The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, January 07, 1898, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text, i . i ! AN I t AH. o!i U nr mnl (tie l'1.nn ' i ii'f Great Strike in i J tilititul CbuaiiMof A ClironuloitUal Table. 'T!,ir j. -.a' 1M7 has been, It might he wiiil atoior a enmmoiiNlnee since il com n;i'iiiTiiiciH, I lint fa. ho' events of over v ?n iiji'iijcr moment nave taken place, but there lias been no dearth of important occurrences. The war between Turkey unci Greece, die struggle for freedom In t.YJni, the costly nd long-drawn-out strike in the Ohio aud I'ennsyhmila coal li.- (ts, the change of national sdtuinistra lion, the enactment of tht Diugley tariff low, the disastrous spring floods In the Mississippi valley and autumn Ares In the Ycst ami Northwest, and the epidemic of yellow fever in the Southern .State are clearly not mntter of small Importance In the history of the world. The year has )" cu kii unusual one from the fact that but few men of really great reputation have pnssed from the stage of their earth ly Midi-si their number can be computed upon the fingers of the two hands. The most important events of the year are roc orded below In the order of their occurrence: JANUARY. 1 Thirteen miners perish at Pachuc. M.-xlen KmreiiivlT lilali temneraturo and btvy rains In Northwest I'lngrM Inaug urated (Governor of Michigan. W. A. Hammond, wrecker of Illinois National Bunk, commits suicide. .. .Fatal storm In Houlbwest.., Nashville, Tenn., ass t-oii,.n tire West and Northwert del- I'ged ly rslns. - it-Simv ami frost succeed rain. 4 Furious blliisard In the West Got. rVolleld Inaugurated at Madison, Wis. ... Three St. Paul banks fall. IV-Oov. Altgeld pardons 19 criminals St. Ktiiulxlaus paraonage at Bay t:ity, Mich., sacked hy warring church factions Four children die by lire near Westneld, Wls.i three near Babenck, Wis. Illinois legislature meets. .. .Seven fr snllne nnns perish by are at Convent of Our Unly of Lake St. Johna, Roberval, Quebec. 11 Tanner Inaugurated Governor of 1111 noia with much pomp and ceremony.... Mount InaoirnratMt (lovernor of Indiana wltb very sltnple style. ... House kills l'a clilc funding bill American-British arbi tration treatv signed. 12 Five children drown, skating, at 8t. I-onis. . . .Four die la powder explosion at Klutninkfn, Pa.' ' -j m -Five killed in a Pottsvllle, Pa., coal aim ft. Hi Was. E. Mason chosen Senator from Illinois. .. .Three negroes lynched In Louts liiun. 21 Nine sailors drown off Long Island. an Fourteen below sero at Chicago; 700 poor families aided; relief measures adopted over entire cltv J2.500.OO0 tire at Phila delphia. .K&n.OOO fire at Chicago. 2T 'ontfuued cold weather In Northwest. IW l.yinan J. Gage of Chicago accepts treasury portfolio. 81 Family of seven die by Are In Hobo ken. N. 1 Cruiser Brooklyn on the rocks. FEBRUARY. 2 Pennsylvania State eapltol burned; loss SI. ono.ooo. .. .Venezuelan tresty signed. H Admiral Bonce's squadron In a storm off Hampton Koads; three seamen swept away, several Injured 200,UOO railroad shop ' tiro at Prlnceon, lud. Ift Bradley-Martin ball at Sew York costs f:'rtio.ouo. .. .Phenomenal drop tn price of steel rails. 13 Aid. O'Malley acquitted of murder at ('Indigo Death of J. Uandolph Tucker at Lexington, Vs.. and Gen. J. O. Shelby at Ad ri;i n. Mo.; both noted Confederates. 11 Ireeks iHtmhard Canea, island of Crete, nailer Turkish rule. 15 Appeal of Jos. It, Dnnlop, convicted of Improper use of malls at Chicago, to Supreme Court f.-ills. 13 Millionaire Dnestrow hanged at Union. Mo., for wife murder; Peter Schmidt and rtoui Foster hanged at Clayton, Mo.... Ufc....pt.M Tn-k f..e t 4Ja . 17 Powers of Kurope protest against ac tion of Jreece. lft Two thousand Moslems slain in Crete . by Greeks lilg shortage of State officials discovered in Nebraska. . 21 Canea bombarded by the powers..,. Bnby girl at the UarrisonsV 22 ftenernl observation of Washington's birthday. ...Floods In Ohio Valley. iiJV Powers decide Greece must evacuate Crete. MARCH. 4- JlcKlnley Inaugurated. .. .Six killed at Boston by gas explosion. 5 Kxtemdve floods In Mississippi Valley, and lu Olilo, Kentucky and ludlana..., Greece dertes the powers. Foundering of steamer VIHe de St. Na m're ofT Can!lna; 65 lives lost. 0 Tremendous rainfall In central States. 10 Six killed in a wreck near Princeton, lud. 12 Bllzsard sweeps the Northwest $M0,- 000 wholesale grocery fire at Chicago. 15 1,500,0)0 Are at 8t Louis. .. .Floods In ; Mississippi Va'.ley make thousands of ne .groes homeless. 1 17 Fltislmmons whips Corbett at Canon City. Nev. ...78 lives lost by foonderiug of , French steamer off Carolina. 21 Powets blockade Cretan ports to Greek Ships. 22 Cyclone kills right and Injures 23 school children at Arlington, tia. ; family of five killed in- Henry County, Ala. iiS Heavy fall of slushy snow in North wst. 30 Forty-five killed by a cyclone at Chand ler. O. T. IH House passes Dingley tariff bill.... Powers bombard Cretans. APRIL. Carter H. Harrison elected Mayor of Chicago hy TS.oou plurality Alarming Hnods In Mississippi Valley. 81.000,iOO tire at Knoxville, Tenn; 17 P'ople killed. It-Know storm in central Htates. iu Daniel W. Voorhees. former IT. 8. Sen ator rrom inoiana, otes at Wasfilngton. 