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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FKIDAY, MAY II, 181M.
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THE ASTORIA ROAD.
Money on Hand' for Its Im.
mediate Construction.
LUCID PROSPECTS FOR THE LINE
A lUire.nUtlv of French m.d Oer
tnnn Nyuillct, Wanla to Cu1.1111.11ce
Work at Onca-I'metleiil Holullon of
Mll.li-Ilarjua.ed I'rohlrm.
roiiTLAND. The pronjiect or railroad
lietWDen Aetori and Portland ii at lut
very bright. M. l.ntn, who reprvvent a
French and (ierinan nyndiraU1, lia been
In 1'ortland arid Antorla for levoral daya
with K. h, Dwyer and othera, who are
intercatvd In the enterprise, and. he and
hia aniKidatea have beim InveatiKating
and coniiderfiig the varioui propoHitloni
for a railroad connecting Astoria with
Portland. The renult Is that Mr. I.utz
haa lubmitUd to the people of Antorla a
nropiwltlon to iiiimedintely build a road
from Antoria to (ioble Uxn condition
that they put in proper form for delivery
to the syndicate reiirc.enteil by him the
title to the land snlmidieR at Astoria and
Klavi'l heretofore olfered (or tliecoiiBtrtic
tlon of aiicli a road. Kai therinore the
IMsiple of Astoria are retiircd to obtain'
ami give the full anil free right of way
from Astoria to Uoble, and a contract
for traffic arrangements with the North"'
ern 1'acillc between (ioble and Portland
Is also to be furnished. It is stated that,
If thrse conditions are complied with,
the road will be built at once, as the
money can be immediately obtained for
this purpose. It is Iwlieved that this of
fers a practical solution of this inucli
discuMted problem and will secure the
construction of a railroad that will he of
equal advantage to Portland and Astoria.
It will be an independent line between
the two cities, and it is profoiied to han
dle the business of all roads on equal
terms.
OKKAT 8CHKMK.
A Spokane Man's I'lan Whereby He Can
Ulvo Work to All. . ...
Tacoma. I C. Dillman, a prominent
business man of Spokane, is in tho city
maturing a scheme whereby lie proposes
to make a big stroke toward developing
Central Washington and at the same
time offer work to all the unemployed
laborers In the State. The scheme is to
dig three big Irrigating ditches and pay
the employes their board, clothing and
eipenses and the balance of their wages
In Interest-bearing bonds secured by
lands along the ditches. Mr. Dillman
has two associates J. M. Buckley of
Hpokane and II. II. Smith of this city.
They have an option on 00,000 acres of
Nortltern Pacific railroad land in Central
Washington, and propose that the Cham
bers of Commerce of Tacoma, Seattle
and Spokane shall each appoint one per
son, the six making a Board of Directors
to manage the company's all'alrs. The
company, if organised, Is to contract for
the purchase of these 1)0,000 acres and
at once sell enough on long installments
with a small cash payment to tay in stu
ficient tools and provisions to set the
men at work. Mr. Dillman says the land
ia to be taught by the company at very
reasonable rates, lie ininics me enier
nrise is already assured. One ditch will
extend from Priest Kapids toward Pros-
ser Falls on the west side of tne Uoium
bia river and water 30,000 acres: the
second extends from Wallula to Aina
worth, embracing 10,000 acrert, and the
third leaves Snake river near uiparia at
the crossing of the Union 1'acillc rail
mad, and traverses the Eureka Fiat
through 45,000 acres.
NO NEW THING. (
An Indian Rebellion in tho State, of
. Sonera and Slnaloa., ,
Riw Tikno. Information was received
from Knsenyada, capital of I-ower Cali
fornia, fc few days ago that two compa
nies of Mexican trooDS had been ordered
to embark at once for Guaymaa. At first
it was thought to be only an unimportant
.,r... nf imwim Vml latnr ilAvAlnnmenta
of a startling nature go to show that
there is urgent need lor troops in me
States of Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico,
where the native Yaquis are in a state of
rebellion. Advices received per steamet
Carlos Paoheco say that the expedition
recently sent against the rebellious na
tives has been defeated with great Iohb,
and that several have been captured and
put to torture. Governor Torres is mil
itary commander of that sone, and is
known to be a brave and intrepid officer.
This movement of troops from Knsen-
l. ln.llaA . I. -1 flntormlllAfl oxno-
jwta liniamm V ' -
dition against the Yaquis has been out
lined, and Hie troops aye u.iii(iiiuuiiiu
at different points. ,
ri'HMC LANDS BKSTOKKD.
