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OREGON VOL. 12. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1895. NO. 5. HE MIST SEPARATE RECEIVERS They Are Granted for Union Pacific's New Line. THOSK WHO WERE APPOINTED Poroolosnra by Flr.t Mortgaga llond - ' holders Though Wot to Prejudice tho Uoverniiieut's Interests Order Oov ers Seven typo.Wrllt.n Pages. Bt. Louis, January 23. United State Circuit Judge Walter II. Sanborn to-day handed dowu a decision upon applica tion of E. Gordon I iter . and Oliver Ames, second trustee (or the first mort gage bondholder of the Union Pacific Railway Company, for a separate re ceiver for the portion of the Union Pa cific ystem covered by the first mort gage. The decision on the order coven oven closely type-written page, and in effect grant the application. The re celven appointed are the aaine a thoae now in charge of the entire ayitem, via. : S. II. 11. Clark, Oliver W. Mink, K. El lury Anderson, John W, Doane and Frederic R. Coudert The order pro vides that fanda already earned by the road lie uaed by the rat-el vera to aettle debt and just claima nnder the present receivership. In addition the court re arva the riuht to order that any defi ciency In such funds shall be made good from future earning nnder a separate recelverehlp. In effect the decision to day almnlv scouestrates the old main line from the rest of the system only so far a accounts are concerned, so mat the property covered by the first mortgage hall be within easy reach of the mort gagees. The property covered by the first mort gage referred to In the order is that placed upon me main line 01 i.u.m miles, extendinir from Omaha toOmlcn. and no other. The other portions of the road and branches, while under the man agement of the sanie receivers, will have a separate system 01 accounting, al though they will be run by the same ex ecutive. Before lie issued the order Judge Hau born stated that he had chanu-ed one clause, making future earn ings to a certain extent liable for present indebtedness, as be felt that too much protection could not be given the present receivers in me Ames caxvi. ue eiaiixi, however, that before making any order to pay any of the present operating in debtedness he would always give the plalntlfls in the foreclosure suits the privilege of a healing. ... Attorney Price for the complainants slated that he was perfectly satisfied with the order. The Judge then called for the appearance of the Union Trud Company and that of the Unlou Pacific Railroad Company. Mr. Pierce pre sented one and Attorney Kelly in behalf of the Union Pacific the other. Judge Sanborn appointed Mr. Kelly special clerk and messenger for the court to carry the order and the appearance to the clerks' ofllees of the northern d trictof this circuit at Omaha and place them on file. Judie Sanborn stated after the order had been Issued that the appointment of the new receivers in no wle changed the manner operating the system, but that the future surplus earn ings of the main line would now apply to the payment of the first mortgage bonds. THUBHTOH OM Til rORECLOSCBa. Omaha, January 23. The Union Ta rlfli! attomovs. who went to St. Louis to assist in foreclosing the first mortgages, return"! to day. Speaking of the suit, Judge Thurston said: " The situation of the property has ri-arlml the noint where foreclosure was inevitable. The first mortgage Interest is in default and the system in tue nanus f nuwlvi-n. Tha first installment of $11,476,000 of the principal will be due January 1, 18SH1, and there is no possi bility of that amount being paid except by foreclosure sale. This foreclosure ol the first mortgage on the part of the Union Pacific main line is really the last foreclosure to be brought. The mort gages on the Oregon Railway and Navi gation Company, the Union Paoific. Denver and Out', on all the divisions pi the Oregon Short Line and Utah North ern, Kansas Pacific, Denver Pacific, Kan sas Central and several other branch lines are already In process of foreclos ure, and receivers have been appointed under all of them. This foreclosure does r not prejudice the government s interest In any possible way. The government into this case and foreclose its mortgage as a second lien, or it can foreclose uuiepenuentiy, dui aiways aw juct to the first mortgage. The time hai tinw mm when Comrress must eitbei act during the present session or tht matter will pass beyond legislation and must be settled by the courts. I am very glad this la so, because it win re lieve me as Senator from the responsi bility of legislation." THEEND NOT YET. A Ifawallan Predict. Much Furthei T ran III a fur III. Country, Ban Fbakcisco, January 23. W. II. Corn well, Minister of Finance to tlx ex-Queen of Hawaii, wbcla tlie city, ays In an interview) -" I have been Informed that Captain 1 Harris, the English Commissionerwill demand of the Hawaiian government ome kind of a settlement for the arrest of English subjects. Over 200 prisoner! are in the jail, and more than half ol them have had nothing to do with the . revolutlon,.but are held simply as sus pects. The ex-Queen, I understand, is kept at her home in Washington place, guarded by sharpshooters. But this is not the end of the troubles in Hawaii. 