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VOL. 10.
$2.00 Per Year.
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, ORICGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 10. m
Five Cents Per Copy.
NO. 18.
i
AO, U. W.-INDEPENDENCF
Lodge. No- 22. meet every Mou
uight lu Miumuiio hall. All sojourn
dm brother art Invited lit attend. W.l.
WUkiUd, M. W, W, U. Cook. lUKHmlw,
A 7 ALLEY LODGE. NO. 4'. I. 0. 0
V V. in V. ii.luyn hull m
i nurtday eveulug. All IKUI follows cor
dially invited In meet withus. IWr
CHk N. O. J. 1)' Irvine, 8crlAry.
LION LODGE, NO. 2i, A. F. A A
M.HalK itiiumniii ionium. Sntur
day evening mi or before full moon esch
inuuib Htul two weeks thereafter. U. W
Miinu, W. M. W. 1. Conunway, Heey,
T TOM Kit I.01M1R N'tY 4.1 K .if P.
n MwU every Wednesday evening.
All knights art ot liuilv invited. W. II.
uawiey, u. u, v., timueucr, &, ii. a
rilYSimXS-DRXTISTKY
OIV HITLEU. PHYSICIAN AND
, snrgeoti. Secy. V. 8. Hoard of
.M.iiicrti examiner, unlet iii iiwr
ilotue uiocc.
EL KEN HUM. M. D. OFFICE
, ami residence, corner llnilrunii
and Monmouth !., Independence, Or,
rK J. n. "O-tVSON, KEStDENI
L-J IVnlui. Vii uork warranted lo
Vivo the leal if satisfaction, ludepen
dene, Or.
T J. LEE. PHYSICIAN AND ril'H
1 . geon. U. 8. examining suigeon.
Uillvti over lodcpeiidenre National Hunk
D
gon.
It. V. E. BOYNTON. PHYSICIAN
atul Surgeon, Ihicna iIa, Ore-
ATTOKXEYS.
i"SKt). A. SMITH. ATTOllNEY AT
J Law. Will practice m nil state
ami federal roiirta. Ahetrct uf til lo
furnished. Office over Independence
National Dunk.
f"ALY. KlULEY EAKIN. AT
LJ tornrys nt Law. We Imve lli.cml)
l uf Hlmlriirt Ixink. In Piilk O'lHily.
Helial.ln nbfitriirt furnixlii'il. Money to
limn; no eumnilnwin chnruml nn lornm.
()!llo. HXHim i ami 3 Wilmin' liliick, Dol
lux, Oregon.
AM. Ht'HLEY, ATTOHNEY AND
, Comiwlor "l Lrw. Ollloe, ui'sl
to Inilepemliiuce Nntiiitiiil Itiink, Imlih
peuilt'iice, Or.
BONHAM ft HOLMES. ATTOtl
noyn nt Lnw. Ollloe iu llimh'
bluck, lietwc.-n Stnla mid Cimrt, on Com
morctiil iitreiit, Hiilem, Or.
SASH AND DOORS.
MITCHELL & IfOHANNON, MAN
iifwluri'm uf (iimli ami ili,rn
AImh, Rorull KnwiiiK. Muiu gtreot, luile
penilcuco, r.
VETKRIN'ARY BUROEON.
DU. E. O. YOUNO, lute of Ne vl.erjr,
Vt'liirimiry Siirxiiiin nml Dvutifl
linn moved tn Independence!, ami (ipened
an ollloe over Hie luilcpotidenco Niitinn
nl bunk.
W J. MULKEY, MONMOUTH
, owns the Olil HdIiiiIiIh (jrnccry
and proViHioii (tore, dome teHt our
pri('N nml qnullty of (oo(1h, nnd he uh
Biirdil tlmt we well iw ishcup m t lie nlionp
eht, iiud will deliver yunr tmniiiiiHuH iu
nny pnrt of tbe eity FREE of olmrge.
Doa't fml to 3i:i W. J. Mulkey.
HERCULES
GAS ENGINE.
Iluu Willi a or Uaaolliic.
Tonr Wlfo eon ran It. Roinlroi no llnemeit
eiiKlneer. Miikcnomollor illrt. t(o Batturlen
or ilci'lrlc Kpitrk.
PALiriEU Sc REV,
Ban Fbhc co, Oal, Pohtlamo, On.