The Heeord or the Court of Frlvato
, .- . - Land Claim.
"' ft a NT a Fa. The United States Court
of Trivate Ijtnd Claims, which has just
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closed its session pore, cusposeu oi iiur
teeh grant claims-four in Arln and
the others In New Mexico having a to
tal area of 1,875,202 acres. The court
confirmed to private ownership 806,627
acres, and held 1.500,000 as being gov
ernment land. Among the larger grant
so held to be void and public domain
were the Babocoroari grant in Arirona
for 128,000 acres, the Uervasio-Nolan
grant in New Mexico for 675,000 acres
and the Corpus Christi grant in Colorado
for OWI.OOO acres. The court in passing
upon the Arisona grants held that those
made by the State of Sonora were void
also that the grants made by the Inten
delites subsequently to Hbruary 24, 1821,
the date of the plan of Ignala, were void.
This will leave only three claims in Ari
sona that can possibly be conlirmed. .
TO SKIX MKW8PAPEI18.
Call mid Bulletin of Ban Vranolaeo Will
V bo Offered for Sale.
' Sam Francisco. An action has been
begun In the Superior Court that will
probably rtsult W radical changes in the
management ef two of San Francisco's
leading daily newspapers. George K.
Fitch, the surviving partner of the late
taring Pickering and the late James W.
Simonton in the ownership of the Morn
ing Call and K veiling Bulletin, filed s
petition pravlng for the appointment of
a receiver of the Call and Bulletin prop
erties. He asks that the receiver so
appointed be ordered to sell the Call
property and ten days subsequently to
sell the Bulletin at public auction or pri
vate sale to the highest bidder for cash.
Mr. Fitch asks for a final accounting be
tween all the parties in interest. It is
said that strained relations between Mr.
Fitch and It. A. Carothers, who repre
sents the Pickering interests, is the cause
of Fitch's application for a receiver.
LIMIT HAS KXPIKKD.
Chlnrao Who Have Not Compiled With
Iba Law MuliJt to Importation.
San Fuancihco. The period within
which Chinese residents of the United
Slates are required by law to register in
order to avoid deportation baa expired,
and all Chinese coolies hereafter who are
without proper certificates of residence
will be liable to arrest. If the great mass
of Chinese In San Francisco have com
plied with the law, the total numlier of
registrations will lie about 47,000, which
is within 8,0X of the total Chinese po
ulation of the district. A large part of
this 3,000 comes under the head of "ex
empts," being merchants or other than
laborers, and will suffer no penalty, so
that very few Chinese are left who have
not complied with the law. Collector
Welborn has not manjied out his plan of
campaign against these few, but will
wait instructions from Washington. A
further appropriation will be necessary
to cover the deportation expenses.
Definition of a Chine. e Merehant.
San Fbakcihco. Judge Morrow of the
United States Court in a decision defined
what constitutes a Chinese merchant.
Qnan Gin, a Chinese who claimed to bo
a merchant, had been detained on the
steamer Belglc at this Krton her return
from China. Commissioner Peacock de
cided in favor of Quan Jin, and the case
was appealed. Judge Morrow held that
a Chinese claiming to be a merchant and
making application for entrance into the
United States on the ground that he was
formerly engaged in this country as a
merchant, is required by the act of No
vember 3, 1803, to establish by the testi
mony of two credible witnesses other
than Chinese that the applicant was en
gaged in business at a fixed place, and
that it waa conducted in his name at
least one year before his departure, so
that during the year lie was eniraired in
no manual labor. (Juan Gin cannot an
swer these requirements : so he was or
dered deported.
failure at Stockton.
Stockton. II. O. Sonthworth, one of
the best-known business men of this
city, has filed a petition in insolvency.
lie ia a member of the firm of Sonth
worth & Grattan, but the failure does
not affect the business, as his interest
waa transferred for the benefit of cred
itors last January and is now in the con
trol of his partner, who is wealthy. Mr.
Sonthworth gives his indebtedness at
$234,000, but lie includes claims against
corporations on which he as a director is
a surety, which reduce his individual
debts to 1100.000. The available assets
amount to $155,000. Accommodation to
his friends and a drop in real property
account for the failure.
Mrs. Bhattuok Found Guilty. .
San Fbancisco. The jury in the case
of Mrs. Jane Shattuck, who was on trial
here for over two weeks, charged with
the murder of Harry Poole, came in with
a verdict of murder in the first degree,
and fixed her punishment at imprison
ment for life. It is reported that nine
members of the jury stood out for sev
eral hours, insisting that the death pen
alty should be inflicted. Mrs. Shattuck
shot and killed Harry Poole, a young
man who waa heir to an estate of about
$100,000, because of his refusal to marry
her daughter, Truly Shattuck, who is
recognised to be the prettiest girl in the
Tivoli chorus. '
' . ' School Tax Lerjr.