15 Klots In Indianapolis over 3-cent car fare ),0fl0 Are at New Orleans. 17 W'ar between Turkey and Greece. 18 Fierce windstorm in Chicago; tl.'KI.OOU ' itre. ,- 20 Desperate lighting In the Levant.... Flrt execution by electricity In Ohio. 23 Ogman Pasha assumes command of Turkish troopa, which have met severe re verses. if Turks capture Larlssa Vast floods 1ft llsonrI and Mississippi Vallevs. 2 Hundreds of families at 'ottnmwa, Iowa, sud Qulucy, 111., homeless by tiootls. 27 Dedlcntlon of Grant's tomb at New York. .. .$2,000,000 Are at Newport News, Va. 28 Greeks at Athens riotous because of army reverses. .. .Flood at South Guthrie, O. T.. kills over 70. 20 Itslll heads new cabinet of Greece,.., Wild gnle with loss of life and vessels oa Lcke Michigan. iill i reeks win a big battle. Seven ne groes lynched by a mob of negroes In Texas. MAY. ' 1 Snow at Chicago. 2 $4,000,000 Ore at Pittsburg, Pa. 4 Oue hundred die by tire In a Parisian b:i.ar. 7 Brutal murder of the Harris family, near Waukesha. Wis., by Wm. Pouch. It Slx'ecn die by Are on Mallory Line steamship Leona, on Sandy Hcok.... Greece asks Intervention of powers. 14 8now at Chicago, 1H Caar Intervenes to Stop war In the Lf-vnut. HI .Severe earthquake shock In Clncln tiatl and southeast. .. .Five of a picnic par ly killed on Long Island.' . ' JUNE. 2 tfpHUlsh cabinet resigns. : : R 'I wo of a moii of lynchers killed at Lrbana, Ohio, and nlue wounded, by militia .under, command of Slierlff McLeso. 7 Hix killed In a wreck near Hudson, Wis. 0tMt,mru tire at Cnrlluvllle. Ill Death cf Alvaii (Jiark, famous lens-muker, at Cam LriilKi', .Mass. II Wife murderer '. French hanged at Itin-kford, 111. 12-Mnyor Uielmrda killed at Bunker Hill, 1 III.. I.y Kilitor Hetlley. I.I Atlenipl to kHI President Faure by aj i nns uiJiiiU-iurow ;!ii-ide uf Harney Barnnto at sea. riiiporfltmx of OS In Chicago: 40 pros- il i t i I. i.s 1' S I J v i r u awf il bt t. rniuiren at Llnfiiln, liiv Vestern luoallties. 'is ce;iM,raiKu cuoi- sas kills three; hall i. Iiai ka. t t ( MfM fed Ivi Va.. 1 t I -It-" i-n ki-il In n wnvk st Mts.wcirl ah iliMrt.ts report many fatalities HI 111- Jill. itltumnce of femi'nl h,-:ii . . , n ,i ui-lke. I---CV VMwl; .!-.-.i nf S A fill heat In t'lili-iign kills sU and . , . Hnmv- rro;oi-fito. so; i;; die at rim-iitHatt 6-tlil'Hl lu lorado. .. .lt-llitte at UulULIi does 4 llt'Ht and CaialHIes continue east of Mis- sNfijil! Valh-y; tliiitMicrstorm at miilnSli reitt vcH t;tiiciiffo, artcr elirlit lmve ine 0 'IVu killed by cyclone at Lovvry, Minn . .. .Nine killed by bolter exploalmi at HariS' vine, tenn. .. .t'nai mtnera strike become general In the Kast. 7 Continuance of estwrne heat snd con sequent faiHtltiea Setnite pasnes tariff 1111, ....Six klllcil at Bay City, Mich., hy sweet car pimiuiog into an open draw. 8 Chl.-iijfo and Alton frelglit house burns at i -men ki I iimi ::.Hi.oot, .. .neat ami deal roll Increases. .. .Death of Seuator Harris of Tenneasee. lo l)r,) of 8S degrees tn temperature at viui'Hiro: cnanite genera!. 12 Death of Millionaire Columbus R, Cnni- mings or tjiiicaura. 15 Negro lynched for assault and murder at West point, Tenn. ., .Illinois and Indiana cowl miners go out. 17 News of fabulous gold finds In Alsska. IP Tariff bill passes the House. .. .Snow storm in ctucaao. 22 Logan monument unveiled at Chlcsao. 2;t Four killed by explosion of naphtha on steamer at Bridgeport, Conn 1,000,00tt grape sugar factory tire at Peoria. HI. 24 New tariff law enacted; Congress ad journs Cloudburst at Boston. SO Seven killed by cyclone at San Jose, tit. '- AUGUST. ft Elevator lire at Chicago kills four fire men, uurts a more, aud does xaUu.Ouu dam- sge. tt Assassination of Premier Canovas of Spain. 15 Orlesnlsl Prince Henri seriously wounded by Italian Couut of Turin In a duel at rarta. 10 Great boom In wheat Cold wave at Chicago. 17 Snowstorm in South Dakota. .. .Wheat touches Pe at Culcaito, 1 Unknown man killed by farmers near Chicago, for assault Four killed by glu cose tactory explosion at Davenport, Iowa. 21 neat reaches the dollar price In sev eral cities and occasions rreat excitement 2.1 Three hundred Sepoys massacred by Arriuis iu inoia. 2rt President of Uruguay assassinated. 2 News of a great tidal wave In Janun. SO Steamer Portlaud arrives at Seattle witn Alaskan treasure. 31 Yellow fevei breaks out at Ocean springs. Miss. SEPTEMBER. 2 Crops reported greatly damaged by long continues arougut. 7 Railroad collision near Emnorla. Kan. several killed Lake St Clair yacht cap- stxeu, urowniug six. Sir-Terrible head-end collision near New castle. Colo., kills 30 people and mangles uianj otiiers. 10 Twenty-two striking coal miners near uiilmer, ra., shot dead by deputy sheriffs; many oiuers wounaeu. - 11 Miners convention st. Columbus set tles the great coal atrike. 13 Tidal wave along the Texas coast took many lives and did great damage to prop erly. 15 Five alleged burglars taken from jail oy a mob at Versailles, lnd.. and lynched. 16 Anarchist assaults President Dlaa of Mexico; death of the assaulter at the hands of a mob. 20 Outbreak of yellow fever In New Or leans. 21 President Ratchford of the United Mine workers declares the coal strike ended. 