BEATS STEAM P0WEB
UARDERS.
17 T. HENKLE. THE HARMER
lt opiMMiia Mrti Mitkiul llniik, In
UeHu,i'iio, Oretfim,
AUCTIONEERING.
ir iKwvi'ii iiwiiAiiiit nn
. II, lln.U'lh lv rfiV'V 4 i
C, w Klwyi reiidy In do mietlou
mirk, either iu Hi oily or otmutiy, nl
remtoimtils rntm.
TAILORS.
I O. 8HARMAN. MERCHANT
V V Tilor C lreel, nwir utotlle.
Mint, lu any ityle nmde lo orvler hi re
.ulllllllB tHWA
HOTELS.
OT. CHARUvS HOTEL. It)ilT
O ld. Own, 0. W, Know lex,
pmprietur, Tlio lemliiitf hotel of the
nitrlhweMt. Flri'proof, llvdmulio le-
vnhir. Newly furiiiahed, (tml retiuir
mil ooiineoied, i.Hii nNitui. ir. Front
iu) MorrlMin utrevti.
li.VXK.H.
THE IXDErnXDKNCK
National Bank !
Capital Stink, $50,000.00.
II. HlllM IMtKKl,
AllllAM NK.I.MON.
I'lMlitellt.
V lr I'rwIitenU
I'. tVl.NNAWAV
t-wliler,
A (fiirrnl bnkln unit enehnmie bu.liiM.
Iraiiwlril: Iih.ii. mmte, bill, illeotllilril.niiii
imm lnl emtll. urmull; ileiMMll mvlvrnt mi
eurreiit neniuiil .ulijeet t cheek, lulenMl l,t
nil time dtMllK.
IXKKCnilth,
J,hiiK MeliBiiWI, II. II. Jaxrwr-on, A. J.
(liilmii, II, HinuhlHT, A, NelMw,
T.J. I. I. A. Alleu.
Commenced Business March A, 1889.
K.talillhel by NlU,il Aullmrliy,
-TIIK-
IRST NATIONAL BANK.
of InileiwnJrore, rre(tn.
Capital Stook
Surplui,
$50,000.00
(14,000.00
tMHMU'KII. I W. HllllKHTMilS,
I'renlilenl, Viet I're.ldeil.
W. II IIAWI.KV, i wliler.
DIRECTORS.
, H. Cooper, U W, Kubertmin, lwl lleluilek
II. W. Wliltekor, W. W. OiHln.
A neneriil linnkliiii lilnw lrniieleil
iluy. ami aelLvirlimiiie on nil linporunl
UlllllH.
lM.wlt reeelved .iitijeet to cheek or on cer-
uneHie of (irXM'(. comm'IIuii. mmie.
dine iiiinra: , in, lulu in.
NCORPORATEO UNDER THE UWS OF OREGON.
POLK COUNTY BANK.
MONMOUTH, OR.
. II. IUWI.KV Prenlilent
'. I. I.'A M IMIKI.L Vlee.l're..
IIIA C. POWKId, C'ililer
Paid Capital, $30,000.
DIRECTORS.
II MkwIcv. IM..('niiiiln, I. M.MlmiiMin
I. II. V. Hutler, J. II. Hiiimp, K, M. Powell
loMppli ITiiven,
A Kenernl biinkhiK nnd exeliniiKA liiitttiieKM
IrmiNm'ted; limn, mude; deiHfIU rei'elvtiil
lllijeet to eheek or nn eerlllleuKl III clepimll;
nleriiMt piitd on time iI(,iom1u,
-Klre proof vault nml burulnr Iiroiif wife.
teeured by Yule Mine loek.
Olllee H e m: 9 , m, to i p. m.
. PKKHOOTT.
J. A. VKNES8.
PRE8C0TT X VENE88,
Proprietor, of-
NDEP1K Si MILL.
Miiniifiielureriif wild Denier. In
IR and HARDWOOD,
AND-
Rough and Dressed
LUMBER.
j. A. WHEELER, Manager.
PACIFIC COAST.
Fabulously Rich Strike of Ore
, at Agua Fi la, A. T.
APACHE COUNTERFEITERS.
The fiiso Je lus AltjoJoni'S Land
Grant Ca.-ie Decided in
Fnvor of Coe.