Olympia. The following list indicates
the tax levy in the various counties oi
the State for the current year for the
support of common schools: Adams 4
mills, Asotin 6, Chehalis 3, Clallam 4,
Clarke 4, Cohimhla 4, Cowliti 3S', lug
las 5, Franklin 2 Garfield 8, Island 2,
Jefferson 3, King jy,. Kitsap 4, Kittitas
3, Klickitat 6, Lewis 4, Lincoln 5, Ma
son 6, Okanogan 4, Pacific 51-5, San
Juan 6, Skagit 4, Skamania 5, Snohom
ish 2, Spokane 4, Stevens 3, Thurston
3 1-5, Wahkiakum 4, Walla Walla 4,
Whatcom 3, Whitman 4l4, Yakima 4.
Judge Bellinger Hare Out Chlneae.
Portland. United States District
Judge Bellinger has ruled in the case of
Lee Hing, seeking admission into the
United States, that all Chinese who had
left the United States after the McCreary
act was passed should have taken the
precaution to observe all the require
ments of that law as stated, and that
they could not now gain admission by
claiming they were not posted as to its
provisions. The ruling will bar out a
number of Chinese now in port awaiting
admission. '
. Pauper Japs Sent Back,
Whatcom. Immigration Inspector
Gonrley has taken into custody three
more of the Japs who reached Vancou
ver recently on the steamer Mogul. One
job lot of nineteen was sent back across
the line about two weeks ago after hav
ing walked over here from Vancouver,
but they again came over along the line
of the Lake Shore and Has tern, and
were sent back a second time. All came
under the provision oi the pauper immi
gration law,
Tfco Prlaoner,' Work.
OiiYMPiA. J, H. Coblentx, Warden of
the Walla Walla penitentiary, reports to
Auditor Grimes that the jute mill at the
State's prison In the month of April
made 170,316 grain bags and 2,350 wool
bans. The latter were made to meet the
demand of the wool growers. There is
stock on hand as follows t 900,000 grain
bags. 1,005 wool bags, 500 ore bags, 1,008
oat Dags, 6,680 pounds of five-ply fleece
twine and 10,753 yards of hop cloth.
Portland Bank Resumes.
Portland. The Portland Savings
Bank, which was closed during the
financial crash of last July, has resumed
business. As an evidence of confidence
in the stability of the bank many new
deposits were received. , .,
AN OFFER TO ENGLAND
The Cramps Ask Leave to Bid
on New War Ships.
OFFER TO BUILD TWO OE tfORE.
A Letter to the Secretary of the Admi
ralty of Oreat Britain Submitting tho
Proposition for Consideration Tele
gram. From Beyond tho Koekles. ;
PiiiLAOKLPiiiA. When questioned
about report from London that the
William Cramp & Sons' Ship and. En
gine Building Compn-y had proposed to
the Admiralty to bid for the construc
tion of some of the new ships to be built
for the British navy onder the program
for the current year, Charles II. Cramp,
President of the company, said: "Such
is the case, and it is not a secret. In
the ordinary course of business I ad
dressed a letter to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, offering to build two or more
ships under their program, and I have
official acknowledgment of its receipt,
which is simply a statement by the Sec
retary that he has laid my proposal tie
fore the Board of Commissioners.". Mr.
Cramp's letter to the Secretary of the
Admiralty is as follows: "Sir: I have
seen in public print that there is under
contemplation a ship-building program
for the increase of her Majesty's navy.
Congress seems disinclined at this, time
to pursue in any adequate degree the
construction of an American navy; hence
we are free to accept orders from other
governments. These considerations im
pel me to address you for the purpose of
asking opportunity to make tenders for
the construction of two or more of the
proposed new ships. The success which
has attended our work for the American
navy and the remarkable performance of
propelling machinery we have made
speak for themselves. Our development
of the most approved appliances and de
vices in hulls and machinery haa been
so marked as to attract the attention of
the naval architects and engineers on
Die continent as well as in Great Brit
ain. Offering the New York, the Co
lumbia and tiie Indiana as object lessons,
we do not shrink from comparison with
your best builders. It is not necessary
to discuss in detail the question of price,
but I will say that for vessels of the
highest type our figures would bear scru
tiny with those of the concerns princi
pally employed in. contract work lor her
Majesty. If you will favor me with
schemes and plans of say two of the most
important battle shipsor cruisers in your
program, I will promptly offer suitable
tender for their construction."