1 know the Hawnilsns. They are kind hearted and generous, but they B'e above all things loyal to their own race and their Queen. If Robert Wilcox, the leader in the last attempted revolution, na,?lnred nd executed, the natives will pillage and bnrn the sugar planta tions in the outer districts, if they do not vandalise the entire city of Hono lulu." ' ' Raid to Have Been Deserted. Cincinnati1!, January 23. A Times Star special' from Lexington, Ky,, say. Genera! Casslus M. Clay, aged 84, is in trouble, owing to the reported desertion t hi young bride, aged 18. TALK WITH CARLISLE. DI.eusaed Vlnanoe With tha Appropri ation Couiiiillta. Wasiiinoot!, January 21. An Im portant meeting of the House Appropri ations Committee was hi-Id to-day, in which Secretary Carlisle took part at the request of .Chairman Bayroa. The conference was over the adoption of a policy by which the Secretary hopes to put Into circulation an increased volume of silver certificates of small denomina tions in place of tieasury notes. The committee decided to strike from the sundry civil bill the stipulation that for several years has been added to the item providing for printing treasury notes to replace those received at the treasury. Secretary Carlisle stated that it was his desire to get more sliver certillcates of small denominations into the hand of the people, and explained that other notes occupied the field and crowded them out. Several members of the com mittee led the discussion from the ques tion of silver certificates into the by way of finance. Sibley asked the Sec retary what objection there would bo to a system of redeeming notes in gold and silver at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury instead of the bolder, and I me secretary answered : " If that policy had been Inauguratr I at the beginning of resumption, it would ' litttra im...-I.j.sI lu,(.,fl.,iiillv ami n,i tmlilila would have arisen from it, but my pre decessors have followed the policy of re deeming In gold or silver at the option of tlie liolder of paper, and any Decre tal? who tried to change tills policy and worked silver on a man who wanted gold or vice versa, especially at such a critical period as we have been passing tnrougb, would tiave precipitated uisoa trous results." i WAHNKU'S TWO WMJ. ' W sniNoTOK, January 23 Warner of Hew York introduced In tlie House to day two financial bills. One gives power to the Secretary of the Treasury to bor row, In anticipation of deficiencies of revenues, upon bonds of the United State in denominations of 450 and mul tiple thereof, payable in coin at the op tion of the United Slates on or after three years from their date and due ten year after their date, bearing interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum and to be sold at not less than par, such an amount as he shall consider necessary not to exceed 250.OUO.OtK). The second nieasuie provides for the cancellation of ail legal-tender notes presented ana pro hibit their reissue. THE CHINESE LEFT. Trouble Caused by Thum la a Colorado Mining t'omp. Idaho Si'hinos, January 23. There i likelihood of trouble in this camp over the fact that Chinese laborers are being brought to work in the mines. The first Installment of Chinese came Thursday to the Argonaut mine, eight miles from Idaho Springs. Eight Chinese were in the gang, with one white loes. Work commenced Friday, and continued Sat urday. Saturday night the Chinese were waited upon by a committee of white millets, who requested tliem to quit the camp. They were given until Sunday morning to leave, and did so, coming to town, where they camped, awaiting or der from the white boss, who went on to Denver to invoke the aid of the Fed eral authorities. THE JAPANESE LANDED. OAolal Report of tha Bombardment Teng Chow. Washinoton, January 23. Secretary Cresham to-day received two cable from United States Minister Denby at Peking comftrniing the report of the landing of Japanese troops near Che Foo. The first stales that Teng Chow had been bombarded by throe Japanese ships, and that the American .mission aries had left on the Yorktown. The