fl, l,.ni v Tnmt(Ml that the h o-h temrjer- attire would bring the fish in, but the expectation failed of realization. There has been little or no trap fishing yet on account of the freshet, and until, tlie wa ter clears it would be a waste of time and money to get the traps in readiness, ft is safe to say that the total pack for the year will not reach last year's figures. Chinamen Won't Go. San Fhancibco. As many predicted, the Chinese took advantage of the Mid winter Fair concession to bring in quite a number of their countrymen intent on making a home in the United States. It was represented that after the fair was over they would return to tlie Flowery Kingdom. That this assurance was only a misrepresentation is evident from cer tain facta now in the possession of the Federal officials. It is believed that many of the "exhibitors" have scattered throughout the country, and that others were prepared to make prolonged stays is evident from the fact that five of them boldly attempted to' take advantage of the registration act. The estimates of those registered in San Francisco range from 3,000 to (1,000. - - ; ' Emigrant Kate Oneatton. San Fhancibco. The Southern Pacific has notified tlie Interstate Commerce Commisiion that it is in no sense a party to the emigrant traffic rate made by the Western Passenger Association. In a telegram sent to the commission the company explained that the proportion of the fare from Ogden to this city is a part of the through rate only and cannot be quoted as a rate from Ogden to Cali fornia points. It will ilecliue to accept any tickets sold tit less than the full through rate from Atlnntio to Pacific Coast points. The fact is mentioned also that the Southern Pacific, took no part in the rate-cutting of the Union Pacific and is neither fighting for nor against that company. Florence Blythe'a Share. San Fbancisco. It Is estimated that the Blythe estate, the disposition of which the Supreme Court has just finally decided, is worth about 4,000,000. Out of this sum the costs of litigation and other expenses (which the successful I'lnlmant, Florence Blythe, estimates .iii ha nbmit 40 oer cent) will have to he paid, leaving the large sum of $2,400,000 or tnereaoouui at r mui vfva. 1 I filf I vpr AP TITI TWTW A IV Ml, H I IP I, I II K T ' iillVJj VI VtLlUllJU i Plans for a National Academy in the United States. BILLS INTRODUCED BY BLACK. "' ) A ' Proposed Organliatloa of Person Eminently IH.tlngulahed In Litera ture, Science, the Art and tha In vention Eastern New. Washington. A plan for the creation body of twenty-flve person, j distinguished in literature, science, the fine arts and invention has been submit ted to the House by Representative Black of Chicago. The plan is embodied in two bills on somewhat similar lines. The first was drawn by General Lew Wal lace, the author, and the other by Li brarian of Congress Bpoffbrd. Thef pro vide for the appointment of committees of three from the Senate and two from the ouie who iUH make the (eIect committee of five members to form the ,.,. of th. on..nizlltion. Thege five shall be "citizens of the United States, of culture, and distinguished in -litera- lure, aKiciimi nil. ai ui auu njveuuv ' fl h' u , t twentT other : i m ture, science, fine arts and inventions." per guua eminently uinuiiicuiBiieu iu m il tera- ture rtg ete Tue twenty., Bre to congtihjte contini T, are iven the to five elected continuous body. i Alloy arc givcu Lu ijuwoi w ctimi.hibii a 'i i. . i. . . ....... ..i...,. name for the body and to fill vacancies by electing new members so the quota of twenty-five shall be preserved. Section 2 of the bill provides that the Librarian of Congress shall set aside a chamber in , the new Congressional Library for the , nse of tlie body, wltn attendants, light and tlie nse of all books and materials in the possession of the library. Prof. 8 po fiord's bill also adds a provision that i tlie body shall furnish reports to Uon gress on memorials concerning the Ian- euase of liteiatttre which mar be sub- III I ItCM W wupt irrjB i win viiiio tv timv The nurnose of the bill is to create an organization in this country similar to tlie " Immortals" oi Prance ana to tue national academies of Great Britain, Germany and other countries. THE grPKKNK COUKT. Controversy of Great Importance Be tween Maryland and Virginia. . Wahiuxotos. The Supreme Court bat decided the case of