UKCAUKNCK OF MONMOUTH.
Threat, to Sell tho Old Baelng Property
for Taiea.
New York. Monmouth Park has '!
ten into hard lines. The Sheriff of Ion
mouth county threatens to sell the racing
association property for non-payment of
last year's taxes, amounting to I-J,ww.
and the chance of giving a race meeting
over its magnificent stretches before the
reform element is sidetracked in New
T I. nn In t.hnnunrl. BeSHn-
ning to-day, all the salaries paid to offi
cials from manager down win ceuw,
the only employes retained will be a few
private watchmen. The discontinuing
i oirae wnnM nmhablv invali
date the insurance on the costly im
provements at the new tracx ana- ira
buildings at the old. The New York of-
.. XldHiann aivannA and TwentV-
seventh street will also shortly be aban
doned. Mortgaged lor only awo.uw,
association would have weathered the
hard times had racing been permitted in
New Jersey. The stakes that closed
during 1802-3 may be run off at Morris
Park the coming season or declared off
at the option oi the officials. The first
mors age bonds amount to $300,000 , and
the second to $160,000. It is under
stood that the Withers estate holds a
controlling interest in both issues. ; For
a dozen years Monmouth and old Jerome
were the only courses of note in the
Kast. Then Coney Island, Brooklyn and
L.'orris Park Bhelved Jerome and politics
gave Monmouth its death blow. '
SOME MEW LEGISLATION.
Illll Introduced Providing for a Change
In Our Financial Byatem.
" Washington. Brookshire of Indiana
has Introduced in the House a bill pro
viding for pome comprehensive changes
in our present financial system. The
bill provides, that no greenbacks shall be
issued of a smaller denomination than
$10 ; that not over one-fourth in value of
the amount of circulation issued to. na
tional banks shall be of a less denomi
nation than $10; that coin certificates
shall be issued instead of silver certifi
cate., gold certificates and the Treasury
notes under the act of July. 1890. ;The
bill provides for the issue of coin certifi
cates on all the gold and silver coin and
gold bullion in the Treasury in excess of
$100,000,000 of gold, which is held as a
reserve for the redemption of greenbacks.
The bill also provides for the issue of
coin certificates on all of the silver seign
iorage bullion not exceeding $1 for 471.
? trains of pure silver, and that it shall
e the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay out these coin certifi
cates in discharge of all the obligations
of the United States, except such as are
made expressly payable in coin. More
over, the bill provides that the owner of
coin, gold and silver, may deposit the
same with the Treasurer of any sub
treasury of the United States in the sum
of $10 or any multiple thereof and re
ceive coin certificates in lien of the same.
TaeNew Comet.
Gb.nb.va, N. Y. The new Australian
con et, which has come far enough
north to be visible in this latitude, was
obgi rvel by Prof. Brooks last night in
rigl t ascension 7 hours 38 minutes, south
declination 18 degrees 40 minutes. The
comet is large, round and quite bright,
telescopic, without tail, and travels three
degrees daily in a northeasterly course.
Carnegie Steel Fraud. ;
Washington. Attorney Wallace of
Pittsburg, who represents the informers
in the Carnegie steel frauds, haa returned
to Washington armed, so he says, with
a number of affidavits showing addi
tional frauds. These affidavit- were
asked for by Secretary Herbert and
promised by Mr. Wallace in support of
his allegations. . .
NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS.
The Guatemalan Minister haa received
a dispatch confirming the news of the
revolution in San Salvador. He stated
that the Guatemalan government has
been and will remain neutral in this
emergency, as it did during the last
trouble between Honduras and Nicara
gua. Secretory Carlisle has transmitted to
the House a recommendation for an ap
propriation of $8,600 for better guarding
the Seal Islands against poachers and
for improvements to the islands. The
amount includes $1,0C0 for fifty Win
chester rifles and ammunition and $2,000
for nine telephones to connect the agency
with the guards at the various rookeries.
Representative Bell (Pop.) of Colorado
has introduced a joint resolution to pro
vide for the appointment of a joint Con-
? sessional committee " to devise means
or the employment of the idle men of
the country, restrict immigration, start
np our mines, increase the currency and
prohibit the issuing of interest-bearing
bonds without the authority of Congress
and for other purposes."
United States Ambassador Runyon at
Berlin is making an effort to head off an
increase in the tariff on cotton-seed oii.