second, under dale of January 21. state that it 1 reported that Teug Chow, fifty miles northwest of Che Foo, had been bombarded by the Japanese, who had subtiequentlv ellected a landing at the Shan lung Promontory. Ihie place the Japanese in a position be tween Peking on the west and the great fortress of Wei Hai Wei on the east. ADVANCE IN RATES. Passenger rami Will ba Advanced the IBth Proximo. Chicago, January 23. All the Wei-tern road have now recorded their votes on the question of advancing the one way and round-trip rates to the Pacific Coast, and tlie vote is unmistakably for the raise, which will take effect Febru ary 15. The matter was practically de cided some (lavs ago, hut there were a few line which were slow in getting in their votes, and the matter was not con sidered as finally settled until they had been heard from. Chairman Caldwell was to-day instructed to notify all the connections of the Western roads of the proposed advance and the date on which it will become effective, i Ufa laenranra Contest. Ban FaANClsco, January 23. Insur ance men are not free to discuss their prospect in the contest over the lite In surance carried by Charles Kohler, who died of morphine-poisoning in a Turkish bath on the night of the 1st instant. They answer questions by saying that no claim for insurance have been filed, and when they are filed the facts will have to be submitted to the home offices for decision. . , . Ruins Sacramento City. Ban Fbancihio, January 23,W. E. Henry began suit against the city of Sacramento in the United States Circuit Court to-day for (663,285 damages, be cause of the city's alleged refusal to allow contractors to lay pipes for water work in different parts of the city as specified in an agreement between the city and A. L. Fish in September, 1803. .This agreement was transferred by Fish to Henry. Mot In the Compaot. . San Fbancihco, January 23. The Commercial Union Assurance Company lias withdrawn from the insurance com pact, and announces that it will write poWcies Independently of the combine, With- the privilege of cutting rates if it Vo'tlesires. Other companies are ex pected to take the same altitude. - TO FORM THE CABINET M. Bourgeois Will Try What He Can Do. THE MEW PRESIDENT OF FRANCE IS Is Kapoetad That Two of Bx-Presl' dent Ca.lnilr-I'erler'i Minister. An Willing to Aeeept Po.ltlone la tha Now Cabinet Now Being Formed. Pakis, January 21. The election of M. Felix Faure to the Presidency has been well received by the Moderate press, and Is violently criticised by the Radical and Socialist newspapers. Pari was very tranquil last night. The working classes were astonished at M. Brissou's defeat, but no demonstration waa report ed. A meeting of Socialist took place this evening at the Maison du Peuple, al which resolution strongly condemning M. Felix Faure and demanding the sup pression of the Presidency were adopted amid cries of "Vive la revolution soci ale" and " Down with reaction." General Fevrier, Grand Chancellor ol the Legion of Honor, gave M. Faure to day the collar of Grand Master of the order. It was learned at 10 o'clock thil evening that M. Bourueois after a two hours' conference with M. Faure had consented to try to form a Cabinet. He 1 1 . . i l, ,. rt Will go W Ilia JMyeoo w-wwiiww tlie result of his nesotiattons. It is ex peeled that M. Polncarre will return to . . ."! .11. the Alinistry ol finance anu iu. jygues to the Ministry of Education. Paul Pavtral. Louis Terrier and KuceneGode froy Cavaignnc would accept Cabinet place under M. Bourgeoi a Premier. Ex-President Casimir-Perier is ex peeled to vacate the Taloce of tlie fcly see and return to his residence, No. 23 ltue Nitola, to-morrow. The retiring Prenident had a cordial interview to-day with his successor, who will occupy the rja ace to-morrow. 1 he date lor the assent' tiling of Parliament to hear the new President's message has not yet been Hxed. M. Hanataux. Minister of For eign Affairs, submitted to M. Faure for his approval to-day a draft of a telegram informing the representatives of France abroad of the election ol Al. faure to the Presidency. The staff of the Ministry of Marine railed noon President faure to-day, ami bade farewell to hi in as their chief. The President then went to tlie f.iysee ral ace, where he was received with military honors. NO CHANGK Or fABTT. Washington, January 21. "The elec tion of M. Faure," savs Jules Pntenotre, tha French Ambassador to the United States, " means a change in the name of the President of France, but not a change of political party. Al. raure was a mem ber of the Cabinet which resigned a few days ago, and is therefore a friend of M. Casimir-Perier. It is