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Com prcheiMlvt) Review of the Import,
nt Happening! ol the Put Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Mot
Likely to Prove biteretting to Our
Many Rcadcra.
Bwniwn, the munlerer, lint lieen ran
victei of uianaluiiiflitor.
An arri'wl band of ladronea Im reap
(ritrrxl in lil.al province.
The Twenty-third reiriment haa left
the I'liiliiijilnoi for San Franclaco.
White Hprinxn, aumnier resort near
Kt. lxiu!, wrecked by a tornado,
Atroiiomeri are talking of form ins- a
combination in order to facilitate their
work.
WORK ON DHED3ER.
on good authority that
antieriilt will marry
It la raid
William K.
again.
A itorin in Germaay unrvifed build
inita, tore down telegraph wirea and did
much other da mage.
Jwo prjaoiierit In the Utah peniten
tiary engaKe-l hi a tight which will
prove fatal to both.
Fire iti Dutte lieelroyed much va'ua-
Oood Progreaa Being Made In Converting
tna Tranaport Qrant.
vvaehintrton, April 22. A report
jtiat reiwiyed by the chief of engineer
irom Captain Ban ford, who ia overnee
ing the overhauling of the tranaport
Grant and Ita convention fnto s aea
dredge, raya that more than latie-
factory work haa been done noon the
venue! ainoe it waa taken in hand by the
woramen 01 Mare Jalaud navy yard.
At the time of his report practically all
obstructing material In the way of the
aand bina, which are to hold the rnnd
as brought up from the Colombia river
bar by the Grant'i pompx, had been re
moved, and many of the frame of the
bina had been completed and 'placed in
poeiticn. Theae bins are to be built
lielow decks and will have outlet at
the bottom of the fbip, which will be
fitted with wateMltrbt atet. When
all the bina are filled, the Grant will
leave the bar, atpam out s good dis
tance to sea, and r'!eae the sand
through gateway. The Grant' boil
era are ni drgoing repairs, as the ship
is cut of commissicn.
Wtord has been received from the
Kllicott machine works, of Baltimore,
where the pumps fcr the Grant are be
ing built, that bo far the company haa
been unable to procure a perfect casting
for the pump cylinder. The t ylinder
called for is nearly large enough for a
man to wa'k through, a-d is one of the
largest single castings culled fcr in
modern pnnioing machinery. Although
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
COAL LEDOE FOUND.
Springs
All iralm mat clow connm llona al Im.Wi
im ..'.iiii.iu raeinc Halm i ami Irora lb.
Kat awl Iiun4 lni.. Al I'l.riland wiln.il
iraln. Iravini fliloi, .!.h,i i A.lorla wllh t
H. A o . Uial ami rail lint aud maamtr
l i roitrr 10 aim fruio liwai'O aed Norlli
I '""'!"1 lor Aaloria or war polnu nitiit fln
iiniiin i ihiiiikin. Irani, win
.top to lt
rtary off at llou'lnn lirn roming Iron, pol
7.1 of (joUle. latft).
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Afire MiilliiC iMet autd ilrtrrlH
ilt.tiaetrictlr r
i-(ni iai timtitfii MUim a (u. rtwcirt)
yttW Matktf, i)tt.ii vlani, la th
Scientific JInicrlcan.
A handkonifif fttncf nxM eT-wwlf, frvtMt nr.
mlaitiMt nf mnt '-i'(infl ("unil, 'fstftm. ) 9
rnuta,-,.
urn, m t Waaalualotk
New York
The largcat aum ever paid for a pre
'criptiou changad hamla in Han Kran-
ctn-'i, AUk-tllt mi. 11KII. The tram for ia
, liivilvedjn ruin and slock 11111,500 00,
anu was pain nv a party 01 luiainess
j men for a ircillc for Uright's litvas
.and Matittrt, hiilirrto incurable dis
tal". 1 tity i-otimieured the serious in
j v-itigatiou of (be iwirie November 15,
IIKnJ. They interviewed scores of the
rnnnl mul tried it out on lis merits hv
! putting over three doicn cases on the
trraluiriit and watching them. They
iu Km inaH-iaiia 10 name ciironir, in
rmalile ca.ea, and ailmiiiiitcrrd it with
the phyleina for judge, fp to Au
giiai j, m per cent ol the tet caaei
were either well or progrcing favora
blv. There twin; hut 13 per cent, of
laiiurea me pariiei were aalistleU and
clcsed the Iraninction. The proceed
ing! ol the investigating commutes and
the clinical reports of the teat rates were
pnhliahed and will be mailed free on ap
plication. Aildreaitlie John J. Fulton
t'liiiii'any, 420, Montgomery atreet,
, Sun Fraiiciaco, Calif, -
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CI Hr. YOU Hl-hK It it lt fliahtt Rfmemtvfr thai It Ii (h
-, HKi tHI i lii i Hoveriia. It it our btitltifftt to wtrvh tht
rat nntt tint thuw wltAt thor cohtHln in rvUHuti iu Unt.