The Bundesrath recommended that the
tariff be increased from 4 to 10 marks
per 100 kilogrammes. As nearly all of
the imported oil comes from this coun
try, Mr. Runyon addressed himself to
the foreign office, and waa informed that
it was improbable that measures would
be adopted by the Reichstag before the
adjournment ef the session.
The regular monthly statement of the
public debt issued by the Secretary of
the Treasury shows the aggregate of in
terest and non-interest bearing debt to
have been at the close of business on
April 31 $1,017,656,979, exclusive of $619,
989,795 in certificates and Treasury notes,
which are offset by an equal amount of
cash in the Treasury. The interest
bearing debts amounted to $634,041,380;
the debt bearing no interest, $380,648,
569, and the debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity, $1,862,030. The
increase in the debt for the month of
April was $1,160,971.
Postmaster-General Bissell has formu
lated a policy of barring saloonkeepers
and bartenders from appointment as
postmasters. In accordance with this
plan, where there are several candidates,
the fact that many of them have busi
ness dealings with saloons will be given
weight, and other candidates will be
given preference in making appoint
ments. Postmaster-General Bissell said:
" It is not a temperance question nor
moral question ; it is a business question
particularly, and the Postoffice Depart
ment is a business institution. From
observation and experience I am con
vinced any man directly or indirectly in
terested in the liquor business is in a
measure unfitted by his occupation, and
his interest in that businees necessarily
interferes with a full discharge of such
official duties in any branch of the postal
service."
Congressional salaries for April became
due on the 4th instant; so the members
had their first experience with the new
procedure of docking for absenteeism.
Up to that night 213 members had filed
their certificates showing the number of
days, if any, thev had been absent. On
that day about fifty certificates were put
in, leaving about 100 unaccounted for.
The great majority of members certify
they have not been absent "at all, and
most of those who certify to absence
limit the period to one or two days. At
this rate the total deductions will be
small. Representatives are showing an
uneasiness in making out certificates, as
there is nothing behind their word of
honor to show how many days they have
been absent. They feel reluctant to sur
render a part of their salaries, and yet
are bound in honor to report the days
for which deduction should be made.
McPhereon, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs, has favorably re
ported to the Senate from that commit
tee the amendment to the naval appro-t
priation bill authorizing the construction
of twelve new torpedo boats. The amend
ment provides that the cost shall
not exceed $200,000, and they shall be
capable of making twenty-five knots per
hour. A premium of $8,000 is to be
added for speed in excess of twenty-five
knots, and a penalty of that amount in
case the speed of the boat falls below
twenty-five knots. Eight of the boats
are to be conetracted east of the Rocky
Mountains and four on the Pacific Coast.
The Secretary of the Navy in a letter to
Chairman McPhereon says he would be
glad if Congress should determine to
authorise the construction of these boats.
He recommends the appropriation of $1,
000,000 in case the construction of the
boats ia authorized. . .
Attorney-General Olney has replied to
a request from the House calling for in
formation as to whether or not stock
holders of the Central Pacific and West
ern Pacific Railroad Companies, or the
successors of them, or the assignees of
such stock holder?, are liable in an v man
ner to the government for reimburse
ment of the United States for bonds is
sued by the authority of Congress in aid
of the building of those roads. The
Attorney-General says he is not in pos
session of anv facte bearing on the sub
ject, and continues : " If the resolution
is to be construed as calling for an offi
cial opinion on the legal liability of
stockholders, I find myself without au
thority to accede to the request. It has
uniformly been held by my predecessors
from the beginning of the government
that the Attorney-General is not permit
ted to give legal advice at the call of
either House of Congress or of Congress
itself."
The subcommittee of the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce, consist
ing of Senators Gorman, Camden and
Cullom, to which was referred the bill to
permit railroad pooling, has reported the
bill back to the eommittee with impor
tant amendments. By one of these that
portion of the bill authorizing the Inter
state Commerce Commission to modify
a pooling contract between railroads,
which in the opinion of the Commission
ers enforces unreasonable rates or unjust
discriminations, and giving the commis-,
Bion the power to enforce such an order,
ia stricken out. A substitute ia sug-
gested, which provides that such an or-'
der shall be made only after investiga- j
tion. Instead of giving the commission 1
authority to proceed to enforce the order
the amendment authorizes an appeal to
the Circuit Court of the United States
either by the commission or any person
interested. The court is authorized In
such cases to grant a temporary injunc
tion, and is required to hear and deter-
mln. Ik. mall., mm . w 1 1 1 n . . M.ailila
giving it priority over other business oi
the court An appeal to the United States
Supreme Qoqr$ hi also provided for. ? 1
TIIE BANCO ROMANO.