20 Nine men kllied in a bloody riot at Glrardvllle, Pa. ...Mrs. John Becker and five children slaughtered near Carroll, Iowa. ....Kauwav noui-up at Moornead, Minn. 20 f 1,000,000 dre in Washington. D. 0. Fall of Aacarraga ministry In Spain. SO Resignation of the Ball! ministry In Ureece. OCTOBER. 1 Five bandits held up a train In Indian Territory. .. .Thirty persons hurt In railway acciaent at nieiiiuro. ainss. 3 Death of Gen. Neal Dow. 4 Sagasta mlulstry assumes control in Spain Austin. Pa., almost entirely de stroyed by nre. 5 Connecticut votes an educational teat for voters. . 6 Alton train held np near Kansas City, Mo.. . . . l uousanus or lives lost and much property destroyed by a typhoon In the Phil ippine Islands. .. .117.000 Dre at Chicago stoek yams.... iarge nre in Detroit. .. .Six ir!a lmeu toecAtti at 1'lanktnton, Is. l. ... Disastrous fire at Medora, ill. 7 Two prisoners roasted In Opelika, Ala., Jail. S Gen. Weyler recalled from Cuba Death of ex-Seuator J i'herson of New Jersey. 12 Bandits rob a train near Austin. Tex as Death at Detroit of ex-Senator Chas. w. Jones of r lorlda. .-. 14 Four people killed In a railway acci dent at Sllttsvllle, Ont. 15 Four persona killed and many Injured by caving In of a theater roof in Cincin nati. 16 Steamer Triton sunk In Caribbean Sea ana loo lives lost. 17 Windsor, N. 8., fire-swept and 3,000 people icn nomeiess. .. .weatn or Chas. A. Dana of the New York Sun. 10 Death of Geo. M. Pullman of Chicago. zi-jury iu I'ueigert murder case In Chi cago disagreed. 24 Twenty lives lost In New York Cen- tral accident at Garrisons, N. y Bank wrecked at Blatrshurg, Iowa. 27 Wabash Kaiiroad offices In St Louis ournett. 29 Henry George, single-tax advocate, died of apoplexy at New lurk. NOVEMBER. 1 Sale of the Union Pacific Railroad. 3 Thirteen Bremen Injured by a gasoline explosion at a lire In Philadelphia. .. .Klec tiun day: New York elected Van Wyck (Tammany) Mayor; Ohio, Pennsylvania. Iowa and Massachusetts went Republican; Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Kentucky and Virginia Democratic; Colorado was car ried by silver men, and In South Dakota Re publicans and Democrats won over Populists. 4 Chesapeake and Ohio train wreck at Charlottesville, Va., In which four people are kHIed and many Injured. .. .Five men badly bnrned by molten Iron In Milwaukee, and two die from their Injuries. 0 Train robbery nesr Grants, N. M.. ... Fourteen lives lost by the sinking of the steamer Idaho on Lake Erie. 11 Yellow fever quarantine declared off In New Orleans. .. .Thieves steal 14,O00 In money and Jewelry from a Silver Creek, N Y.. bank. 12 r0,000 8re at Fostorla, Ohio. 18 Three Indians lyuched by a mob at Wllliamsport, N. D.. 17 Three people Injured In a railway wreck near Cleveland. Ohio. .. .Panic In a Cfnclnnntl school caused the Injury of fonr children Kosel, Kan., sinks Into the prairie In a night. 1 Three millers killed In railway wreck at Coal Bluff, Did Great Are In London, England; loss 25.oy0.000. 20 Masked negro, attempting to hold np s Kansas City street car, shot conductor aud motorman. 21- Flre at Merhourne, Australia, In which "5,000,000 of mercantile property was de stroyed Two motormen killed In a collis ion In Baltimore, Md Fire at La Grange, Ohio. In which J2S.000 worth of property was destroyed. 23 F. A. Novak found guilty of murder at Vinton, Iowa. 25 Capt. Lovering found guilty by court martial at Fort Sheridan. Chicago. ' 2-Heslgnutlon of the Bsdenl ministry In Austria ...Three men asphyxiated in the Brand I Trunk tunnel at Port Huron, Mich. dO-New cabinet formed In Austria.... Eleven persons kllied In a railway accident at Warsaw,-Poland. ...Martin Thorn con victed of the murder of Wm. Guldensuppe at New York. DECEMBER. I Thirty-seven miners killed In Hotnburg. Bavaria, by explosion of re damp. ., .Furi ous riots at Prague, Bohemia. 4 Three men kllied and several persons Injured In a collision of trolley cars near Detroit, Mich. . 5 Resignation of the Italian ministry. 6 Congress convenes In regular session at Washington. . II Two men killed In railway collision at Oakland, Cut Haytlan cabinet resigned. 13 New Haytlan ministry formed. 14 Resignation of Chilian cabinet..,. Budlnl cabinet reconstituted In Italv. 10 Three men killed In C. B. "l. wreck at Clinton, lnd.. ..Death of Alphonsa Dau det, noted French author. ,. .William Ter rlmi, Ene'llah actor, assssslnuted in London. . Uatiltc.-ltlon of neace treatv between Greece and Turkey. ., .New Chilian cabinet rortned, 17-Six lives hist In Are at Ottawa. Ont Three p."rscn perish In an fUK,ota) flre at Grand Forks, Dak, 18 ro weather In Chlcneo. .. .Death of lion. Washington Heslng, of Chicago. 2'1-Flve train wrecks at Castle Rock, Colo., two person killed; at Pontine, 111., Ave pcri-ons Injured; m ar Benson, Arts,, one man killcl; near fiinton, Ala., four men kiliiV, at St.. Louis, one man killed and two injnre-d. 21 Suclde of Mls Leila Herbert at Wash ington. 