Itllot. If (m rtiiilfmpUu tntfliiji Hint or loniPtf moimy on rrn)-
trrutltv, Uko no uihm i wonj, Lut intlfct uhiii ktiowlng wttiU
I tic rtHtinl iMn rtRrliiK ilia tltj. An Abstnu't RtcMwntltl u
ft tlrot. ImlMon Ii(ii(t tl. We Hav the onlv mi f l.riH
lMMka tti thp ion ut V Ail irk prnitl)'fxtHMiii-tl -.nil tAtltUctloD
tft,Mri,.tjtl. If ymi hnrr phitKTiv to inaiirt k j v ua ('All. tr
ttfrtila (r th Mtr Itimnmufj fini'ni in tht world. If rou
In ve piujHJft) lor titltf )Ut It w UU ua tJ w will And ft buyer.
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New from all tho world Well
wrltlen,. original stories An
swer to queries Articles on
Health, the Home, New Hooka,
and on Work About th Farm
and Garden.
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YEAR Q fS E DOLLAR
anWrlkt far The OHKUON RIIIT
" Ike Weakly laitf Otias
aeh paaera lor tl.OO.
E. E. QUICK fc CO.,
Main Strut
st. Huems,
0REG0H k
ble property and for a tin e eudangeied several rastings have been made, all
nave neen atlective.
Other work on the pump la progress
ing sauslactorily, but. if a perfect cast
ing cannot be secm-ed soon, the Grant
may not lie able to commence work on
the bar as early as wai contemplated.
NO MITCH IN CUBAN AFFAIRS.
the lives ol 00 persons.
Commander Underwood, of the mun-
boat Wheeling, says the report of the
nomoan hurricane was overdrawn.
A mad dog in Morristown,' N.. J., bit
150 town dons. Under orders from
the mayor 1 ,000 dogs have been de
stroyed. Captain Edward Gatfieid, who mys-
terourly dirt j ji and in Cleveland laet
.mnimir, has been found in Littleton,
Colo, lie wrote home that he waa ill.
Ir. Lowry, secretary of the Kansas
Hate board of health, ha reported
that the disease in nice county, Kan'
as, thought to to bunouic plague, ie
smallpox.
As the remit of a collision between
an interurhan car and an automobile at
IndianaptiliH, fnd., Or. Charles How
ard, of St. l'aul. lnd.. was killed and
Kichard Kice, ul Indianapolis badly in-
lurod.
Slight DKfkultlei a to Details, Which
Htqulrc Three Trcatlca.
Havana, April 22, The correspond
ent of the Associated Prep is told that
there is no hitch in the negotiations for
the ratification of the treaties between
the United States and Cuba, the only
difficulty thus far being on the subject
of detail covering the acquisition of
private property for the naval stations
The Cuban government prefer to pur
chase these lands and lease the whole.
together with the government lands re
quired, to the United States for a nom
uial consideration. There appears to
lie some natural question about the ex
In the mirrhaan fn SU aert. nf ln,l at t hich the United States Will
Indiana harlor, Lake eoun'y, lnd., the lneate Cuba for the purchase and
Illinois su)l company has secured a M1! " "o serious queet ions have
site for the proposed 13,000,000 Port- a,en on tMm subject.
land cement manufacturing plant.
fhe capacity will be 4.000 barrel a
day.
Cracksmen wrecked the vault and
-ale of the Allen state bank, at Allen,
Kan., and ewaiied with -',700. At
Admire, another small town a few
The final negotiation are now em
bodied in three treaties one carrying
out the details of the arrangement for
the occupancy of the paval stations in
accordance with the HooseveH-Palma
agreement; another covering the sov
ereignty over the Jale of Pine, and the
third incorporating the Piatt amend-
milut east ol Allen, the pOoUlttlce was n,nt liroviaiona into tw.rtwtn.1
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THE: OREGON MIST
money taken.
Woodburn, N. J., National Bank of-
ovinia say a man deposited 118,500.
..early all In 1-0 gold pieces, that had
aiu hurled in nis back yard Mr years.
Burton Parker, a sorter In the Chi-
-ago Postofllce, lias been arrested on
he charge of robbing the mails. He
oiif.-Hse.l. He Is supposed to have se
cured I SOU.