Not Only Its Officers, But Pol.
iticians, Involved.
ITS DIRECTORS ARE ON TRIAL.
A Large Part of tho Money of tho Bank
I Said to H.t. Been Given to Politi
cian, to Secure The'r Support Other
Intemtlng Foreign New.
Romi. The trial of the directors and
officers of the Banco Romano has begun
in the Court of Assizes. It involves not
only officers of the bank, but politicians,
whose standing prior to the flight of in- California flat, ll12c; Swiss, iin
rector Cucilello with 2,600,000 lire be- ported, 8032c; domestic, 1618c per
longing to the Rome branch of the Bank pound.
of Nap.ee was very high. The Invest!- 3 per doz
gation last year of the affairs of the 'en; broilers, $3.004.60; ducks, 6.00
Bank of Naples showed a deficit of 3,000,-
000 lire in the account with its Rome
branch, the sum having been paid out
in the course of several years without
any other than political consideration.
The investigation, which covered all the
i 1 i. i .... n.mu. r. i
'TS'rTL-Tij".
tne omer insutuiions. in. canu ueucit
of the Banco Romano was .28,600,000
ire, and tJefKn" California lettuce, 26c per dozen; pre
issne since 1883 had reached 64,000.000 . hthonB- w. 35a50c: cauliflow-
lire. Alargepartoi tms money is said "2.76 per crate, $1.00 per dozen; pars
to have been given to prominent poll ti-, fe'perMoaen itrin Jbeans, 17c per
nam n nnfar tn neerirA their election . K.r-"-, - o f.
and support. Signor Tanlengo, Gov-;
ernor of the Banco Romano; Cesare
Lazzarroni, the cashier of the bank ; Sig-)
nor Monsillo Zammarano and three
others were arrested in connection with
this disclosure, but Lazzarrom, Tanlengo
ngO
and other, were acquitted. The scandal
resulted in the appointment of an offi
m.
cial committee to investigate the whole
subject. The commission reported last
November, involving Pietro Laxava,
Minister of Commerce, and the follow
ing Deputies: Count M.icliele Amadoir,
formerly Under Srvrrtary of State; Pie- .
tro del Belchio, a close friend of ex
Premier Giolitti : Fiilippe Gavallini,
Duke Gennaro di San Dan to: Augusto
Alias!; Baron Giovanni Nicoltera, Min
ister of the Interior under Crispi ; Sig
nor Bruno Chimirri, ex-Minister of Ag
riculture and of Justice and a number
of others. The prosecution of the di
rectors and officers of the Banco Romano
was then ordered. j
SCARE IN SAMOA.
A Renewal of the Fight With the Na
tive Feared. ,
Auckland. Advices received here
from Samoa say that a body of Atna
warriors, who were marching on Apia,
caused a great scare April 22. As soon
as the news reached the authorities a
force of government troops was sent to
intercept the advancing warriors. The
government troops remained out all
night, but the rebels were not found.
When these advices were forwarded from
Samoa the situation was still uncertain,
and a renewal of the fight was feared.
The negotiations of the foreign Consuls
vrirfi thA natipAa nf AtriA And Aana are .
likely to prove fruitless, as several of the
conditions on eacn siae nave aireaujr
been broken. Numerous parties of Atna
warriors, who recently started out to
join the rebels of the Savau allies of the
government, have not yet returned to
their homes. The British cruiser Caroca
arrived at Samoa April 21.
Japan and Hawaii.
Vancocvb, B. C Oriental advices
per Empress of China say that an im
perial ordinance waa promulgated on
April 12, which sets forth the terms of
the new treaty entered into between Ja
pan and Hawaii. The treaty of 1871 is
abrogated, Hawaii thereby surrendering
extra-territorial jurisdiction. In future
Japanese subjects shall receive the same
treatment aa Hawaiian citizens with one
exception ; the privilege of owning real
estate is withheld.
Panama Canal Company Benefited.
Paris. The court has confirmed the
arrangement by which the executors of
Baron de Reinach will pay 1,166,000 and
and Dr. Cornelius Hera 1,600,000 francs
to the liquidators of the Panama Canal
Company. The adoption of this arrange
ment will put a stop to the extradition
proceedings against Dr. Hen, who ia in
England. . .
Step In the Right Direction. .
London. In the House of Commons
the church patronage bill passed its sec
ond reading. The bill stops the sale of
the next presentations to church livings,
places restrictions upon all sales of liv
ing and empowers the Bishops to pre
vent improper persons from being insti
tuted in benefits. Sir William Harcourt
regarded the bill as a step in the right
direction. ' - -'
An Unlucky Number.