not likely that there will be a change in political policy, as the same party to which M. Casimir Perier belonged is still in power. It is a fortunate thing, I think, that we do not dplav in France in makine our political changes. Not more than forty-eight hours les than that in fact have elapsed since M. Casimir-Perier tendered bis resignation, ana nere we nave ins successor selected. Quick action in such cases serves to bring qniet to tlie coun try, which is alwavs somewhat agitated when the ollice of President is vacant and a Ministerial crisis is at hand. What will become of M. Casimir-Perier? He will retire from political life, I presume. He did not want the Presidency when It was given him, and he is probably thank ful to be enabled to retire." A to the cry of "Long live the King" uttered by the Duke of La Rochfould in the Chamber of Deputies when M. Casimir-Perier' letter had been read M. Patenotre said it meant nothing. Such cries were always to be heard at such times, but the royalists had no power in the administration of atlaira. J liere are scarcely twenty-five of the royalist party in l lie cnamoer, sam we Amoassauor. M. Patenotre has known the new Pres ident of France for twenty years, but they have not seen much ol eacb other, as the Ambassador has been absent from his country on diplomatic service during most ot mat time, Tll VATICAN SATISFIED. Rom a, January 21. The Vatican Is satisfied with the ' election of Faure to the French Presidency. The Papal N un cio in Pari has been instructed to con' gratulate him. The OsBervatore Romano ays ; '" " The friends ot law and order ought to be entirely satisfied with the election 4n France. The conservative policy ol M. Faure will harmonise undoubtedly with that ol bis predecessors, rue Lib eral newspapers wish M. Faure success In Ins tniKKie with tlie revolutionists. but say it is impossible to predict the outcome." . A FOUR FABRICATION, , , Dover, England, January 21. The Duke ol Orleans and suite leu lor ixn don to-day. M. de Bonival, the Duke's secretary, said the alleged interview with the Duke, printed in England yesterday, waa a pure fabrication. . A GM10I1V. yixw. Bkri.in, January 21. The Hamburgei Nachrichten, Bismarck's organ, says that the future of the French Kepublio was never so gloomy a to-day. Secret Treaty Agalait Mexico. . Tegucigalpa, Honduras, January 21. A Guatemalan envoy, who has arrived here, brought, it is stated, a proposition for a secret treaty alliance between Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, primarily against Mexico, but if there is no war with Mexico, to attack, conquer and divide Salvador. His success is un known. The press predicts a revolution due to the bad state of business, finan cial difficulties of the government and increasing taxation. Many people are moving to Salvador. - Porto Rico Not Included. Madrid, January 21. Porto Rico has asked that it be not Included in the mo dus vivendl between Spain and the United State npon the ground that Porto Rico sugar goes to Canada, not the United States. Some Deputies, it is said, intend to attack the Cabinet, ac cusing the Ministers of having yielded to tlie menace of Cleveland. . HAWAIIAN UPRISING. Charles L. Carter, On of tha Aaaaxa- tlonl.ts, Shot to Death. 8am Fbancisco, January 21. The steamer Alameda arrived from Auck land and Sydney via Honolulu this after noon, and brought new of a revolution and bloodshed at Honolulu. Charles L. Carter, who was one of the annexation Commissioners, was killed and several government supporters were wounded. There has been much fighting, and at least twelve native have been killed. Nearly 200 royalists are nnder arrest. Robert Wilcox is the leader of theiebels. The fighting was still in progress when the Alameda left Honolulu January 11, but the government forces had practi cally overcome the revolutionists. The story of the revolution is as follows: There were no fresh developments in the threatened U ris-ng until Sun day afternoon, January tl, when the Marshal' detectives brought in news that led that officer immediately to sum mon the Cabinet and leading officer of the military and Citizens' Guard for con sultation. Iu a few minutes after their arrival Deputy Marshal Brown and a squad of police under Captain Parker left for the beach at Waikiki with or ders to search the premise of Henry Uertelmann, a prominent royalist, for arm and ammunition. Just previous to reaching the place the posse was joined by Charles L. Carter, Alfred Car ter and J. B. Castle, who lived near by, all members of the Citisens' Guard. On approaching the house the Deputy Mar shal left the squad on the lawn while he entered the house, and finding