Robert L. Wharton against the Sheriff of Accomac county, Va., which involves the regions having oyster fisheries in the waters between and belonging to Virginia and Maryland. This question lias grown into an 'inter state controversy of great importance. Justice Field delivered the opinion of the court, holding that the compact oi 1785 between the two States was still in force, but that the courts of Virginia could try citizens of Maryland only for offenses against citizens of Virginia and not for offenses against the State of Vir ginia. The decision was in favor of Vir ginia and against Wharton. The litigation between the steamships Britannia and Beaconsfield over their collision in New York harbor has been decided. Justice Shiras delivered the opinion reversing the Circuit Court's de cision and sustaining the decision of the District, that both vessels were at fault and there should be a division of dam ages. He declared that the Britannia was bound to have foreseen the current, which interfered with her intention to follow her signals and pass astern of the other vessel, and. that the Beaconsfield was at fault in not keeping her headway movement. Justice Brown dissented, being unable to conclude that the Bea consfield was at fault. ( STAT WILL BK SHORT. Admiral Walker Expected Back Front Hawaii Thl Summer. Washington. There can no longer be any doubt that Bear-Admiral Walker's assignment to the command of the Pa cific squadron is of a temporary nature and is directly connected with the estab lishment of a coaling station at Pearl Harbor and for a vigorous enforcement of the Monroe doctrine in case there should be any danger of foreign inter ference during the coming elections. Ad miral Walker has been selected for the euperintendency of the Naval Academy to relieve Captain Phythian, whose term expires in July next. It therefore fol lows that when Rear-Admiral Walker was assigned to the command of the Pa cific squadron the department had a spe cial object in view in sending him to Hawaii, and that his mission would be short. He may not return to the United States in time to relieve Captain Phyth ian in July, but he is likely to take charge of the academy before the begin ning of the school year in September. niw football rules. . The Change Made to Avoid Roughne of Play. : New York. The revision of the play ing rules of intercollegiate football is practically completed. The former ac tion of the committee has been ratified excepting only that it is decided to allow the scoring to remain aa at present.' An important change suggested, and which after some discussion was adopted, re lates to the playing time. The present playing time was reduced to thirty-five minutes. Another point settled is that the ball must be put into play after go ing " in touch " either by a kick or by a down from a point in the field of play at least five yards and not more than fifteen yards from the point at which the ball went " in touch." This was done to prevent the almost unavoidable rough ness of the plays as the rule now stands. The rules framed by the experts will now be codified by Walter Camp, the Secretary of the Board of Experts, and be will forward a copy to every member ot the committee for his signature.. Prlaeflghtlng Lawful. Naw Oblkans. The Supreme Court has decided the matter of the State va. the Olympic Club. It affirmed the de cision of the lower court, which was by a majority vote of the jury in favor of the club. The case haa oeen pending for months, and the decision will permit re sumption of glove contests in Louisiana, WASHINGTON CITY NEWS. Attorney-General Olney has appointed John M. Gearin an Assistant District Attorney for Oregon to assist in the pros ecntion of the Chinese and opium-smug gling cases. Tha President has nominated Pav Di rector Edwin M. Stewart to be chief of the bureau of auoohes and accounts and Paymaster-General with the rank of Commodore. Senator Peffer has introduced a bill to nrovide for a collection of the rebate due from the Union Pacific Company. The bill authorizes the sale of the road, and provides that in case no bid is made equal to the amount of the indebtedness the government shall take the property andoperate the road. Sweet of Idaho appeared before the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in advo cacy of a bill ratifying: the treaty with the Nez Perce Indians and the opening ot ttie surplus land