1. C .Three skaters drowned st Tounwanda, N v.. ,, .Three skaters drowned at Gardner, iiais. V A' The Goverur.ieiit of the Culled Slates own in the city of Washington 1,0110,1X10 volumes of literature. Of these about one half,' or 78T.715, are iu the congreeshinal library. The remainder are acnttercd through the various executive depart ment. The daily number of readers Itx the congressional library averages 8,321), About 700 persons, including the mem bers of both houses and high officials of the Government, are entitled to draw bonks and take them away from the build ing, anil the average number loaned out in such a way is 1.44(1. It la a favorable commentary upon the honesty and care-of our public men that during a period of thirty years the number of book lost or not returned was only five In thousand. '..' . Large numbers of petitions, supported by many signatures and ouiform lu their phraseology, are being presented to the House of Representatives. They ask the passage of a series of law to protect the morals of the public. For example, to prohibit gambling in stocks, produce, rac ing pool and other form of speculation by telegraph, to prohibit the transmission of stock quotations for speculative pur poses, and the transmission in the mails of newspaper containing pictures or de scriptions of priie fights, to prohibit the exhibition of kinetoseope reproductions of prise fight and other brutalizing specta cles, and to prohibit the transportation from State to State of materials for such exhibition. .'... The ladies of the cabinet are decidedly put out by the edict that forbade their New Year's reception and the dinner that were to precede and follow. ' They do not see any occasion for it. The Pres ident did not nsk or even suggest a sus pension of social affairs. He told the members of -his cabinet he should close the White House for thirty day, although he did not think it was necessary for them to follow his example, but without con sulting their wives, they agreed to do so. The husbands have since had an unhappy time, and the Washington social world has offered thi-iu no sympathy. " The opposition to the ratification of the Ilavcuiinti treaty has simmered down al most entirely to the sugar trust, the Louis iana planters and the beet-root sugar manufacturers. There are a few Senators who oppose the treaty on principle, a they believe it inexpedient for the United States to assume the responsibility of gov erning any detached territory, and several on the Democratic side have joined the opposition because they regard annexa tion as a Republican measure. Chairtnnn Loud of the House Commit tee on PoBtofflees has been working during the recess on the report of the committee on the Loud bill, and hns practically com pleted it. He believes that the measure will effect a saving of at least $10,0110,000 unminlly, and will wipe out the enormous deficit that confronts the IVtsoffloe De portment every year. Mr. I-oud believe the bill is much stronger this session than lust, and, while not absolutely confident, think it will finally curry. The agents of the Cuban junta in Washington justify the assassination of Col. Kuis as necessary to intimidate the cowardly and corrupt men in their ranks who are likely to be allured into making term with the Spanish authorities either through fear or briliery. They say that hereafter no Spanish agent will dare ap proach an tusorgeut camp, and that it will be dangerous for any stranger to do so. The distressing death of Miss Leila Her bert has caused a shock to her many friends and acquaintances in Washing ton. She was a young woman of beau tiful character, gentle, amiable and gen erous, and was generally beloved and nd- inired. Those who knew her best believe that her suicide was due to fear that she might be a permanent cripple. , The jenslon certificate of the Rev. L. J. Keith of Vincennes, lnd., will be can celed, because the holder has Informed the bureau that he does not consider him- self longer entitled to a pension, his dis ability having disappeared, and has asked that his name be dropped from the rolls. There is only one other such case on rec ord.. Secretary Wilson is greatly interested in legislation for the establishment of postal savings banks because he believe they arc necessary to the prosperity of the former. It is sometimes an all day' job, he say, for a fanner to go to the town where the nearest bank la situated, while there is a postofflce in every village. The copyright department is a most in portant brunch of the Government, and indicates an enormous increase in literary and musical composition and in designs which nre susceptible to copyright In 1870 the number of copyrights granted whs 5.021; in 1880, 20,080; in 1SSW, 42.- 758; in INHi, 72,470. The recent report of the Comptroller of the Currency show that the saving hank of the United States are mostly confined to the northeastern section of the country. Nearly 80 per cent of the num ber of banks and amount of deposit i represented by New York and New Eg land. The committee appointed by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee to ecure the erection of ft monument to Gen. George B. McCiellau at Washington bag eld it first meeting and elected Adjt Geu. Kuggle chairman. ' Ink erasers are not allowed iu either the War or the Navy Department except un der the direction of a chief of bureau, and no one is allowed to erase an entry in any official record book without explanation ud expreso permission. m m m ' c . Dr. Pheldon Jackson, the Alaska ex port, sny that there is so much gold in Alaska