Bertel tnann and a strange white man there, proceeded to read hi warrant. When about half through shots were beard from the rear of the house. The officer said quickly: "What doe that mean?" " I know nothing about it. There are no arms here," replied Bertelmann. Brown rushed out to Join hi squad, and Charles Carter shouted : "There they are under the boatshed." He pointed to a shed in the rear of the lot, and rushed forward, followed by hi cousin, Castle, and the others. At that instant a volley waa fired by a crowd of natives nnder the shed, and Charles Carter and Lieutenant Holi fell, wounded. The police charged and drove the natives out on the beach, whence the latter retreated to the brush, keep ing up a desultory firing. A the police only numbered eight, and there were three or four times as many natives, they returned to the house, taking with them three of the rebels whom they had captured in the melee, during; which some sixty shots were fired. Taking the wounded men also, and first caring for them as well as possible, they searched the prisoners, placing Bertelmann also under arrest. The first one waa recog nised a John Lane. He had a heavy revolver, belt of cartridge and rifle; the second, a pocket pistol and a belt of cartridges. The others were unarmed, but a short rifle waa found behind the door, which evidently belonged to him. As Holi says Lane was the man who shot bim, there is no doubt that Carter's three wounds came from Lane' pistol, it having three empty chambers. From statements of the natives cap tured during the day it waa ascertained that the captain of the little steamer Waimanalo was responsible for the land ing ot the arms with which the native were supplied. The entire crew was ar rested. The mate confessed, and when confronted with his testimony the cap tain also acknowledged his guilt. The government claims to have evidence of the whole transaction from the original purchase until the final disposition. During the day a large number of prominent royalists were arrested, in cluding the editor of the Holomua, which paper baa suspended, the busi ness manager being since arrested. ROSEBERY'S LAST SPEECH. The Position of tha Lords the Supreme Question of the Hour. London, January 21. Lord Rosebery said in a speech in Cardiff this evening that Welsh disestablishment would be the first measure of the next Parliamen tary session. He did not donbt that the established Church in Wales wag doomed, but every body must remember that the House of lords presented a permanent barrier to the measure on which the Welsh had set their hearts. The position of the Lord was the au preme question of the hour. When the government resolution dealing with this question should be submitted it would involve the dissolution of Parliament. Before the dissolution, however, he wished - Parliament to deal with the liquor traffic, representation of labor and the one-man-vote issue. Naval Appropriation Bill. Washington, January 21. The sub committee of naval affair ha agreed to report an appropriation for three battle ships on the lines recommended by the Secretary ot the Navy in hi last annual report. The ship are to be about 10, 000 ton displacement.. An appropria tion waa also reported for twelve torpedo boats and to increase the force of en listed men by 2,000. The bill appropri ates from (13,000,000 to 14,000,000 more than the lust appropriation, due to the fact that it carries a heavy deficiency for armor plate not provided for in the last bill. The cost of the battle ships is lim ited to f4,000,000, and one is to be built on the Pacific Coast. Considering tlie superior effectiveness of rapid-firing guns, which was clearly demonstrated by the Yalu river fight, the committee has made a provision for a large number of them. - ' ' Thai Spokane Post. Washington, January 21. The fight made by Mitchell on the Spokane post resulted in a compromise, he getting an amendment which declares it is not the purpose to abandon Vancouver or Walla Walla. No objection was made by friends of the Spokane post, and it went through. The amendment will cut no figure, for at present the War Depart ment has no desire to abandon either of these poets, but it will abandon those near Spokane in time. - Dl.aeuted Before Death. City o Mexico. January 21. The people of Mexico are greatly excited over the dissection of Antonio Vangose while etui auve. me auppuseu curpeo sprang to it feet, shouting " Don't kill met" whereupon the dissector endeav nrA,l in nnft halr tho nincAa ot flesh and aew up the incisions. Tha man was a genuine corpse in two day. CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE State Officers Who Will Serve During Next