to settlement. Wil son of Washington is a member of the commission, and eave the measure strong support. The bill will be favorably re ported. Secretary Herbert has reduced the sentence of Commander Heyerman, found guilty by court-martial of causing the wreck of the Kearsarge, from two years' to one year's suspension from duty. Lieutenant Lyman was sentenced to one year's suspension and a public reprimand. Herbert set aside the rep rimand. The estimates by the Director of the Mint of the silver product of the United States for 1893 give a total of 00,000, 000, as against (74,006,000 for 1892. In creases are shown in Alaska, Arizona, California. Colorado. Idaho. North Car olina, Sonth Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Washington, while in all other States and Territories the figures show a decrease of production. A voluminous report from Mr. Brady, United States Consul at Greytown. has been received bv Secretary Gresham. The Consul tells how he came to go to Bluefields and how he lost his exequatur, but. the department has not yet gathered sufficient information to make a satisfac tory response to the Senate resolution calling for an account of the late troubles and the existing conditions at Bluefields. The House Indian Affairs Committee 1mm made a favorable report on the com promise bill for the settlement of the lite Question. : The bill provides for car rying out the treaty of 1880. settling the Indians in severalty anywnere on the present reservation within ninetv davs. and those not electing or qualified to settle in severalty to take the western forty miles of the reservation and four townships in New Mexico. The rest of tlie land will be thrown open to settle ment and the proceeds of the sales given to the Indians. Lieutenant W. A. Beeler of the navy hvdroirraohic office has returned from a trip to Europe on the Weimar, made by authority of Secretary Herbert to test the new aid to navigation, the solarom- eter. This instrument is intended to re place the sextant aboard ship in show ing the exact position of the vessel. It has many points of advantage over the sextant in accuracy and freedom from long arithmetical calculations. One feat ure of the ereatest value is the capacity of the instrument to record observations in fogs, when the sun or stars shine dimly or the horizon cannot be seen, and the sextant is useless to locate tlie ship. The Lieutenant reports that the instru ment worked admirably on the Weimai under all kinds of weather, and that the North German Llovd Company is mak ing arrangements to equip all their ves sels with it. It is probable the instru ment will also be used in our navy. Secretary Herbert does not intend that the vessels of the Behring Sea patrol fleet on their summer cruises shall make such a mistake as to give poachers warn ing of their approach. The coal he has sent to Ounalaska for the ships is of a smokeless variety from the Comox mines of British Columbia. The selection brought forth a voluminous patriotic protest from residents of the State of Washington, and the Secretary haa sent a letter to Commander Clark, the flag officer of the navy at Port Townsend, di recting him to have all the vessels of the fleet to take sufficient coal from the Fair haven mine in Washington to enable them to reach the coal supply at Oun alaska and to make a full report of its quality. The instructions continue: "As this coal emits a very black smoke, it is not deemed expedient to use it while the vessels are patrolling Behring Sea. After reaching the base of the coal supply, which haa already been con tracted for, as far as practicable no other coal will be used." Attornev-General Olnev has sent to Congress a draft of the bill prepared by the Department of Justice for the reor ganization of the Union Pacific and the readjustment of the claims of the United States against the company. According to the terms of the bill the aggregate amount of indebtedness shall be com puted and ascertained as follows: First To the total amount of the principal of said bonds of the United States shall be added the interest which shall then have been paid, and the interest then and thereafter payable by the United States thereon nntil the respective dates of the maturity of said bonds, as if no payment had been made or credit given thereon. Second From the aggregate amount so ascertained shall be deducted any and all payments or credits upon the said indebtedness to the United States, as shall appear in the bond and interest accounts of said company, re spectively, with the United States July 1, 1804. 