that larson who go there ten years hence will have as good a chance a those who go next spring. Postmaster General Gnry und Secre tary Gage have promised to assist in lay ing the comer stone of the new postofilee building In Chicago on the 4th of next July. : ., . v There is a very favorable outlook for the passage of the bankruptcy bill, and even the opiwneuts of the measure con cede tlieir conviction that It will pass both houses. ' The sale of postage stump for the last quarter of the year 18U7 was the larg st lu the history of the country, WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. IOee of Pownlmt. !! Co., CMfc-to h srd of '!' B'ic Hrofcers 71 -" 1 H'hsmWr ot v otn- Juoica building, J'oKWml, Ontou.) , Tli tntda hits tsillon into a way of Uiiiikini? that tlio bitr receinl of tli pitfct week will clean up tho surplus wheat .that i liuWo Uv como out at present prieea. Most of tlii wheat is contract, when it is all in tho bull think Unit they will control the. situa tion. ' :,; '. '-: Iu tho Northwest the olutm la mmle that 80 per cent of tha crop bus boon marketed, and that country elovator itock ate very light compared with previous year. Every one Is looking for a sharp fulling off in receipt after the first of the year; also for higher prices, whilu the situation on all aide is admittedly bullish the world over, tha prices have not responded to what the hull think the position of stock to estimate requirement justitles. They have fixed the standard of Tallies in their own minds, aud because they ara not realiied they feel disappointed. Most of them are too much inclined to lose sight of (he fact that the prioe of wheat has reached a point where sub stitutions of other a'tioles out greatly into the consumption, and that the speculator are more solicitous a to tho prioe and the probable snppliea than tho consumers. The outlook for supplies from Ar gentine is uncertain, the probability being that tha exportable surplus will not exceed 30,000,000 butthels. Trad ers lose sight of the faot that Argen tine is a large country, and that unfa vorablo conditions will hardly exist over the entire territory. Harvesting is now in progress, and the rains might reduce the exportable surplus. There will be little wheat to ship from Australia, but India's pros pects are evidently good, judging from the free offerings in Liverpool for Sep. tember. The American visible supply this week showed a larger increase than expected, being 1,051,000 bushels mora than last week, and now totals 88,616, 000 bushels, as compared with 64,443, 000 bushels at tha same time last year. Portland Market, Wheat Walla Walla, 757Cc; Val ley and Bluestem, 7 7 78c per busheL Four Best grades, f4.25; graham, $3.40; superfine, $3,25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 86S6ci choice gray, 83 34u per bushel. Barley Feed barley, 1030; brew ing, $30 per ton. r, ' MillBtiffd Bran, f IT per ton; mid dlings, $31; shorts, $18. Hay Timothy, $13.601; clover, $1011; California wheat, $10; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per ton. . . Eggs 18 (3 85c per dozen. ' Butter Fancy ; creamery, 85(9 60o; fair to good, 45 (4 50c; dairy, 40 50c per roll. Cheese Oregon, lljo; Toung America, lSc; California, B10o per pound. ,; Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1.75 3.25 per dozen; broilers, $3.003.50; geese,' $5.60(36.60; ducks, $4.00(35.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 80c per pound.. - .-';; ' ..-':;' Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 35 45c per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. Onions Oregon, new, red, 90c; yel low, 0o per cental. xlops 6gl4o per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 4(dj6o. Wool Valley, 1416o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 712o; mohair, 20 22o per pound. Mutton Gross, best aheap, wethers and ewes, $3.60; dressed mutton, 6Ko; spring lambs, 6e per pound. Hoga Gross, choice heavy, $4.00; light and feeders, $3. 00 4. 00; dressed, $4. 50 5. 00 per 100 pounds. Beef Orosa, top steers, $2.75(33.00; cows, $2.60; dressed beef, i 8c per pound. Veal Large, 4 6o; small, 60 per pound. ' . Seattle Market. Butter Fancy native creamery! brick, 28c; ranch, 16 18c. Cheese Native Washington, 12so; California, 9 Mo. , Eggs Fresh ranch, 28c, Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50 8 00; ducks, $3.603.75. " Wheat Feed wheat, $33 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $19 20. Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton, $32; feed meal, $33 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $23; whole, $23. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 6c; cows, 6a; mutton sheep, 7c; pork, 6c; veal, small, 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 66c; salmon, 8c; salmon trout, 710o; flounders and sole, 84; ling cod, 4 g 5; rock cod, 6c; smelt, 2.!