Liege. Thirteen anarchists have been
arrested for their connection with the
explosion of dynamite at the residence
of Dr. Benson in the Rue de la Paix. It
is believed the infernal machine was in
tended for Judge Benson, who lived in a
different part of the street. Dr. Benson
was terribly wounded.
Cholera in Ruuian Poland. . .
Sr. Petebbbcxo. As cholera has re
appeared on the frontier of Russian Po
land, the government has resumed the
publication of bulletins. A bulletin just
issued says there were 170 cases of chol
era and ninety-one deaths in the Empire
between April 18 and May 1.
Tho Position of Germany.
London. The Standard's Berlin cor
respondent says that the German gov
ernment has not the slightest thought of
abandoning Samoa to England or New
Zealand. Everything points, he says, to
the continuance of the present system
of triple control. . j
Speaker Peel to Retire.
LoNDON.--Arthnr Wellesley Peel, the
Speaker of the House of Commons, is to
retire." It is expected that be will be el
evated to the peerage with the title of
Viscount., : - ' .
. Will Rnlo Again fa Awhtlo.
' BxLeeAn,-Tbe civil tribunal has ap
proved King Alexander's proposal to
make ex-King Milan Regent during the
six months of his tour abroad,
THE PORTLAND MARKET.
WMAT-Valley, 85c; Walla Walla, 75
77c per cental.
LOUB, FEED, BTO.
Floob Portland, $2.55; Salem, $2.55;
Cascadia, $2.55; Dayton, $2.55; Walla
Walla, $2.90; Snowflake, $2.65; Corvai
lis, $2.65; Pendleton, $2.66; Graham,
$2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats White, 3435c per bushel ;
gray, 8234c; rolled, in bags, $6.76'ij
6.00; barrels, $6.00(86.25; in cases, SoYo.
MiLLSTurrs Bran, $1618; shorts,
$16(J18; ground barley, $2022; chop
feed, $1616 per ton ; whole feed barley,
$17 per ton ; middlings, $2328 per ton;
chicken wheat, 65c$1.00 per cental.
HAr-Oood, $1012 per ton.
DAIRY1 PBOD0CB.
Bdttbb Oregon fancy creamery, 20(3
22c; fancy dairy, 1517ic; fair to
good. 12X 14c ; common, 10c per pound ;
California, 8040c per roll.
Cubbsb xoung America, lztgioc;
6.00; geese, $8.00; turkeys, live, 14c per
pound; aresseo, loc ;
VKQETABLRS AND FRUIT. v
VxaxTABLKS Cabbage, ljc pei
pound; new California, lLc; potatoes,
Oresron (buying price), 4045c per sack ;
new potatoes, 2Sc per pound ; oniona
. I ! I nAnn . n.Ult A.
; fbuv ine price).
rice), 4c per pound ; sweet po-
. - -ti -Kriii, k..x
?lShokea
,7o(si; per dox; v;ainornu cel
ery, 8590c; artichokes, 60c per dozen;
rvniind: asDaratrus. Sl.261.35 per box;
rhubarb, lX2e per pound; peas, $1.60
per box; cucumbers, $1.25 per dozen;
Oregon hothouse, $1.26 per dozen. t
I Fmirrr California fancv lemons. $3.25
4.00; common, $2.003.00; Sicily,$5.00
-r V U ,1 7R9. fiil nar
'- ?SSSoWtonil
' a-: . i
naval nranirefl. t3.00i33.50 per box : seed
lings, $1.752.00; Rose, $2.763.25;
Malta blood,$3.00; apples (buying price),
green, $1.0001.25; red, $1.2501.76 per
box; strawberries, $1.752.00 per 15
pound crate.
CANNED GOODS.
Camnbd Goods Table fruits, aseorted,
$1.762.00; peaches, $1.7502.00; Bart
lett pears, $1.7602.00; plums, $1.37X0
1.60, strawberries, $2.252.45; cherries,
$2.2602.40; blackberries, $1.8602-00;
i nop berries, $2.40; pineapples, $2,250
2.80; apricots, $1.66. Fie fruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.0001.20: blackberries, $L25OL40 per
dosen. Pi fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.1503-50; peaches, $3.6004-00; apri
cots, $3.6004.00; plums, $2.7603.00;
blackberries, $4.2504.60.
Meats Corned beef. Is, $1.50; 2b,
$2.25; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, Is,
$3.60; 2s, $6.7507.00; deviled ham, $1.60
02.76 per dosen; roast beef, Is, $1.60;
28, $2.26.