'Third The present worth of the balance of the fund shall be com puted as of July, 1894, by discounting the said balance at the rate of 2 per cent fier annum for the period between said ast-mentioned date and the average date of maturity of said bonds of the United States. The amounts so computed and ascertained shall be deemed to be the amount due to the United States on July, 1894. nml the bonds of said com pany shall be received by the United States as herein provided and paid for said amount. The bonds to be received by the United States are to run 100 years, to mature July 1, 1994, and to draw 2 per cent per annum interest.: The bonds Bhall be secured by a mortgage covering all the property, real, personal and mixed, of the railway company. Under the terms of this mortsase the Union Pa cific, beginning with the year 1950, shall fiav annually into the said treasury sink ng fund $1,650,000, default for six months to be cause for foreclosure. The funds and securities now in the hands of the Treasurer of the Union Pacific f nnd Bhall b held as further security for the new bonds to be issued, ' - . THE BRITISH PREMIER Wants the Unionists to Join the Liberal Party. AMERICAN POLAR EXPEDITION. New Zealand Propose to Adminiater Affair In Samoa Th Hawaiian Sit uation Royallata A waiting; an Anawer From th United State. San Fbancisco. Advices have just been received per barkentine W. H. Di. mond from Honolulu nnder date of April 11 to the effect that tbe announced mass meeting of royalists took place on tbe evening of April 10 on Palace square. There were about 1,000 people present, possibly one-half natives, the rest Chi nese and whites. There were five speak ers, one pure native, two half-whites, a Canadian, Ashford, and an Englishman, Phillips. All of the speakers urged quiet, peaceaoieness, moderation and a policy of inactivity, taking no part in voting while awaiting the answer of the United States to the pending protest or appeal of the Hawaiian people. Noth ing was said of loyalty to the Queen or ot a desire to return to monarchy. .Res olutions were adopted pledging royalists to decline to take the oath ol allegiance to the provisional government and to oppose the re-establishment of the mon archy, as provided in the call for the constitutional convention. A copy of the resolutions was ordered presented to United States Minister Willis, with the request that they be forwarded to Washington, lo date 7 to have regis tered in Honolulu. Ten days more re main of the twenty-four. The Portu guese are holding back in fear of losing Portuguese citizensnip oy taking the oath. - Hot Aimed at American. Pabis. There in no troth in the story the decree signed by President Carnot, forbidding members of the French dip lomatic and consular sen-ice nnder pain of dismissal to marry without the per mission oi me foreign minister, was provoked by the marriage of M. Jules Patenotre and Count d'Aunav to Ameri can ladies. It is explained at the foreign office that the marriages of representa tives of the French government to for eigners are becoming more frequent, and that it may affect the position of those already having foreign wives, but it is not aimed at Americans. Premier Cas imir also explains distinctly that the President's action is not due to the num ber of Americans who have married Frenchmen, but is in consequence of the marriage of French representatives to the ladies of other nationalities who are objectionable to the French government. Want Nicaragua to Explain. London. Great Britain has demanded of Nicaragua an explanation of the with drawal of the exequatur of the British Minister at Greytown. The exequatur of Mr. Bingham was withdrawn on April 2, at the same time as that of United States Consul Braida. The Nicaraguan government complains that Mr. Bingham and Mr. Braida had acted, togetherwith the commander of the British war ship' Cleopatra, in a way which imperiled the rights of Nicaragua in the Mosquito ter ritory, and it was therefore determined they must go. The Nicaraguan acting Secretary of State, when the exequatur was withdrawn, wrote a long letter of explanation to the American Minister and to the British Minister, Ur. Uoeung. Lord Bosehery