-44c Fresh Fruit Apples,60o$l. 25 per box; peaches, 75 80c; prunes, 8540o; pears, i75c$l per box. - Ban Francisco Market Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, 13 14c; Northern 78o per pound. Hops 1014c per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $2028; Cal ifornia bran, $17.00 18.00 per ton. Onions Jiew red. 7080c; do new gilverskin, $2.00(33.25 per cental. Eggs Store, 2428c; ranch, 80 84c; Eastern, 1630; duok, 2025o per dozen. Citrus Frnit Oranges, navels, $1.503.00; Mexican limes, $2.00 8.00; California lemons, choice, $1.50 3.00; do common, 50c $I. 26 per box. CheeseFancy mild, new, 13 Wc; fair to good, 7 8c per pound.. Hay Wheat, 1 2 1 4; wheat and oat, $U14; oat, $1013; river bar ley, $78; best barley, $10 13; al f al f a, $8, 50 10; clover, $8. 60 1 0. Fresh Fruit Apples, 25c$1.25 per large box; grapes, 3550o; Isabella, 6075c; peaches, 6Qp$l; pears, 76o $1 per box; plums, 3035c. Butter Fancy , creamery, 88c; do seconds, 8H87o; fancy dairy,82e; good to choice, 8081o per pound. Potatoes New, in boxes, 88 860. MrGladstone will -shortly celebrate his 88th birthday, The "grand old kman" was both in Liverpool December 29, 1S09, and as things look now, he bids fair to wehoino the dawn of the 20th century. If he survives till next year he can participate In tho centenary celebration of the Irish rebellion. As he comes of a sturdy race, the chances an that he will live even beyond hi BOtli birthday. FRUITGROWERS' CONVENTION Annual Meeting to Me Hold tn Portland ,l,!vm.i-y 11, and 13, " The arrangement for the meeting of tho Northwestern Fruilnroworn' Asso ciation, for tho statu of Oregon, Idaho, vvasiimgton ami jbmisii ouuiioi, which will ho hold in Porltand, January 11, 18 and 13, 1S0H, are well umhir way. The committees upon whom the sno cess of this moeting depends are: Executive committee Uuull Lam bei'Bon. chairman; Henry 15. Dosoh gecrt'tarv-trensnrer; Jl. M. Williamson U M. Spiegel, 4 Alfred Tucker and Frank laie. Transportation A. II. Dover, H. U Lewis and T. D. Hotievrmul, Finance L. M. Siiioaul, Edward Hughes, David M. Dunne, J, II. Hazel tine and Mark Levy. Exhibit F. H. PaRet, John A, Bell W. F. Carroll, Mark Levy, M. L. Har vev. and . one from each comity and fruit district within the territory cov ered by the association. Arrangements O. V. Coper, H. M Williamson, Frank Lee, E. C. Hasten and Alfred Tucker. Chairman Bnoll Lainberson and Sec retarv Henry E. Dosuh of the executive committee, wilLaot as ex-oRloio mem bers of the suh-comuuttees. Tne meetings heretofore held by this association at Wulta Walla and North Yakima were very suoowsful being not alone profitable to those at tending the meetings, but beneficial to the entire fruit interests. Representa tive men from far and near were pre ent to discuss the various phases of the growing industry. , The foregoing committees are fully alive to the situation and are now na tively at work to make it surpass any of the prior meetings held. Already many letters have been received by the chairman and secretary from various cities within the limits of tho associa tion, as well as fiom other states, from St. Paul, Omaha and Chicago, asking about reduced transportation rates. The transportation companies with the nsual courtesy extended tn this as sociution, have made the rate on the Northern Pacific. Great Northern, and Union Pacific lines, one and one-fifth fare; and on the Southern Paoiilo line one ana one-third fare lor the rouml trip. The apparent difference of rates is caused hy the Southern Pacific s low er tariff rate, it being only four cents per mile as against a nve-cont per mile rate of the other companies. They have also expressed a willingness to trans port all legitimate exhibit of frntts, both fresh and evaporated, trees, eto- frea of charge. Such exhibits should bo carefully labeled, packed and shipped to Buell Lainberson, 180 Front street, Portland, on or before January 6. The programme, which is now being arranged and will be published later, will cover all the qustions pertaining to the fruit interests, notably the ship ping of fresh fruits to Eastern markets at a profit to the grower. This will be thoroughly discussed, esKvhilly the charge by refrigerator car communes, which must be adjusted on a live-aml- let-live basis. Cray's Harbor Lumber Shipment That the Gray's harbor country bus enjoyed a fair degree of prosperity dur ing the year 1897 is shown hy the for eigi lumber shipments as compared with those of 1890, the increase being nearly 800 per cent. In 1896, only 11 vessels with lumber sailed from that harbor for foreign ports, the aggregate amount of lumber being 8,400,000 loet, while during the present year 33 ves sels cleared from Gray's harbor, carry ing 10,649,000 feet of lumber, valued at $110,000. Of the 23 vessels clearing for foreign ports from Gray's harbor during the present year, 16 of them loaded at tho mills in Aberdeen 14 at the West & Slade mill, with cargoes amounting in the aggregate to 5 328, feet, and two at Wilson Bros. & Co.'s mill, whose cargoes aggregated 975,000. The E. K.Wood mill at Hoqiiiam, shipped four cargoes foreign, 3,783,000 feet, and the Northwestern Lumber Company two cargoes, aggregating 1,600,000 feet Most of this lumber went to Mexi can ports, although Honolulu received several cargoes, while Africa, New Caledonia, Australia, and Fern eaol received one cargo. At the present time the mills have orders for foreign cargoes of Inmber, and the owners an ticipate that the 1898 foreign trade will greatly exceed that of 1897. North wast Notes. The presiding elders of the Methodist Episcopal church, comprising