General J. C. Bates, the new com
mander of the Department of the
Lakes, has arrived at Chicago. Cen
tral Sumner succeed! him as com
man. lor of the Department of the Mis-
louri.
PassetiRer train No. 4. on the North'
rn PaciftY, ran Into a freight on a aid
ng at a slat lou IS miles wet of Dick
nson, ft. u. Hreman Gloason was
killed and the engineer Injured. A
witch had been left open.
The recent hlRh tides at Coney 1s
nd. N. Y., burst through the Bright
on Beach bulkheads, und the Inrush
ng waters flooded the cellars and de
stroyed the work of the gardeners at
Brighton Beach Hotel. The waves
rose as high as 20 feet.
The big bronze statue of Atlas
which has stood on the fourth floor of
the old Times building, Chicago, for
more than a third of a century, and
which was placed in the structure by
Wilbur F. Storey, hag been stolen
The statue weighed more than a ton.
MORp PAY BY HAY t.
Thousand! of Mea Will Oo On Strike If
They Don't Oet It.
New York, April 22. Francis J. Mc
Kay, of the New York locals of tbe In
ternational brotherhood of boilermakers
and iion shipbuilder, said at a meet
ing of tbe Central federated anion to
day: ".-even thousand boilermakers and
Iron shipbuilders will strike in tbe
shipyards of this city and vicinity if on
May 1 tbey do not get the increase in
wage they demand."
Constantion Laudadlo, of th Rook
men's and Excavators' union, said that
10,000 of his organisation will go out
if their demand are not granted May 1.
Business Agent Quinlan, of the Pipe
Caulkers' and tappers' union, reported
that 1,000 caulkers and tappers would
strike for increased pay throughout tbe
city and in the city departments if
their demands were not granted before
July 1-
PACKNQ HOUSE BURNS.
Specimens From Near Wllholt
of Excellent Quality.
According to a report brought from
the vicinity of Wllholt Springs,
miles east of Oregon City, In the foot
hllla of tho Cascade Mountains, and
Clackamas county, that portion of the
county is likely In the near future tc
prove one of the greatest wealth-pro
ducing sections of the county. F.
Maratow, of that place, hag a samp!
of coal which he aays has been take
from a ledee Just unoarthed on h
claim, which he claims to have been
looking for for the oast 12 months.
I he sample that he showed wag al
most pure carbon, and wag ag fine
specimen of the "black diamond'" as
can be found anywhere between th
two oceans. According to hig storv tho
Tin is irom six to ten feet thick an
btiowg every Indication of being
manent.
It hag long been known that there
are nae prospects for coal in that sec
tion, and many samples of coal nleke.
up from the hillnides have been exhib
ited, but It Is aald that this la the first
nnd of any consequence, and it is now
neueved that claims that have cot
been filed -in In that vicinity will goon
De laKen up.
As trie new wlectrlc railroad, for
which C. D. Latourette recently se
cured a franchise, is supposed to run
10 me vicinity of Wllhoit Snrlnes
is believed that this find will be an In
centive to hurry up the building of th
roaq.
Settlers for Wallowa County.
A party of Immigrants, numbering
ou men, women and children, arrived
a rew nays ago from Hlnton, W. Va
and will locate. Many will go to El
gin and Derhana to Wal
where already many from their state
are already located. They are all In
dtfarch of Government land that can
De nomesteaded.
Treat for Music Lovers.
ine students and citizens of Eu
gene are anticipating a great musical
treat when the. State Oratorio Society
miners us programme In V a
Hall, May 12, 13 and H. .
Financial Condition Oood.
The semi-annual financial ronnrt nt
voiumoia county omeers for the six
montns ending March 31. ha been
completed and it shows a total In all
of the funds of nearly $40,000. The
toiai resources of the county are 143
ava.vi, wune ice total liabilities are
ij-'s.uo. trie latter consisting of war
rant on tbe general and road funds
mat have not been presented for pay
ment, mere is no such a nrocednre
in mai county or Indorsing warrants
not paia ror want of funds."
Plant of Pacific Meat Company at Taco-
ma Is a Total Loaa.
Tacoma, April 23. The immense
packing house of the Pacific meat com
pany on the tide flat haa been almost
entirely destroyed bv Are. The loss
A Chicago man proposes to capture I wil t probably aggregate fully 1200,000.
Examined Salem Bar.
David B. Ogden, of Portland, an en
gineer of the Government River and
Harbor Department, was in Salem and
made soundings in the Willamette
River near Salem to ascertain what
changes have taken place in the chan
nel. He also made such Investigations
ag will be of use to his office in case
it should be necessary to build a re-
letmeut In order to keep the river in
its channel.