Speak. London. The Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery, in a speech at a meeting of the City Liberal Club said he was of the opinion that the English were becoming exceedingly weary ot the eternal strug gle for and against Irish coercion, lie asked the Unionists whether apart from the Irish question it was wortb their while to hold aloof from the Liberal party owing to its copyright of the word " Liberal." If they formerly held aloof from the party in the belief that its for eign policy was null and void, they were not useiy, ne saia, to oeneve bo longer, as the government was determined to maintain the unity of the Empire abroad and the nnity in the best sense of the word of the three kingdoms at home. The Samoan Situation. London. Sir George Baden Powell in the House of Commons inquired whether it was proposed that New Zealand should administer the eovernment of Samoa. and whether the United States and Ger many bad been consulted in the matter. If so, would the government make a statement as to the attitude assumed by Germany and America.' Sir Edward Grey, Under Foreign Secretary, said that a telegram to the effect that New Zealand proposed to administer the af fairs of Samoa had just been received at the colonial office, but it had not yet been communicated to the foreign office. The proposal as described in the tele gram, he said, did not seem consistent with the terms of the Berlin act. American Polar Expedition. Alesvnd, Norway. The American po lar expedition under command of Walter Wellman has started for the Island of Spitzbereen on the steamer Raimvold Jai l, which has been chartered for the expedition. Experts here pronounce the steamer the best ice boat in Norway. The aluminium boats the expedition carry were generally admired here for their beauty, strength anil, lightness, rrior to the departure a large number of cable dispatches expressing well wishes for the success of the expedition were received from the United States. . Germany Should Take a Hand. Bkblin The Krues Zeitung, com menting on the proposal that New Zea land administer the affairs ot the Island of Samoa, says that Germans have made Samoa desirable and their interests there far outweigh those of the United States and Great Britain put together. Ger many has hitherto neglected to assert her rights in Samoa, but she certainly ought to do so now. THE PORTLAND MARKET. Whs at-Valley, 85c j Walla Walla, 75o per cental. WVOVB, MRD, ITO. Ftooa Portland, $2.55; Salem, $2.55; Cascadia, $2.56; Dayton, $2.55; Walla Walla, $2.90; Snowflaka. $2.6; Corvai lis, $2.66; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham, $2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats White, 3435c per bushel; gray, 8234c; rolled, in bags, $5.76(4 6.00 ; barrels, $6.006.25 ; in cases, $3.75. MiLLSTOi-rs Bran, $16r18; shorts, $10(418; ground barley, $2022; chop feed, $1616 per ton ; whole feed barley, $17 per ton; middlings, $2328 per ton; chicken wheat, 65c1.00 per cental. Hay Good, $10(312 per ton. DAISY PBODOCB. BgttsBj Oregon fancy creamery, 20 22jc; fancy dairy, 1517Hc; fair to good. I2li 14c ; common, 10c per pound ; California, 3040c per roll. Chsbsb Young America, 1215c; California flat, lli12c; Swiss, im ported, 8032c; domestic, 16 18c per pound. ' Eoas Oregon, 10c per dozen, with gome shading reported. PoniiTBY Chickens, old, $3.504.00; broilers, $3.504.50 per dozen; ducks, $6.00; geese, $8.00; turkeys, live, 14(8 15c per pound; dressed, 1617c. VKOETABI.E8 AHV FKUIT. VosTABLk California cabbage, ljio per pound; potatoes, Oregon (buying , price), 4045c per sack; Early Rose, lor seed, 8090c; new potatoes, 3c per pound; onions (buying price), . $2.60(32.75 per sack; sweet potatoes, $1.75(az.uu per dox; uai norma cet err. 85(2! 90c : artichokes. 60c per dozen ; California lettuce, 25c lier dozen; Ore gon hothouse lettuce, 3560c; cauliflow er, $2.76 per crate, $1.00 per dozen ; pars ley, 25c per dozen; string Deans, one per ponnd: asDaramis. tl.26S1.35 per box; rhubarb, 34c per pound; peas, $1.50 per box ; cucumbers, $1.50 per dozen. X Burrs tauiornia lauuy wuiuiio, o.j (J4.00; common, $2.003.00; Sicily, $6.00 (25.50 per box: bananas, $1.76(82.60 per bunch ; Honolulu. $3.00(43.50 ; California navel oranges, $2.60g'3.25 per box ; seed lings, $1.752.00; Rose, $2.763.25; Malta blood,$3.00 ; apples (buying price). green, il.Wtsi.zo; reu, i.zogwo per box; strawberries, 2022)c per pound. CANNED OOOUB. Caicnkd Goods Table fruits, assorted, $1.762.00; peaches, $1.762.00; Bart lett pears, $1.752.00; plums, $1.37), 0 1.60; strawberries, $2.252.46; cherries, $2.25(12.40; blackberries, $1.85(82.00; raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25(3 2.80; apricots, $1.86.' Fie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.00(810: blackberries, $1.251.