Fish Sardines, , 75cO$2.25; t,
$2.1804-60; lobsters, $2.3003.50; sal
mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.2501-50; flats,
1.76;2-lbe, $2.2602.60; -barrel, $5.60.
STAPLE gbocebies.
Coffee Coeta Rica, 23c ; Rio, 22023c ;
Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 26X028e; Ar
buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound
cases, $23.80 . .. .
. Dwed Fruits 1893 pack, Petite
prunes, 68c; silver, 1012c; Italian,
n . . Aain..
BCgluc; tierman, oigoc; piuwa, uwxuv.
evaporated apples, 8ai0o; evapora
apples, 8(3 iuc; evapomvou
apricots, 15016c; peaches, UOtc;
SSSTSk 5.60; lOOs.
$16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.6009.50.
Eybop Eastern, in barrels, 4055c;
in hali barrels, 4267c; in cases, 350
60c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 20040c per gallon; $1.75 per
oab D, iXc; Golden 0, 4c; extra
C,6c; conlectioners' A,6o; drygran
nlatod, 6c; cube, crushed and pow
dered. 6,o per pound; o per pound
discount on all grades for prompt cash ;
maple sugar, 15016c per pound.
Rice No. 1 Sandwich Island, $4,600
4.76; Japan, $5.0005.26. -
Beans timall white, No. 1, 3Jc; No.
2, 3c ; large white, SJc ; pea beans, SJtf c ;
Eink, 3c; bayou, 3!tfcj butter, 8c;
ima, 4)6c per pound.
Pickles Barrels, No. 1, 2830c per
gallon; No. 2, 2628c; kegs, 6e, 85c per
keg; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen; quar
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen. -
6piceb Whole Allspice, 18020c per
pound; cassia, 1618c; cinnamon, 22
40c; cloves, 18030c; black pepper, ISO
22Lc; white pepper, 20025c; nutmeg,
75t80c
Raisins London layers, boxes, $1.76
2.00? halves, $2.0026; quarters,
$2.2502.75; eighths, $2.6003.00. Loose
Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced,
$L75; bags, S crown, 46e per pound;
4 crown, 65Kc. Seedless Sultanas,
boxes, $1.7602.00; bags, 68c per
pound. -
LTVB AND DBB6SBD KEATS.
Beef Top steers, $2.5002.76; fair to
good steers, $2.0002.26; cows, $1.75
2.00; dressed beef, 46c per pound.
Motton Beet sheep, $2.25; ewes,
$2.00.
Hogs Choice heavy, $4.00; light and
feeders, $3.75; dreesed, 607c per pound.
Veal Small choice, 5c; large, S04o
per pound, . ",
PROVISIONS...- -,!
EaSTKBN 8KOCBD MEATS AND LABD
Hams, medium, 120120 per pound;
hams, large, llOlc; hams, picnic,
ll12c: breakfast bacon. 13 15c; short
dear sides, 9)lle: dry salt sides,
9O10c; dried beef hams, 12 13c;
lard, compound, in tins, 810c per
pound; pure, in tins, 10)tOllc; pigs'
feet, 80b, $5.60; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.25;
kits, $1.25. ,, , ' t
HOPS, WOOL AND HIDES. .
Hops '93s, choice, 12.13c per
pound; medium, 10O12c; poor, neg
lected Wool Valley, 10010)0 per pound;
Umpqua, 10O10ic; Eastern Oregon, 4
07c, according to quality and shrinkage.
. Hides Dry selected prime, 6c; green,
salted, 60 pounds and over, i)4e; under
60 pounds, 2g 3c ; sheep pelts, shearlings,
10(4 15c; medium, 20035c; long wool,
30060c; tallow, good to choice, S3o
per pound.'
' " ' "' ' COBDAGB. '
' Manilla rope, lis in. cir. and up, 10c;
manilla rope, 12-thread, H diam., 10e:
manilla rope, 6 and thread, and 5-16
diam., 11c; manilla bail rope, in coils
or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yarn,
tarred, So ; manilla hawser-laid rope well
boring, etc., 13c; manilla transmission-of-power
rope, 14c; manilla paper twine,
lie; manilla spring twine, 14c; sisal
rope, H in.-cir. and upward, 74c; sisal
rope, 12-thread, X diam., 7c; sisal
rope, 9 and 9-thread, 1 and 6-16 diain.,
8tc; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7Vac; hop
vine twine, tarred, 7o ; si) paper t wijm.
80.
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