Had Oood Run.
The four-sttmp mill recently install
ed at the new Kremer & Palmer mine,
on Mount Reuben, haa been completed
and given its trial run, with excellent
results. The Kremer & Palmer la one
of the richest and most Dromislns
mines of Southern Oregon, and is an
other of the properties of this mineral
zone that has arisen from a mere pros
pect to a paying mine within the
course of a few months.
Havana's stray dogs, use them as bait
for sharks in the harbor, and when
sufficient are gathered, blow them up
with dynamite, The Havana Munlcl
pal Council pays $3 for each female
Ahark destroyed, and $2 for each male.
'There's millions in It,"
An Immense flow of oil wa struck
it 1200 feet In a well at Hartford, O.,
In new territory.
Sir Chen Tung I.lnn Cheng, the new
Chinese Minister, hag accepted the in
vitation of the Worlds Fair Commis
sioners to participate Id, the dedica.
tlon at St. Louis,
Two carloads of military tents,
promised by the militia department
for the use of Immigrants have been
received at Winnipeg. Fourteen hun
dred mor are enpeeted.
The fast mnll on the Louisville ft
Nashville for New Orleans, ran Into
an open switch near Castleberry, Ala.,
and waa wrecked. Mall Clerk Dono
van and the Negro fireman were kill-
A large stock of dressed meat in store
was also bnrned, a was a qunatity of
livestock.
John C. Boyle, superintendent of
tne provision department, bad a
miraculous escape from death. He
was shut off by Haines on the fourth
door, and made a thrilling leap to the
second floor down the elevator shaft.
The Are wag the most spectacular ever
seen in Tacouia, and was witnessed by
thousands of people.
Ihe officers cannot tell how much in
surance ia in effect, out it will be much
below the cost.
More Smuggling Cases.
San Jnan, Porto Rico, April 22.
Chief Hood, of the internal revenue de
pMCitment, has sworn out warrants be
fore a justice of the peace for the arrest
of Captain Andrew Duiilap, U. S. N
commandant of the naval station here,
and Robert Giles, for bringing In
NI. Engineer Wright nnd mall clerks liquor from the island of St. Thomas
Bvers. Eaton nnd Stratton were pain
fully injured,
An explosion haa occurred at the
military powder factory near Lisbon,
Portugal. Several persons were
killed,
Canada proposeg to retalllate for
German tariff discrimination by add-
without paying duty thereon. Giles
appealed and waa held nnder 1,000
bond for trial before the insular district
court.
Street Car Runs Amuck.
Pittsburg, April 29. Because an
electric brake refused to work, a crowd
ing one-third to the duty on German M electric car ran away today in Alle-
imports. Machinery for placer min
ing will be admitted free for one year.
Fire which started In the Capital
Hotel at West Kud, a summer resort
near New Orleans, La., destroyed that
building nnd a mini her of business
houses. The loss ia $75,000.
gheny, wrecked a cartiage, broke
through the safety gates of the Fort
Wayne railroad, derailed a fast moving
freight train and then went to piece.
Almost all of the 44 paaaengerg aboard
the car were hurt, though only one
fatally.
Snow Scares Qrant Stockmen.
Three inches of snow fell over most
of Grant county last week, causing
considerable alarm to th scores of
stockmen who had just turned out on
the range. Skits of February have been
carried Into April this season, numer
ous scant falls of snow being inter
mingled with chill weather, the com
bination proving rather trying on
stock. Ranchers now are very anx
ious for things to moderate.
Fears for Clackamas County Fruit.
The heavy hail storm of last week
did considerable damage to fruit in
different sections of Clackamas coun
ty, many of the fruit treea being
in full bloom, and the entire blossom
being knocked otT the trees. The
weather of the whole week has been
immoderately cold, and It Is believed
that the fruit crop is baoly damaged,
if not entirely killed.
CHINESE RAIDED BY ROBBERS.
Mormon Basin Celestial Were Not th
Victims of Mob Violence.
United States District Attorney J.
H. Hall, of Portland, hag been In
Baker City several dayg making In
quiry about an alleged outrage per
petrated on a lot of Chinamen engaged
in mining near Mormon Basin last
summer. It will be remembered that
a lot of toughs made a raid on tbe
Chinese placer mines over there and
robbed them of all their gold dust and
money. Three of the Chinamen were
badly Injured and several houses
bnrned.
It was not a mob but a raid of a lot
of thieves and rohbera, who, the better
to Intimidate their victims, burned
their homes and assaulted the inmates.