Four Years. OCR OWN PORTRAIT GALLERY With Brief Blog-raphleal Sketches of the Men Who Proved to bo In Sympathy With the Masses Governor William P. Lord. ": Governor William P. Lord was born in Dover, Del., in 1838. He graduated from college In 1800, Just as the country was passing through the period of heated disputes in and out of Congress destined to terminate in the rebellion. War was declared just as young Lord had com- menced the study of law. Patriotism was stronger than mere personal con siderations, and he enlisted promptly in the service of his country as Captain of the First Delaware Cavalry. Through meritorou service he was later promoted to the rank of Major, and served with distinction until the end of the war, when he resumed his interrupted legal studies. He was afterward appointed Lieutenant of the Second Artillery and detailed for service on the Pacific Coast. In 1868 he resigned from the army and commenced practicing law at Salem, Or. In 1878 he was elected State Senator for Marion county, and resigned to accept the dignified poeitionof Judge of the Su preme Court in 1880. For fourteen years Judge Lord was universally recognized as one of the most distinguished jurists on the Coast. As Chief Executive of the commonwealth of Oregon William P. Lord will undoubtedly add new lau rels to those which have already crowned his life and fill the gubernatorial chair in a manner creditable to the State which elected him. ecreUrjr ofuit I Governor ffi JfyQ rlRWIN ' Soft. rUfclnrtrattisa mi Harrison B. Klneald. H. R. Kincaid, Secretary of State, wat born in Indiana in 1836, and crossed the plains to Oregon as a pioneer in 1853, He settled at once at Eugene, where he remained for two years. In 1866 he was imbued with the prevailing mining fever and tried his luck in the gold camp of California. Not finding the life to bis taste, Mr. Kincaid returned to Eugene, and has since been a prominent char acter in the world of journalism as well as in political affairs. In 1850 he was both compositor and editor of The Peo ple's Press, an influential journal of that time, and in 1CH4 commenced the publi cation at Eugene of the Oregon State Journal, a newspaper which is recog nized all over the State as one of the leading framers of public opinion in Oregon. Mr. Kincaid was clerk in the United States Senate from 1868 to 1879. Since 1881 Mr. Kincaid has resided in Eugene and devoted himself to editorial work. He is looked upon as a man of splendid intelligence, sound ideas on all public questions and unblemished character. a, i O. M. Irwin. G. M. Irwin, Superintendent of Pub- lio Instruction, was born in Ohio, and received his education at the Ohio Wee leyan University. His early year were spent in Illinois, and he enlisted in the army from that State upon the outbreak of the war and made a meritorious record for himself in many of the his toric battles of the great rebellion. Id 1880 Mr. Irwin came to Oregon, and has since his arrival been prominently con nected with the educational affairs of the State. For many years he was Presidenv at the Blue Mountain Uni versity in Eastern Oregon, and that in stitution prospered under his super vision. Since 1888 Mr. Irwin has been active in political affairs, and was an elector on the- Republican Presidential ticket in 1892. His election as Superin tendent of Public Instruction, for which position a bitter fight waa wagad, set the stamp of public approval upon Mr. Ir win's career in Oregon. CM. Idleman. - . ' C. M. Idleman, Attorney-General, was . born in the Buckeye State 37 years ago, and hi early education and Initiation into the practical affairs of life were had in that State. His first start waa made in the railway mail service on the Balti more and Ohio line. He devoted all the time at bis disposal to the study of law. and in 1883 was admitted to practice in trie courts ot uino. Mr. idleman came to Oregon in 1885, and in copartnership with two well-known jurists established the firm of Johnson. McCown A Idleman. This firm immediately took high rank in tne proiession, and Mr. idleman lias per sonally conducted many important cases with distinguished success. Profession ally and socially Mr. Idleman is regarded as one of the brightest and most talented young men of the State, and his election to the high office of Attorney-General is universally looked upon as a just recog nition of his merits. Phil Metseban. ' ; Phil Metschan, State Treasurer, was born in Germany, but came to this coun try at an early age, and possesses all the distinguishing traits of a stalwart Amer icanism combined with the genial, frank manner for which the Teutonic character is noted. Mr. Metschan located