all the elders in the Paoiflo Northwest, will hold a convention in Spokane on the 11th, 12th and 13th or January, 1898. Bishop Cranston, of Portland, will preside. . A logger at Seaside, Or., says that he proposes to put in 9,000,000 feet of logs before the end of the freshet season next year. . The timber will be taken from the Scotlian, Bracker, Eherman, Gearhart and Starr places, near Holi day Park. Hops in Yakima seem to he a drug on the market, notwithstanding high quotations elsewhere. , Local buyers say that choice grades can easily find sale at 13 cents, hut they maintain that only one or two choice lots remain in the valley, and that the best of the poorer qualities left are not worth more than from 0 to 10 cents. B. M. Pulse, of 8uver, Benton ooun ty. Or., sold his hop orop, 8,865 pounds, last week. Three-fourths of it went for 9 cents, ind the remain dor for S cents a poind. John Patter son, of the same neighborhood, has shipped, on consignment, about 10,000 pounds, receiving a cash advance of 1 cents for best, and 0 cents per pound for second quulity. George Koth, of Sover, has sold shout 13,000 pounds at 12 cents, Mr. Pulse has begun the cultivation of bis nine-acre yardfor next year. Heavy rains and heavy breaker on the beach recently caused landslides on the beach below Empire, Or. A num- er of bluffs and rocks oaved in. As much as 10 acres of fine land, includ ing house and barn and other property, belonging to Charles Hanson, and the prominent rocks known as the ".Seven Devils," disappeared. Not much was done at the meeting of fisheries tnon in Taconia recently. The attendance from but of town vol untary delegates to the Florida "con gress will he submitted to the governor for appointment as representative for Washington, ' ' JtKVKW TOO I'W. ' ' Agiiiust the probability or possibility of ml ham e or accident we van never be too sure, Hut if w shottld stop to .consider how (treat Is tli clmtice of sudden death, we would l made too timid and unhappy. C,,.tirm l needed tint to lis fonlharilv, and precaution to know what la hesttortn wiien 1111 uct iilont happen. (ne day this lnl;r two men were walking, and one said; "We're too timid in treading on slippery phues, 1 trend liruily and never ilnnk about them, and so escape a fall." he too sure," said the oilier, "it l that that tliiinvB vou oil and nmkes the fall tlie hinder. Just then they cams upon a place roverulwith I bin snow, where kuis had 1-MMi sliding. The drat speaker slipped, and nunc down with hl foot turned, ami badly sprained Ills ankle. He was a cripple nil clinches until a short time ago, having used niaiiv things without benent, I'p to that linie'he bad not used 8t, Jacobs Oil, which, when used, cured him completely, so t hai he walks as usual There ( if probability 1 l,l i',,p tlm rent of tile BcaMl'll lit- Will Walk inutiously. viitlnhe precaution of having this givut remedy ready lor ue. Value uf the- ItrllUli Navy. It is Interesting to note that the capi tal value of the British navy at the present time exceeds i'O 4,000,000. The first cost of the fleet which led to the downfall of Nnwleon was but tlO, 000,000. The fleet then comprised be tween 480 and 4U0 lighting Vessels. California claims the largest boy in the world of his age. His name is John Bardin. He la 15 years old, six feet five inches tall, and weighs 930 pounds. TltENKNIXH'S KXODtH TO Til S HI.ONOIKst. Deti.ii the wnrnlnns of that who have been on itivupnl, aud predict suffering In th Klon. dike region, II .oumtidn of adventiiroui Ameri cans ate wending their way Ihlilierward. All til flicniKtimi.d lie provided ailh that medicinal safcaiisrd. Itusieurr's Stomach Bluer-, wh en uai-itsaiiil lu.urtches Ids HNtcni and prevent nisiar a, rlicinratlm, klrim-y Irouhle, tcH:de reieidvlng liver complaint, ttysprpaut and tHUisllptttlon. ; It is estimated that Australia con tains nearly 7,000 species of plant not found elsewhere. AN OPEN LETTCR TO MOTHERS. We are asserting in the courts onr right to the cxcluaive ne at tne word " CAttTOttiAV' and 1'11'CHKK'SCAS I'OKIA," a our I tails Mark, t. Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of tlyannls, Massachusetts, w.iatheorigluularof "I'lt'Cl'lKK'SCASroHlA," the same that has borne aud does now bear th tac slmlle signature ofCHA. It, I'l.urcilHK on every wrapper. This is tha original " PITCH UK' A C VaTORIA" which has keen used In the home Of the mothers of America for over thirl,- years. Look Carefully at tha wrapper and see that it Is tht kind ,ws kuv afrcart Ausga, aud has tha signature af CIIAH. H. FI.KTCHU oa th wrapper. NO one has authority from me to us my name except Tha Ceiitaar Company of which Chas. II. Fletcher is President. Hatch ), J-V. 8AM mil, PITCUiUt, U.D. The laregst parish in London in point of area is Lewishnm, which ha 6,778 acres; and the largest population is Islington, which has now 830,000 in habitants. After tiring sw Imllert hy nit ot tiers, send as stamp frr nrtinil.irs el" Kins Molyttinlt's Treasure, the ON I.Y rem-wcr ef manly Ntrenxtte. MAMIl.N I ll-:.MIc Al, CO., V. l. HOI 7JT, I'lilbuMplna. I'm. The teaching of mnsio is becoming mote general every year in the public schools of this country. Two bottles of 1'lsn's Cur lor Consump tion cured tne of a bad lung trouble. Mrs. J. Nichols,' Princeton, lnd.. Mar, 2(1, IHtt. The distance of the earth from the sun is about 8,000,000 miles less iu December than it is June. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGS en free oBucll Lamberson (80 FRONT ST Portland, Or, YOUR LIVER Is it Wrong? fict it Kiiht. Keep it K gliL Moore's narrated Itemsdy wllldo It, Three doses will male you leel belter, l II from your druggist or any wholesale drug home, or from Stewart llnlmot Prug Co., Seattle. WHO ARE WEAK CISC0U3AGED Men whonuTir from t'.io sgscts of dlMaae, or sr. work, irort7, from ua follies of youth or tb ex- oeiiea of nionUood, fiom unnatural drains, wask. nui orl icltof dovelopmcnt of any or;.-an, fsllanof vital foraint, unntness for B arrluro, ell ttxb men shonld "oome to tin fountain hnut " for a sciwitltla method of marrollon power to vttnll7S, develop, re. toro, on-l nustaln. Ws will msll wtlbenl ebarse la n plain sealed envelope rampblet that Tells It All. Jortblnt sent nnaatsd. Koum. sura.uod'Moptlon, Address ERIE MEDICAL CO. MIAOSRA BTSJCtT. BUFSAtO. M. V. mmmmamL'mmmmmmmmmmmm JNOaTHERN . GROWN Jf H ill iiXitXtttlttttXXttttXXttXttitt I P JO i 1 h A Herctiha Special 2i acttial horsepower) rnce, only SIS3. Drugs... Patent Medicines mt Cut Rates... W00DARD, CLARKE at CO. Wholesale and Itetail Druggists, Portland, rods sis; rig sicl Im-atlns rinM or Kllver t nr It-irn-'l iri'i,.iir,u t t. It. Bo as7, Muutltlnatun. Uouu" . f ,4 t Li:j , But ( .it; u Vvtuiii All ttii AitS. Kiafh Uynip, (ifKjit- Hum, h -'d hv rln "...,. Vm f. 4 . ''f t-..rr.i!;;t iuilli, or"', tli''.is ... s f'ons. They Plight to be told Just where s the danger lies, for thelf whote fu ture may dopond tipou that Itnowl- ed(?o and how to ovcrcotno thedungers) Uint threaten tlnsin. Thera is no need of our dosoi'lhinjf the exporloncca of aiioh womon here they ire too well known hy those who. have aufferedl but wo will Improa upon every one thnt these are the nover-falling symptom of aerioue womb trouble, aud union relieved at once a life will be forfeited.' Lydia 11 Plnkhom's Vefrata-lilo Com pound never fall to relieve the dis tressing troubles ulxive referred to( lb has hold the faltlt of the women of America for twenty year. It gives tone to tho womb, atrenjrtli ens tho muacloa, bantuhe backache end relieve nil pains incident to women' dtaeaae. All DruggUU SuU It and recommend it. Htt 1 r On 10, frrv or Toi.sno, 1 1,1 I AS I'OCKTI, i Fsk J. I'lifNuv niakaseatli that h Is lh seiiliir partnerol Hie rtrmot r. J. 'Mgitv4 t'o., doing business tn tit t'iiy ot Toledo, l!oiiuy sn I state ahtrcmild, sn-1 that lbs ld Hrm will luiv tne auni ol OSK ill'MlKKII IMil.l.AIIH lor each snd etery caw ol 1'tbh thst . anont I cured by the uw ol Hall's rTssn cm a Hworn to liefuro me and suliscribed la inv prcM-m-.a, this tlth day ol Uemlr, A. P. IS". . A. VV.III.ISAHON. JsgiLj notary I'uhllo. iTioTs Catarrh Care Is Islen Internslly, and sctn dir.'otlv 011 the IiIoimI and mucmt-. stirlai'i ol the tcin. Head fnr twtimoiiiais. Ires, C J. CllkNKY A !'() Toledo, 0, . gold bv druggists, 7.1, '.Hall's r'amlly Pills are th b. Aii international congress I being r runucd in Paris for the discussion ot means of preventing fire at theater and other place of ptihlio resort. The Bible wa written by degree during period of 1,000 years. It wa anciently called "The Books," but for the past 700 year th "Bible." iiomk i-itom ct ani rtuit roan. All KsKtern Syrup, so-callsd, nsntlly very llyiht coioivd and ol beavy budy, Is msde troto Blnctme, "7Vn Wartfs Itrnm'' is nisil Irtint Sugar Cane and Is strictly pur. It ts lor sale hv llrht-ulsks vrtawrs, m cans only, klanaiao. tiirwl by the Pctrtc Unas at M' (10. Ailn. nine iT-'tt O'm-dra irlnj" hava th viaunlao Hirer's narua llthograpbad oa svary can. Frog subsist on insects, and are themselves devoured hy a variety ot other animals. LAME BACK Weak Kidneys, Inmbagn, RheiimatUta and Sciatica Are Cured by A airon- enrrent ' .' It cn b of e.mtrl.-liy Is lett lstcd by a new by ibeweaiereverv ZJi pataut rnlsior moment ibis belt i it H1 so as to make It a vntlisUxly. 2ii .jit strong or as mild viJ&ff you waul It. ttronveys slesdy, mothln enrrent of elen. trlcllv Into the weakened inins'lts, giving them ahealtbr nerve power, whh'h revives thsm. It make, them slronir. 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Hercules Gas Engine Works Bay St., San Francisco, Cul. ....T..TV vfftmntft?f 111" H T Malts money bv siienosful tall I siwtilatl.in Inclilcago. W I 11 I buy and sell whest on msr. slim. li',irtiii,a l,u l,n msde on s small beginning hv irtilinsin lu tores, w rim fur full tisrtieulura. i..jh ot mi erenee given. Hevers! years' ax iiarleiice on tb (.lilcaxn Board ol Trade, and a morons n know, ledge of thsbuslnen. Rend for our tme refer. ytiea book. UOWNiNu, HiiPKINS tio., ' ('hlcnso Hoard of Trail Kn,kt. umnm In Portland, Oregmi and H'sttle, Wanh, t v irvffVV ..ti alwtiT 3 n'Ui j 1 . taifU- 4 .'.-lic. -f t;.i it 4 ffis? VttHU ft J 1. m kt..fl - CMILDftlr N tlltii WM. W ih!. 1.1 1 w H H' Hi'i 111B1 riv fe 1 UiUtlJ rff,-itiJllri t4'.!l(ln. itMH,tt.,f. .tilt OlR a-Ullli., MllltV- llll Ti.iill li'-. i-'-Ni-li l.-riiUinliii hiHik tt)-l,rl!...lnfil. tiuta, iftt':- 1 N. v. Ss, 1:, . . ion tttii pmpnr.