The Chinese government it ia un
derstood, has made a claim
Uncle Sam for $100,000 dumages and
it Is for the purpose of looking up the
facts in the case that Mr irs.il h.
been sent there.
TON OF SALMON FOUND.
Was Caught Out of Season and All Packed
la Ice.
Water Bailiffs Smith and Jones and
Deputy Wbrden Webster were looking
for poachers near the mouth of the
Clackamas when they ran into as fin
a lot of aalmon packed In Ice as their
eye had seen for many a long day.
More than 2200 pounda were taken
from the pack and shinned to Pnrt.
and, where they were placed fn cold
storage.
After leaving this big find of sal
mon, the men proceeded up the river
o look for a location for a fish way.
On their way they broke their oart
nd were forced to beat ashore, and
almost under their eyea they discov
ered 20 fine gteelheadg, which they ap
propriated.
It has long been known that salmon.
fishing out of season was being Indul
ged in in the Clackamas, but that it
was being carried on on guch a tares
scale was not dreamed of, and strenu
ous steps will be taken to itop it.
Forest Rangers Discharged.
News has been received In Salem
that ail the forest rangers who served
last year have been discharged, and
the presumption Is that new men will
be employed, probably upon somo civil
service examination basis.
Smallpox Case at Tbe Dalles.
A case of smallnoi h
d to the city authorities at Th
Dalles; the sufferer belne Orion Kin-
ersly, of that city. Mr. Kinersly prob
ably contracted the disease in or about
tinanmo. which place ig now In quar
antine with several cases of the disease.
Orouse Mountain Mine Resume.
The Grouse Mountain Gold Mining
& Milling Company will resume oper
ations at once. The superintendent
has gone to Bohemia with a force of
men. This company owns valuable
property on Grouse Mountain which
adjoins the Noonday and Knott mines,
being an extension of the Champion.
They will work a double shift further
to Improve the property ag originally
mapped out. This company Is held as
close corporation and backed bv
some men of money and influence.
Bond Proposal Carried.
At a special election held In Tin It or
City to vote on a proposition to Issue
bonds for the purpose of constructing
a sewer system and erecting a City
Hall, the City nail bonds carried by a
vote of four to one, and the sewer
bonds five to one. Both improvements
Ul be started at once.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wife narderer Suicides.
John de Faleo, the Italian- convict
w.ho waa serving a life sentence at the
penitentiary for killing his wife in
Portland on February 26 through Jeal
ousy, ended hig existence at the prison
by cutting his throat and severing his
windpipe with an instrument known
as a cell knife, with a blade about one
inch long.
May Make 100,000 Idle.
Chicago, April 16. On the result of
a meeting to be held tomorrow depends
the question of a strike which may In
volve 100.000 workmen on the Great
Lakes. An ultimatum on wages Is to
be presented by the package frelcht-
handlerg at Chicago to the managers
of the lake lines and labor contractorg
who supply men for dock work along
the Chicago river. The demand Is
backed by the International Long
shoremen's, Marine and Transport
Workers' Association.
Wheat Walla Walla, 70a71c: bine.
stem 7n-8o; valley, 7676c.
Barley Feed, $21.50 per ton; brew
ing, $23.
Floor Beet grade, 3.P54.26; grab.
3, 3.453.85.
Millstuffrj Bran. $19 ner ton:
iddlingg, $ 24; short. $19,50620.
chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.15 a 1.20:
gray, $1.12s1.15 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $13813.50: clover.
$10(811; cheat, $1112 per ton.
Potatoes Best Borbanki, 60c per
sack; ordinary, 25Sj40c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $l
3.60 per cental.
Poultry Chicken, mixed, Il312c;
yonng, 1314c; hens, 12c; turkey,
live, 1617c; dressed, 2022c; ducks,
$77.60 per dozen; geese, $030.50.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 18
17c; Yonng America, 17 17Xc; '
factory price, ll)4c leg.
Butter Fancy creamery, 22c per
ponnd; extras, 21o; dairy, 2022),c;
store, 1618o.
Eggs 16(iI7c per dozen.
Hops Choice, 1820c per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12Mai6c; Eastern
Oregon, 814c; mohair, S53c.
Beef Grois, cow, 8)i-4c per
ponnd; steers, 4.5c; dressed, 7Jic
Veal 88Ko.
Mutton Gross, 77)c per pound;
dressed, 8(S9o.
Lamb Grois, 4r per ponnd;
dressed, 7Kc
Hog Gross, 77)4' per pound;
dresseil,8(38c.