at Cin cinnati on his arrival in America, and has since resided at different times in Kansas, Colorado and California. He commenced life as a butcher, but has since been engaged in ex ten-ive mercan tile affairs, and is to-day looked upon as a leader in public affairs. During a long residence in Grant county he filled many important offices with great credit. He waa County Treasurer of Grant for three terms and County Judge from 1882 to 1886. In 1890 the Republican party, recognizing his ster ling ability and purity of character, nominated Phil Metschan for State Treas urer, and he filled the office so success fully that he waa renominated and re elected in 1894 by a large majority over his Democratic and Populist opponents. W. II. Z.oeds. W. H. Leeds, State Printer, waa born in New Jereey, and is still under 40 years of age. In 1877 Mr. Leeds moved to Ta coma, Wash.', where he engaged in the newspaper and printing business until 1878, when he took up a permanent abode at Ashland, establishing tbe Ash land Tidings, which stands to-day among the leading journals of Southern Oregon. Not only in that section, but throughout tbe entire State, theTidimia has become a household word as a strong, brainy journal. Until his nomination for State Printer by the Republicans in 1891 Mr. I-eeds bad always refused to run for any office. He is well equipped for the posi tion to which he was elected, and will bring the result of years of practical ex perience to bear in the discbarge of his duties. Through hie journal Mr. leda has for many years been tbe mainstay of his party in Jackson, Josephine, Lake and Klamath counties, and his selection for the office of State Printer by the He publicans is only a well-deserved reward for his work. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Market. Foreign cables came through lower yesterday, and the tone of the local market was therefore weaker. Export values are still quoted at 70c per cental for Walla Walla, and 77X784c for Valley. ; - , Prodnoo Market. . Fixkjb Portland, Salem, Cascadia and Dayton, are quoted at $2.40 per barrel ; Golddrop, (2.65; Snowflake, $2.66; Ben ton county, $2.40; graham, $2.162.40; superfine, $2. Oats Good white oats quoted firm at 2930c; milling, 2627c; gray, 2t27c. Rolled oats are quoted as follows: Bogs, $5.76(36.00; barrels, $6.006.25; cases, $3.75. .: Bablst Feed barley, 6365c per cental; brewing, 80g85c per cental, according to quality. Miixstcffs Bran, (13.60; shorts, $13.50; chop feed, $1517; middlings, none in market; chicken wheat, 7oc per cental. Hay Good, $910 per ton. Bcttxb Firm ; fancy creamery is quoted at 2627ic; fancy dairy, 20$ 22jc; fair to good, 15174'c; common. 12tec per pound. ..; .; Potato Kb Quotations wholly nomi nal. Onions Good Oregon, 7590c per cental. . : Poultry Chickens, $2.503.00 per dozen ; ducks, firm at $4.00(35.00 geese, 6.00(7.00; turkeys, live, nominal at 8c per pound, and not wanted;, dressed, about 10c per pound. Fkish Fbuit Good Oregon apples bring 75$1.50 per box; Jersey cran berries, $14.00; pears, $1.00(1.15 per box; persimmons, $1.25(g 1.35 per box. Kaas Oregon, plentiful and fairly steady at 22bC per dozen ; Eastern, 23c. Tropical Fruit California lemons, $4.005.00; Sicily, $6.006.50; bananas, $2.503.50 ; California navels, $2.50(a 3.50 per box ; pineapples, Honolulu, $3.00(3 ' 3.50; sugar loaf, $5. Figs, California black, boxes, quoted at $1.25; sacks, 4uJ 5c; California white, 10-pound boxes, $1.101.15; 25-pound boxes, $2.60; sacks, 68c; Turkish, boxes, l416c; fancy large, 2021c; bags, 10c. Obeqon VxasTABLEs Cabbage, lo per pound ; squash, 66c per dozen. Califobxia Vegetables Brussels sprouts, $1.26(31.40 per 30-pound box; siring beans, 12(3 13c per pound; green peas, 1213c per pound; artichoke, $1.25 per dozen; cauliflower, 90c per dozen; sweet potatoes, $2.00 per cental; cucumbers, 75c per dozen; asparagus, 18c per pound; garlic, 10c per pound; lettuce, 25c per dozen, $1 per box. Ncts Almonds, soft shell, 12l4a per pound; paper shell, 1617c; new crop California walnuts, - soft shell, 12,S,c; standard walnut, 10MUc; Ohio chesnuts, new crop, 1416c; pe cans, 1316c; Brazils, 12(313c; filberts, 1416c; peanuts, raw, fancy, 67c; roasted, lite; hickory nuts, 8gl0c; co cosnuts, 90c per dozen. Wool Valley, 810c, according to quality; Umpqua,70c; fall dip, 6dfflc; Eastern Oregon, 67c. - , . Hops Choice, 7c; medium, 438cj poor, 23c. Provisions Eastern hams, medium, lls12ie per pound; hams, picnic, 10llc; breakfast bacon 1213c; short clear sides, 10llc; dry salt sides, 910c; dried beef .bams, 13 14c; lard, compound, in tins, H 9,c;lard, pure, in tins, 71I pivV feet, 80s, $3.60: pig' feet, 40s, ii,oi kits, $1.35. , '