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.153.50; peaches, $3.504.00; apri cots, $3.60(94.00; plums, $2.7633.00; blackberries, $4.25(14.50 ; tomatoee,$1.10. M satb Corned beef. Is, $1.60; 2s, $2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue. Is, $3.50; 2s, $6.76(87.00; deviled ham. $1.60 2.75 per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.60; 2s, $2.25. tisH Sardines, is, 7oc(gsz.zs; wa, $2.15(34.60; lobsters, $2.303.60; sal mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.25(c$1.60; fiats, $1.76;2-lbs, $2620; -barrel, $5.60. STAPLB OBOCKRIBS. Coma Costa Rica. 23c: Rio,22a23c: Salvador, 22c; Mocha, 26,28c; Ar buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound cases, $24.30 JJRIBD BUTTS 1893 PSCk, ' fetlM ' prunes, 68c; silver, 1012c; Italian, 8ai0c; German, eoc; ptnms, "(glue: evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporated apricots, 15 16c; peaches, 12l4c; pears, 7(glic per pouna. Saw Liverpool, 2008 $15.50; 100s, $16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.50(a9.50. Stbup Eastern, in barrels, 40 (it 55c; in half barrels. 42(a57c; in cases, 35(4 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; California, in Darreis, M($wc per gauon; i.o per keg. BuGAjt D.4?ic; Golden 0,5c; extra C, 6Jc; confectioners' A, 5c; dry gran olated, 5c; cube, crushed and pow dered, 6gc per pound; o per ponnd discount on all grades for prompt cash; maple sugar, 16(9 16c per ponnd. Rica No, 1 Sandwich Island, $4,500 4.76: Japan, $6.00(e65. Bbans Small white, No. 1, 3!c; No. 2, 3c ; large white, 3,c ; pea beans, 8 c ; Eink, 8c; Dayou, oc; Datcer, oc; ima, 4c per pound. Picxuss Barrels. No. 1. 2830o per gallon; No. 2, 2628c; kegs, 6s, 85c per keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar ter gallons, f t.vo per dozen. Spices Whole Allspice, 1820c per pound: cassia. 16318c: cinnamon. 22(9 40c; cloves, 1830c; black pepper, 16(3 22)c; white pepper, 2025c; nutmeg, 75(3)800. Raisins London layers, boxes, 11.70 0)2.00: halves. 12.00(32.28 : quarters. $2.252.75 ; eighths, $2.50(2,3.00. Loose Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced, $1.75; bags, 8 crown, 4)i5c per pound; 4 crown, 65c. Seedless Sultanas, boxes, $1.7502.00; bags, 68o per ponnd. . ; . UVB ASO DHSHBKU MBATB, 1 ' Basr Top steers, $2.602.75; fair to od steers, $2.002.25; cows, $1.75 . 25; dressed beef, 4g5o per pound. MrjTroN Best sheep, $2.25; ewes, $2.00. ; Hogs Choice heavy, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.75; dressed, 67c per pound. ft VaAirSmall choice, 6c; large, 3(j4a per pound, - : ,f . . pbovisions, .. Eabtbbh Smoked Meats and Labs Hams, medium, 1212)c per pound; hams, large, UdlSc; hams, picnic, ll(ai2c: breakfast bacon, 13(4 15c; short : clear sides, 9llc; dry salt Bides, ' 910c; dried beef hams, 12 13c; ' lard, compound, in tins, $SiOc per pound; pure, in tins, 10)ll)e; pigs' -feet, 80s. $5.60; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.26 j kits, $1.25. ; . . . . BOPS, WOOL AND HIDES. Hops '93s, choice, 12.13Mc per . pound; medium, 1012c; poor, neg lected. . Wool Valley, 1010)4c per pound; Umpqua,1010Xc; Eastern Oregon, 4 7c, according to quality ana snrinxage. Hides Dry selected prime. 6c : sreen. salted, 60 pounds and over, 34c; nnder 60 pounds, 2(3; 3c ; sheep pelts, shearlings, -10315c; medium, 20(45 35c; long wool, 8060c; tallow, good to choice, 833),o . per pound. COBDAU. Manilla) rope. 1 Ja' in. cir. and ud. 10c : ' manilla rope, 12-thread, diam., lOtc ; ' manilla rope, 6 and B-thread, and 6-18 diam., 11c; manilla bail rope, in coils or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yarn, ' tarred, 9c; manilla hawser-laid rope well boring, etc., 13c; manilla transmission-' of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine. lie; manuia spring twine, icj sisai rope, lii in. cir, and upward, 7c; sisal ' rope, 12-thread, K diam., 7?c; sisal rope, 6 and 9-thread, land 6-16 diam., 8Jic; sisal lath yarn, tarred, Ttfc; hin- . vine twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine,