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VOL. II.
ST. HELKNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1894.
NO. 25.
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THE OREGON MIST.
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DEEGLE & DAVIS,
Publisher!.
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tiled to sll.iul,
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Meeta every Maluiday iiIkhI al 7 Ml Tmimltiit
biuiliivn In good .teii'llng rur.lUM) luvlied tu
Mini'
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Down river lMtal)eUe al M A, M.
( p rltnr (liuaDi ltWD at . r. M.
Tli wall hit Vsritnuls am) I'lHabiirg leaven
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' Ths'inall lor Maraliland. Clalakaiile anil MI.I
leave. Unluu Mouiiay, WednoMlay and Friday
al Ii a.
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for fonliiud ilnlly iil Himday, ,1 7 A. .,
rlvlitar al Portland at IB. W; retiimlim, lea.
I'oulaurai I p.m.. arrlvlim alHl. Uel.n.ati.
l'KOFKSSIONAL.
JJU II. B. CUrT r
rUVSICIAN and SURGEON.
81. Helena, Orrgoii.
JjU. i. R. HAI.U
PHYSICIAN andSURGKON.
Clatakniik Columlilit comity. Or.
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SURVKVOR and
CIVIL KNfllNEER,
St. Helmut, OreRon.
C.innljr mtrveyor. Liiinl ttrvrylii(t,town
nlatiliiK. nl riKftierlng work promptly
iliine.
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Irilt leave. I'ortland dally, exeept Hnn.lay,
it 7 a M I " reliirniiig, leave. A.l.irla dally, ex-
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d"y. H.lV,'rdyi7on """"'inmAl
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tnrla lliu mornliif bout Pk"J?i",'?AV?Pdv
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and un the Wiwhliigum .Id I ueiday., inur.-
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So i. i. vVoli i arriving t I'mlland at 8 n.
VTO DAYTON AN1 WTV I,ANDINU-Mon.
"Al'LOTUaaHtwm" lv Irom Aih-trt
4 Solentlflo Anarlou
A Aflnoyftr
Ul"l VLr TRAD! MARK.
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a r w oofvntoNT, toJ
BUCKLEY LIMBS
Go Over In a Solid Phalanx to
the Republican Party.
USING tYATEBS AT PORTLAND.
Fonr-rifth. of th Hu.ln... iaetlon I
Flaioded and Hu.lnea Paralvaed
Th t'nluii l-aollle Kntlrely Nu.ind
It I'ortlmid Connection..
I'oUTr.AND, Ou.Tlie flooded dintrict
In thl city in eontUntly exlundlug, and
now cover (our-llftln of the ImeliieH
(Kirtlon nd large part of Nortli I'ort
land, in wliluh a large number of rvl-
(lriice are more or Itwi flixxled. Front
atreet, the wholetialo (lintrkt, ha seven
leetof water on it. The entire whole
rale dUtrii-t ia under water, all the bank
are flooded, and nearly all the retail,
tore and iieven or eight hotel. Bni-
ness is almost naralyxed. Klevated side
walk nave neon mini, ana imau ooois,
nearly 1 000 in number, are in constant
urn in the floo. ed .treets Kxpresi Mrrag-
on are also lwin uT'lV
tion of goods, being driven into the wa-
ter up to the boxea. Many bustnesa
houses and office have Iwen moved to
higher location, some having tjeen com
pelled to move twice. Btocks of goods
have been elevated three or four time
on first floors. The Union PaciAe ha
entirely susended it Portland connec
tions. The Northern Paci He sends pas
sengers bv boat to Helen, fifty-one miles
down the'Columbla, whore rail connec
tion la secured. Houthern Pacific trains
start from Kaat Portland, the Union De
pot having been abandoned. There ia a
l,nav seene of movino: soods and sight
seers in the flooded region. , It is impoa-
silile at this time to estimate tho damage.; 0wn, and is fast being depopulated by a
The loss of business will lie immense. r,uli to Hellgate Canyon on the Colutn
The loss to fishermen on the Columbia bia, twelve miles away, where the pre
is heavy, owing to the fish wheels being t.jol,, mineral is reported to be hidden
swept away. Kalinon-liitliing lias almost
been destroyed, and the season's catch
will l)e mostly lost.
TANS-OKI) KSTATB.
Claim of th Oovarnntsni Wilt be R
lated to tao rulloat K.teiil.
Sam Jons, C At,. Mrs. Jane I-athrop
fiUnford. widow of the late (Senator I-
land Stanford and executrix of hi.es-!
Ute, wan seen the other evening and
asked for her views of the $16,000,000
claim presented bv th Attorney-Uen-eral
of the Uniteil t-tates against the
property now under her charge. She
said: ' 1 think this is only a test case.
Of course, others will be drawn into it.
The burden of the litigation even can
not all be placed on one estate or one
person." Mrs. Stanford was then anked.
if she Intended to resist the claim aa
presented by the Attorney-General. She
said: "Of course, I shall resist it to
the fullest extent of my ability; but
really there I nothing to say in regard
to the future course I shall pursue. I-e-gal
technicalities will lie referred entire
ly to my attorneys," It i believed among
lawyer that the suit of the government
against the estate will have a serious ef
fect upon the university. Kven before
this latest litigation cropped up Mrs.
Stanford had had tome difficulty in rais
ing all the ready money necessary tor
the institution. It is believed also that
several eountie that years ago bought
Central Pacific bonds will be held by the
government responsible for a share of
the debt now sought to be collected.
- ' SMUGGLED OPIUM.'""""""""-"
Praggl.t Clerk Solln.ky Ul.mli.ed at
i Qiiontln.
Sam Fsancisco, Cal. Druggist' Clerk
Sollnsky lias been discharged from his
position at San Quentin by Warden Hale.
The charge against him was smuggling
opium to the prisoner who could pay
for the forbidden luxury; Solinaky on
account of his position had facilities for
carrying on his underground dispensary
and making lota of money out of it; Just
how long he has been carrying on tho
Illicit trade no one knows. Suspicion
was first aroused against him by the
largo number of packages he received at
the prison tlirougli Wells, Fargo 4t Co.
It did not take long to ascertain that
Solinskv wa extremely anxious to keep
the contents of these packages secret
from everybody. A watch was set in
Wells, Fargo & Co.' office in this city,
and the discovery was made that the
packages were sent from Chinatown.
The next step was the certain proof that
the packages contained opium. Sollnsky
through his position had the run of the
cull to And out If the convict were sick.
He wa caught prescribing opium at a
good round sum, and his dismissal fol
lowed. , , --- -
Soma Estimate at Tacoina.
Tacoma, Wash. Railroad men and
other are beginning to estimate, the
damage done by the floods throughout
tlie Northwest. A number of conserva
tive men have placed the amount in the
neighborhood of $6,000,000. Superin
tendent Baxter of the Union Pacific's
Pacific division is quoted as sayins that
it would take ninety days to rebuild the
fifty miles of track washed out between
Troutdale and The Dalles. Railroad
men here think it will take the Great
Northern and Canadian Pacific a month
or so to fully repair thoir tracks and the
Northern Pacific nearly as long.
CUrls Miiokley Turn Republican.
8am Francisco, Cal. The Examiner
prints an Interview with Colonel D, M.
Burns, the latest manager of Republican
societies In San Francisco, in which
Burn states that Chris A. Buckley, the
ex-boss of the Democracy, has become
an out-and-out Republican. Burns states
that Buckley has not only promised to
vote the Republican ticket In November,
but has promised to bring the large po
litical following which he is supposed to
control, vulgarly known as the " Buckley
lamb " Into the Republican fold.
Guarding Against th Black Magna.
Ban Fkancisco, Cal. The health au
thorities of this city are taking great
precaution to prevent the introduction
to this country of the black plague now
prevailing in some parts of China. All
vessels arriving from affected ports will
be thoroughly Inspected and fumigated,
and if there la a suspicion of disease,
the vessel will be quarantined.
NOBTHWEST MOTES.
Wa.lilngton.
Spokane ia contributing liberally to
the Conconully anilerera.
Walla Walla' financial atatement for
May how a net debt of $74,417..
1 Wliatcotn county expect to have thirty-four
mile of iiiankod road by the
end of the year.
Kverett'a offer for the county-neat of
Snohomish county will be twenty twen-ty-tive-Ioot
lots and 30,000 canh.
The survey for the Blaine and Eastern
( is completed, and belief is urofessed that
train will be running by October.
I A. movement has been started in Port
i Townitend having for its object the reor
ganization of the city government under
the general law.
I The Whatcom Board of Trade ha a
committee at work trying to secure the
removal of one of the Oregon City flour
ing mills to that place.
I 1'etitions are being signed at Hoqniam
protesting against the sale of water
bonds now being advertised and pledging
money to fight the sale in the courts.
Twenty-one out of Whatcom county's
seventy-one school districts have an ag-
fregate bonded indebtedness of tl69,itU0.
( thi 188,000 is Whatcom's and $40,000
itlaine'S.
w wll rvmntv lias nairl out 12 -
, J Myfm
, U( of ' , , Bn pher pu .a
it ' rather .llscouraging, but appar-
eiltiv true, that those animal are more
nnuierous than ever.
Walla Walla county's assessment roll
is made n p. It shows for 1801: Jieal
etttate,$l,4ii7,740; personal property, $l.
172,318; improvements, $787,620; toUl,
J2,av)7.67H. This is an aggregate decrease
rom 1803 valuations of (U05,067.
Receiver Flournoy of the Spokane
land office in his report for May says the
total receipts of the office were $1 ,728,
the largest reported for more than ajyear.
The biggest item was $70 for thirty-nine
homesteads, embracing 6,726 acres.
Wilbur has a gold excitement of her
iu the sand in large qnantities. Nobodv
has seen any gold yet, but the report of
syndicate's extensive filings baa pre
cipitated an excitement.
A company has lust been organised in
Ppokane that has lor its object the pur
ciiane of the extensive property of the
Knokane Wafer Comiianv and the mak-
log of vast improvements in the shape
'of flouring mills, saw mills, linseed-oil
-r
potion is capitalized at $750,000.
Alread v over 100 homesteads have been
taken in Klickitat by the Indiana, and
forty patents have been issued to them
by the government. The law doea not
permit them to sell or deed land until
after the lapse of twenty-live years from
the date of the patent issued. The In
dian are permitted to homestead eighty
acres for (arming or 1G0 acres for grazing
purposes, while a squaw at the head of
a family can enter eighty or 100 acres of
land for eaih one of her minor children.
There were mails in the jute mills of
the Washington State penitentiary dur
ing the month of Mav 180,003 grain bags.
1,701 wool bags and 2,239 oat bags. Dur
ing the month the price of grain bags
has been reduced from 7 cents to 6'
cent each. The penitentiary now has
on hand subject to sale : 1,084,385 grain
bags at 6l cents each, C26 wool bags at
7 cents, 2,100 oat bags at 0 cents, 10,763
yards hop cloth at OJ cents per yard
and 6,101 pounds fleece twine, five-ply,
at 6 cents per pound.
In different localities In Eastern Wash
ington threshing is again in operation.
It ia .found that by exercising a little
care in trimming off all the damaged
grain from the tops and sides of the
stacks a pretty fair grade of wheat is ob
tained where the slacks have been well
built. The grain is still a little soft, bat
by scattering the sacks about on boards
or rails for a few days the sun will har
den it. Oakesdaie millmen, who have
been buying some of thi grain, recom
mend this treatment, and say a few days'
hot sun will make it worth at least 6
cents more per bushel.
' , Oregon.'
The hop louse has made Its appearance
at Fairview, Polk county.
Medford has abandoned the idea of
cannons and oratory for July 4.
A summer conference In the interests
of Indian education is called for July 23
to 28 at Salem.
Union county's debt is decreasing
every year. The present levy 19.7 mills
ia the lowest In ten years.
The Pendleton scouring mills have
started np, and already have 360,000
pounds of wool to operate on.
The Pendleton scouring mill uses 1,600
pounds of soap a day. It makes its own
oap, consuming for that purpose some
260 pounds of tallow. This makes a good
home market for tallow. Aa it is, the
tallow lias to be imported from Portland
bv the carload.
'Major Post has taken charge of the
fight to rave the Cascade locks, the gov
ernment standing the expense. Six
trains are running, hauling brush, grav
el, rock and anything that can be utilized
to raise the bulkhead. Some of the cut
stones are being dumped into the works,
and seventy barrels of cement were used
in one day in solidifying the sand and
gravel.
A sixteen-month-old child of Mrs.
Shepp of Ashland tumbled out of a car
window while coming down the Siskiyous
the other day. The train wa moving
about fifteen miles an hour. It was
stopped, and the distracted mother and
train crew rushed back to the rescue and
found the child sitting on the sand pile
where it had fallen, screaming mad, but
not injured in the least.
The storm of last week did consider
able damage to the crops on a narrow
strip of country between the desert and
the gap in the foothills on the Browns
boro road, Jackson county. The precip
itation descended in the form of hail
stones, and several hundred acres of
wheat were completely ruined. The
trip looks like a sunburnt stubble field,
presenting a strange eight, flanked as it
la by fields of beautiful green wheat.
It seems that Harry Dunn, bulletined
somewhat noirily as the first inmate of
the Soldiers' Home, vraa refused admit
tance by the examining board. The Sa
lem Journal is taking np the matter and
making quite a diverting effort to force
an Issue on it. Dunn's "right" name,
it seems, is Sergeant Henry Campbell of
the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Infan
try and a war record of halt a column of
minion. The objection to him la ha 1
able to earn his living.
GRANULAR BUTTER.
Good Butter' Has a Fine, Dis
, tlnct Grain.
FATAL INSTRUCTIONS TO GIRLS.
The Daab Chorch I Tan Tsar Behind
th Tlmea, and Ought to b THrowa
Out of Kvarjr Fano-The Bos or Bar
rel Churn Mora Convenient. '
" flow many boys and girls on the
farm have had an old apron tied around
their waists and been told to churn until
the butter will hold upthedasher? Such
Instruction are fatal to good butter,"
says the Iowa Homestead. " In the first
place the dash churn is ten years behind
the times, and ought to be thrown out
of every farm, even if no more butter is
made than to supply the family table.
The box or barrel churn Is cheap, and it
is so much more convenient and so much
better butter can be made with ft that
there should be no hesitation in discard
ing the old dash churn in its favor. But,
no matter what kind of a churn is Used
never churn until the butter is gathered
in chunks large enough to hold np the
dasher. There are several reason why
this should not be done. One of them
is tiiat the grain is destroyed. Good
butter has a tine, distinct grain, and
when broken show a distinct fracture
like cast iron. If this grain ia destroyed
by overchurning or overworking, the
butter becomes a greasy mixture like
lard, and has a greasy taste. Again it is
necessary that the buttermilk M well
washed out, or the butter will become
strong and rancid in a short time. ' This
cannot be done when the butter is
churned into lumps, so in the latter case
the grain, flavor and keeping quality are
all injured, ine ennrn anouia aiwavs
be stopped when the butter ia in the
form of small granules, ranging In size
from a red-clover seed to a grain of
wheat; then the buttermilk can well be
washed out, and the grain will be unin-
iured if the working is properly-done,
'here is no reason why the farmer should
not make just as fine butter as any one,
provided he will take the trouble to do
ft right." .
BKMKDIKS FOB BOBBBS.
Deaerlptloa of tho Twa Kind That la
feat Fruit Tree.
There are two borers that work in fruit
trees, says Farm and Fireside. One has
a flat head and the other a round head.
They both come from eggs laid by bee
tle. . The beetle of the round-beaded
borer is about three-fourths of an inch
long, and haa two broad, creamy-white
stripes running the whole length of its
body. The beetle of the flat-headed
borer is of a shining greenish-black color,
with its nnder side of a shining coppery
color. This borer attacks the whole
trunk and often the larger branches,
while the former confines its attacks to
the base of the trunk almost entirely.
The beetles lay their eggs in the South
in .May ami at the Norm in June and
July. The beetle of the round-headed
boier generallv lavs its eggs at dusk, and
is hidden during the day. The beetleof
the flat-headed borer is a lively fellow.
Il likes l he hot sunshine, and runs
verv lanidly op aud down the bark in
blight davs, but instantly takes wing if
an attempt is made to capture him.
Nothing can be done to kill Xue eggs, but
a good preventive is to coat the trees
with soft soap, plaster of Paris and pari
green during the time the beetles are
abundant. The soap is distasteful to
the beetles; the plaster of paris makes
it stick, and the paris green will poison
any vonng that may hatch from the eggs.
The 'only way to kill the insects after
they are in the tree is by cutting them
out or running a wire into their burrows.
All trees should be looked over in the
fall and spring and have the borera re
moved. " ' ' '
PACKING PBITIT.
On ol tho Moat Important Problem. Bs
foro the Grower, of To-daj.
Jt often happens that of two fruit
growers whose places join and who raise
fruit that ia every way similar the on
will get good prices that will pay him a
round profit, while the other will scarce
ly cover the cost of gathering and trans
portation, says Column's Rural World.
The difference lies in the matter of han
dling. The one grower carefully stndiet
the markets, grades his fruits, reject
all the culls or imperfect specimens, and
then packs the fruit in an attractive
manner, while the other simply dumps
it into boxes, good, bad and indifferent,
all mixed together. It is not surprising
that nnder such conditions money ii
often lost on shipments. It would in
deed be surprising if this were not so.
Many a reputation has been made by
careful attention to the grades and pack
ing of fruit, and all shippers agree that
this is one of the most important prob
lems before the growers of to-day. It is
a problem which becomes more impor
tant from year to year, as the production
increases, and consequently the compe
tition increases also. As between two
shippers of fruit of equal quality it is
the question of attractive packing that
decides the difference in prices.
Oood Drainage.
There is something about a drain that
the most obtuse farmer couldn't fail to
remark for years past, says Col man'
Rural World, and it is strange that the
lesson taught has not been utilized ear
lier. Every one has observed that the
result of a common tile drain or " blind "
ditch was to produce for a limited dis
tance on either side of the ditch a most
prolific cropof plump and well-developed
grain. It never occurred to them, how
ever, that, if a system of drainage per
meated their fields sufficiently close aa
to allow the influence of the drains to
cover the whole field or farm, that field
or farm would be rich beyond compari
son and practically free from flood and
drouth alike. Of late a few progressive
men have seized the idea, and are now
rejoicing in plentiful crops, orchards an
nually bending with fruit and every ad
vantage of a luxurious and opulent soil,
wttile neighbor with better farm,
equally well tilled, but without draining,
are grumbling over their losses and
threatening to sell out and move to the
PaciUo Coast.
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.
It ha been decided by the Hons
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Cufflraerce to report to the House a bi.l
lor equipment of the Nicaragua canal
by the government for carrying on the
work to completion. Senator Morgan'
measure will be adopted with some
changes advised in committee.
The House has concurred in th Sen
ate bill authorizing the construction of
a bridge across the Monongahela river,
passed the bill extending the time of
payment for purchases of the lands of
the Omaha Inuians and adopted a reso
lution authorizing the payment of $10,
000 from the contingent fund to defray
the cost of the armor-plate investigation.
George Oetyer, Chairman of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the State Debris
Association of California, has complained
to the Interior Department of the ex
tensive damage to lands and streams
caused by hydraulic mining. He asserts
that the debris of that process has re
duced the navigability of the Sacra
mento and Feather rivers at least one
half during the low-water season. The
communication has been referred to the
War Department.
A young crank called at the White
House the other day, and announced
that his purpose was to convert the Presi
dent to the ways of righteousness. This
was the third time he had been at the
White House. The watchman called for
the police patrol, and had him trans
ferred to the third precinct station,
where he is held for examination. His
name is Heffenstein. He is a converted
Jew, and has been delivering extempo
raneous sermons on street corners.
There seems to be no end to the meas
ures introduced in the present Congress
for the protection of the salmon fisheries
of Alaska, but none of them gets farther
than the committee to which it is re
ferred. The latest bill waa proposed by
Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin. It differs
from the others principally in that it
makes provisionsior the re-enactment
of the old law of 1889, with amendments
setting aside certain streams as spawn
ing grounds, giving the Secretary of the
Treasury discretion to limit the duration
of the fishing season and directing the
appointment of an inspector at $250 a
month aud an assistant inspector at $150
a month. Evidently some men up in
Wisconsin have their eye on two fat
joba. ..
The arid-land question, about which
the Western members had much to say
when the agricultural bill was before the
Senate, has been considered by the House
Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands.
A committee consisting of Sweet, Hard
man, Doolittle, Pence and Newland waa
instructed to draw np a general bill on
the lines of the one for the survey of
Idaho lands introduced by Sweet. It
will provide for a survey under the direc
tion of the Secretary of War of arid
lands in the Western States, with the
preparation of maps showing the ditches
or canals and reservoirs needed . for the
reclamation of land, and reports upon tho
water available for irrigation, with esti
mates of the quantity of land possible of
reclamation and of cost. The States of
Montana, Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
the Dakotas and perhaps others will be
in the bill, with a recommendation for
an appropriation of $25,000 for each
State.
It is riven ont that the German Min
ister has notified our government that if
the one-tenth of a cent per pound dis
criminating duty, which has been placed
by the Senate on sugar, is permitted to
become a law Germany will place a re
taliatory duty on pork, lard and other
products now imported from the United
States under reciprocity arrangement.
In view of this notification Secretary
Carlisle has addressed a communication
to the Senate Finance Committee urging
the elimination of this provision of the
Senate bill which operates against any
government allowing a bounty on re
fined sngar. Inasmuch as Germany is
the only competitor of the American
Sugar Trust, this discriminating duty is
levied practically against that country.
Should the Senate comply with Secre
tary Carlisle's recommendation and
strike out the one-tenth of a cent provi
sion, the Sugar Trust will receive a very
black eye. ' -
McGuire of California appeared before
the House Committee on Pacific Rail
roads the other day, making a strong
protest against any funding bill or other
arrangement which would release the
estates of Huntington, Stanford and
others from personal liability to the gov
ernment for the debts of the Central Pa
cific. At his request it was arranged
that himself, ex-Representative, Sumner
of California and the members of th
State delegation in Congress should ad
dress the committee. McGuire took the
position that the failure of the Central
Pacific to pay the debt to the government
was due to the diversion of its earning
to the pockets of the syndicate, which
under the law should have fund cre
ated for the payment of its debts. He
recommended that the government
should proceed by foreclosure or by tak
ing charge nnder the condition of the j
franchise and apply to the court to se
cure the remainder of the debt from the
Huntingtons, Stanford and others.
Weadock inquired if he did not favoi
government ownership, and McGuire
explained his plan for government own
ership of the roadbed and right of way
with trains operated by private partiei
nnder government control.
Attorney-General OIney admits that
claim haa been presented against the
Stanford estate for $15,000,000 as its pro
portion of the debt represented by the
Stanford stock in the Central Pacifir
Company, and explains that it was filed
under the California statutes in order to
prevent the statute of limitations from
running against it. That is, while the
statute of limitations cannot run against
the United States, vet an estate against
which the United States haa a claim may
be probated, settled and divided without
regard to the United States' claim, un
less such claim is filed within the period
Srovided in the State laws for such filing,
itherwise an estate against which the
United Ststes had a possible claim could
never be ic led. Along with his expla
nation got a another that the claim filed
is a contingent claim, inasmuch as the
debt owing by the Central Pacific cor
poration ia not yet due. The law, how
ever, provides that in such a case the
claim may be filed and the executor or
administrator of the estate may set apart
enough of the estate to satisfy the claim
if it be made good against the estate
when it falls due. In the event of the
refusal of the executor or administrator
to do this the court may do it. In this
case the claim is filed at this time to pro
tect all possible interests of the United
States in the Stanford estate growing
ont of the Central Paciflo eenatroction
and iu affair generally.
IN A
Over a Million in Securities
Left by a Miser.
CASTES HARRISON'S ASSASSIN.
Bjr aa Agreement af Conn. el th Trial
a. to the Sanity of Preaderga.t, the
' Slayer of Chicago' Mayor, Wilt Xot
Coma up Cntll Bast Fall.
Chicago, III. Prendergast, the as
sassin of Carter Harrison, will not be
tried as to his sanity during June. By
agreement of counsel the case goes over
nntil next fall. The term of court opens
on September 3. " It has been agreed
that the case shall go over," said State's
Attorney Kern. " The continuance was
agreed to at the request of the defense
after a consultation. There has been no
agreement as to what Judge the case will
come before at the fall term, and I have
no idea now who will preside. Under
the common assignment Judge Chetlain
will again be presiding in the Criminal
Court at that time. There will also, of
course, be other Judges presiding. Bnt,
as I said before, I don't know now who
will try the case." Judge Chetlain said:
" I know absolutely nothing about the
continuance spoken of. None of the at
torneys have spoken to me about the
Prendergast case since the last time it
was in court. As to my taking the mat
ter up and entering the order of contin
uance, I will say the matter will not
come np before me, for the reason that
I shall not then be sitting in the Crim
inal Court.
CROP FAILVBB.
Tha Peopla Sorry T-y Old Hot Leave
tho Buffalo la Possession.
Topkka, Kam. Reports from the west
ern part of Kansas are very discouraging,
and show that wheat in that section will
be a total failure. There was very little
wheat raised wtst of the center of the
State, and unless conditions improve im
mediately there will be no corn raised.
In many counties there has not been any
rain for more than a year, with the ex
ception of light showers. The people of
that section are not well prepared to
withstand another crop failure. Hun
dreds of farmers are without means to
buy provisions to tide them over another
year, and the prospect of another failure
will force many to leave the country.
State Senator Wiloockson of Ixigan coun
ty said that the people of that region
would have to leave and abandon the
J trainee for stock ranches if the crops
ailed again this year. The people have
held on in the hope that climatic condi
tions would change, bnt they will be
forced to leave before another cold win
ter comes. '"
LARGE AMOUNTS INVOLVED.
Ex-Governor Kvana Petition Againat
Union Paciflo Director.
Dknvkb, Col, Ex-Governor John
Evans through his attorneys has filed a
new petition in the Federal Court in the
suit against Oliver Ames and other di
rectors of the U.iion Pacific. The new
bill alleges that September 4. 1803, the
Union Pacific pledged with Drexel, Mor
gan A Co. $100,000,000 in bonds to secure
their note to the amount of $24,000,000,
issued to take up floating indebtedness.
Among other securities pledged were $8,
000,000 in bonds and $13,000,000 in stock
of the Gulf road. In the new petition
John Evans asked leave to bring a suit
against Drexel, Morgan & Co. and the
receiver of the Gulf Company ia the
courts of New York or any other place,
restraining Drexel, Morgan & Co. from
disposing of the Gulf bonds and shares
of stock until the other bonds and stock
pledged in that trust shall be sold.
' - Fortune la a Trunk.
Podohkikpsie, N. Y. Securities to
the value of $1,000,000 were found in a
email trunk near the room in which
William W. Cornell died in this city re
cently. . The securities were placed in a
bank, and the deposition of the estate
came up before Surrogate Dorland. Mr.
Cornell lived in a modest home in Gar
field place. He was 83 years old when
he died. Nobody suspected he had
money. He was the son of Latham Cor
nell of Troy, from whom he inherited an
iron business. He retired thirty years
ago with about $40,000. In the last years
of his life he allowed himself no pleasure
but inspecting the contents of his trunk.
He left no will, and his estate will be di
vided among his heirs-at-law.
Amy Officer, Retired.
: Washington, D. C Eight army offi
cers have just been retired on account ol
disability incurred in the service. They
are Lieutenant-Colonel 8. M. Horton,
Deputy Surgeon-General; Captains M.
E. Tavlor and W. Q. Spencer, surgeons;
Past 'Chaplain S. C. Merrill; Captain
William Conway, Twenty-second Infan
try ; John Anderson, Eighteenth Infan
try; -First Lieutenant H. C. White,
Eighth Cavalry, and Second Lieutenant
Moriarity, Eighth Infantry. As a result
of these retirements only seven of this
year's graduates from the Military Acad
emy are unprovided for this year with
fall appointments to regiments, and
there will probably be other vacancies"
before the end of the year.
, 1 ... :
- To Aecept th Loaa.
New Yobx. The receiver of the
Northern Pacific have unanimously re
solved to accept the loan of $1,000,000
offered by the reorganization committee
of the bondholders for the prompt
payment of the first-mortgage coupons
due July 1. The loan is to be made at
simple interest without commission and
directly to tha receivers, who will act
with the authority of the court and re
pay the same from the net earning of
the month following.
Th Lapwal Kessrvatloa.
Washington, D. C.-The House Com
mittee on Indian Affairs has authorized
a favorable report on tha bill introduced
by Representative Sweet of Idaho to
ratiiy tne agreement lor opening tor set
tlement theLspwai reservation occupied
bv Indians in Idaho. .
THE PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat Export value are nominal at
77 Xc per cental for Valley and 72,75o
per cental for Walla Walla. ,
flouk, raso, aro.
Fiocrs Portland, $2.56; Salem, $2.65
Cascadia, $2.66; Dayton, $2.56; Walla
Walla, $2.90: Snowflake, $2.06; Corval
lis, $2.66; Pendleton, $2.66; Graham,
$2.40; superfine, $2.26 per barrel. '
Oats Whito,37uJ88c per bushel; gray,
35936c; rolled, in bags, $5.760 6.00; m
barrels, $6.00(86.25; in cases, $3.76.
MiLLSTorrs Bran, $10ai8; shorts,
$1618; ground barley, $20.00; chop
feed, $15 16 per ton; whole feed barley,
$17 per ton; middlings, $2328 per ton;
chicken wheat, 65c$1.00 per cental.
Hat Good, $10gl2 per ton. v ,
DAISY PRODUCE.
BuTTEa Oregon fancy creamery, 17W
20c; fancy dairy, X616c; fair to good, '
omic per pound.
Chess Young America, 1215c;
California flat, Ul2c; Swiss, im
ported, 8032c; domestic, 1618c per
pound. .
Eoo Oregon, 1518c per dozen.
Powatbt Chicken, old, $4.50 per dox;
broilers, $3.00(84.00; ducks, $3.50(34.60
per dozen : geese, $6.00(38.00 per dozen ;
turkey, live, 10c per pound; dressed,
12c
VEGETABLES AND FBUIT.
Vaoarr ablbs Cabbage, le per
pound; new California, ljc; potatoes,
Oregon (buying price), 404&c per sack -new
potatoes, f?i2c per pound; onions .
(buying price), 4c per pound; new
onions, $1.60 per sack; sweet po
tatoes, $1.752per box; California eel- ,
ery, 8590c ; artichokes, 35c per dozen ; ,
California lettuce, 25c per dozen; Ore- '
gon hothouse lettuce, 30a40c;cauliflow
er, $2.76 per crate, $1.00 per dozen; pars
ley, 25c per dozen; string beans, 7c
per pound ; asparagus, $1.60 per box;
rhubarb, l2c per pound; peas, $1.60
per box; cucumbers, $1.25 per dozen;
Oregon hothouse, $1.25 per dozen; new "
California tomatoes, $4.00 per 26-pound
orate. ' ,n
Fanm California fancy lemon, $3.25
(83.50; common, $2.00(83.00; Siciiy,$4-00 :!
(34.76 per box; MediterraneAn SweeU, i
$3.003.25; St. Michael, $3.25(33.50 per ,
box; bananas, $1.752.60 per bunch;
Honolulu, $3.0030; California navel
orange (Washington), $3.75(34.00 per
box; seedlings, $2.25(32.76; Oregon
strawberries, 10812Xc per pound; cher-
ries, $1.00 per 10-pound crate for black, .
$1.10(31.25 forRoyalAnn; gooseberries,
3(g4c per pound; apricots, $1.00 per 10
ponnd box ; new cooking apples, 75c per
25-pound box. . - .-
CANNED GOODS. ; r
Oammbd Goods Table fruits, assorted, ,
$1.75(32.00; peaches, $1.76(32.00; Bart
iett pears, $1.76(32.00 ; plums, $1.37.K3
1.50; strawberries, $2.25(32.46; cherries, ,
$2.26(&2.40j blackberries, $1.85(32.00;
laspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.26(3
S.80; apricots, : $1.65. Pie traits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.26; plums,
$1.00(31.20: blackberries $153L40per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, T
$3.16(33.50; peaches, $3.&04.00; apri
cots, $3.604.00; plums, $2.75(33.00;
Uackberriea, $45(340.
Veg stable Tomatoes, $1.10 : per I
dozen ; gallons, $3.003.25 ; asparagus,
$2.25(32.75 per dozen; string beans, .
$1.00(31.10; sugar peas, - $1.00(31.10;
corn, Western, $1.00(31.25; Eastern,
$1.25(31.70. ,
Meats Corned beef. Is. $1.50: 2s,
$2.26; chipped, $2.40; lunch tongue, K
$3.60; 2a, $6767.00; devUed ham, $1.50
gSJftgPer dozen; roast beef, Is, $10;
FM-Sardtaes, Aft, 75c$2.25; Jf, ,
$2.15(34.50; lobsters, $2.3033.60; al-.
mon, tin Hb tails, $1.25(31.60; flats,
$1.76 ;S-lbs, $2.25(320; -barrel, $5.60,
btaplb eaocEaiE. '.'
Coffee Costa Rica, 23c ; Rio,2223c;
Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 26,28c; Ar
buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound
cases, $23.35. ' "-
Dbied Facrrs 1893 pack. Petit),,
prunes, 6(38c; silver, 10(3 12c; Italian,
8(3 10c; German. 68c; plums, 6(3 10c; '
evaporated apples, 8(3 10c; evaporated
apricots, 15(316c; peachea, , 12(3 14c; ,
pears, 7311c .per pound. y -
ooab D, ko; Golden C, 4e; extra
0. 6 lgC ; confectioners' A, 6tc ; dry gran
ulated, 6?.c ; cube, crushed and pow
dered, 6e per pound; H per pound '
discount on all grades for prompt cash;
maple sugar, 15316e per pound. .
Beans Small white, No. 1, 3c ; Ho.
2, 3c ; large white, ict pea beans, 3c ;
Sink, 3c; bayou, SJic; butter,, 8Jc; (
ima, 4ic per pound.
Rica Island, $4.755.00 per sack.
Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.60; 100a,
$16.00; 60s, $16.60; stock, $8.50(39.50.
STRrr Eastern, in barrels, 4055c;
in half barrel, 4267o; in cases, 363
60c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California, ,
in barrels, 20(340c per gallon; $1.75 pei
keg. : - t ''",::-:':V
Picklbs Barrels, No. 1, 2830o pei
gallon; No. 2, 2628c; kegs. 6s, 85c pei ,
keg ; half gallons, $2.76 per dozen ; quar
ter gallons, $1.75 per dosent ' . '
Spicks Whole Allspice, 18(320c pet .
pound; cassia, 16(3 18c; cinnamon, 22(3 ,
40c; cloves, 1830c; black pepper, 15(3
22Mc; white pepper, 2026c; nutmeg,
76080c. t, ,:i..,.T, ...r, . .
Raisins London layers, boxes, $1.71 .
2.00; halves, $2.00(32.26; quarters,
$2.25(32.75 ; eighths, $2.60(33.00. Loose :
Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced,
$1.76; bags, 8 crown, 4i5c per pound;
4 crown, 5(35)c Seedless Sultanas, '
boxes. $1.75(32.00; bags, - 68c pet
pound.
BOPS, WOOL AMB BTDBA. ,
Hora U3s, choice, 1213Ko per .
pound ; medium, 10(3 12c ; poor, neg
lected. . - ; '-
Wool Valley. 10(310c per' pound;
Umpqua, 10(3100 ; Eastern Oregon, 4 '
7c, according to quality and shrinkage.
Hides Dry selected prime, 6c; green, ,
salted, 60 pounds and over, &Hoi nnder .
60 pounds, 2(3 3c; sheep pelts, shearlings, '
10316c; medium, 20(3 Soe; long wool,
303 60c; tallow, good to choice, 3(33,
per pou nd,
. LIVE AND DBX8KKD MEATS,
Bear Top steers, $2.50(32.75; fair to
good steers, $2.00(32.25; cows, $1.75
2.00; dressed beet, 4(35o per pound. , .
M ottos Best sheep, $2.25; awea,
$2.00.
Hog Choice heavy, $4.00; light and
feeders, $3.75: dressed, 637c per pound.
Vbait Small choice, 6c; large, S4e
per pound.
j raoviaioNa. .,',
Eastern Smoked Meat aud Lab- .
Hams, medium, 12(312)e per pound;
hams, large, ll12Xc; hams, picnic,
11 12c: breakfast bacon. 13l'e; short
clear sides, SWiSHc: dry s!t ecl,
9(3 10c; dried beef bams, I.'" ;
lard, compound, la tins, 6'-.. , t - -pound?
pure, in tins,: 10'4-Uli
feet, 80s. $5.50; pW fevt, .s, .
kits, $1.2. "