Two of Ortgon't ComnilMlontri to Hit
world ralr art womrn.
Tht Arlaon IlotiM haa paiwxl Hit
woniu-,uiifitt mil oy volt 01 17 10 7.
Tmuhla la rtiwrted at tha placer. In
tlia Henry Mountain., Utah, and an or
(.li ned warfare (or lha poantaaion ol
iHttii uat utgun.
Two tchonntra from Fan Iiitohava
been ae med liy Mexican enntoma ollletrt
l Mn mntin and art ueiil uitrt peml-
Hit inmiiiiation.
Tht rtjiort that lr. Ttrry ol tha Ptrrla
Irrigation company. Mo loto roiinly,
had d'aapptartd la den ltd hy hi Irltmlt.
Ilia report wa, atarltd by tha docUtr'a
iiemira.
F nt I.latitonaut llri: nUck of th
Fir.l Inlautry. V. H. A., ha lout hi ra-
kin, and haa laolaltd hiiuwK In tha
nowy wliu ol hootauai coouty in
.oriu.ru uiano.
W.B. Halt o( ll.y.Ui k, (Irani eannty.
Or,, contemplate. iieriiiienllii with a
number ol wmt-tnipie.l croin during
tiiaoumii K ataaon, iiieiuiinK coiion, lo-
leo, liroora e irn and aiirKiiuiu,
Tha Ilradatrtet Merr.ntile Aifenev re
port. Ue'vn fallnrt In fit l'.ii!lo Ooa.t
HUtaa and Tern tor iei lor lha put weak,
a compared wltht!tvn lor tht prtvlou
week and twelv lor Hit trreiotilinii
wet ol
Tbe mill at lha Ylrtnt mint In Ext
ern Oregon la running night and day nn
ora l.kn I rout tha opper lev. I, Tbt
new pump la (ant clear Inn tlm tutna of
water, aiii ilia pn .i i ol tut eoinoaur
art veiy llitlerirg.
Tha great high-power pumping ttlant
whleh will ti'i pV Yuma and nma
Iltighi witn w.ler, ami allien will Irri
gate 10 0 0 arret ol land on lha meta
near t ama. lint lrlel up, and tliat
taction la correepoiiilliiiily happy..
Tht Pit vallun Indian hafeuiiiiinrl
(ha con.ttuetiou ol tha tint railro d
built by Indiana tn t tt la rountry. Tht
road will run ihrougii tnt.r rmrvaiion.
and ia believed lo l part ol Hit Oreat
Northern and union IWuc ty.tem.
The ftalt river In Arinna rwt lotirfeot
In (wo honra rewntly, howlng that the
mow in tha mountain I welling rapid
Iv. A ret no rain h i laHeu In fit val
ley, thongh it I lima (or tin rainy tea-
nntoclote, and old Mmer fear a drought.
Apacha Indian r mnierleller lave
been tllarovtriHi in lltt MogotMn Si nnt
lu, A, T. Tha coin Ihry tnade wa a
counterfeit .liver rviar. I' wa, com
noted o( lend wa.h.d with nlver, but o
irnperltrl mat it could e.xiiy ot uo
ttcted. Lot Angelea complain that la Bon th
em World'a Fair Lady Comniilontm
hart been (nobbed bv tha Northern
Coinmlaaionera. They nave been told
tliat they will have to pay their own way
to Chicago, while the Northern Commit
loner centre paa.age (ret.
Mr. R. Or Ullli and her danghtei
Minnie at Portland. Or., were Im iirin-
oned tn a loldlng ld, and were ne.rli
iiinthettd before they were eitrirated,
A pro ertlon cruilird Mr. Orilllth l
dent. The two were In the trap an
hour beiore aeaiaianoe came.
A fnhiiloiiely rich itrike of ore la re.
ported from Ague F'rla, hont thirty
mile (rom Pmacott, A. T. The location
near the famou IJig Itug dliirlct,
which haa been prjduelng rich or (or a
year or more. The ore from the new
II ml It reported lo aaaay t2,000 per ton,
or $1 pound.
The i'ato da lot Algodonet land-grant
cane before the United Htate LandConrt
ha been derided In favor of Karl B.C00
ol Denver. Col., who purchased the title
(rom the original owner. Thlanpnn to
ettiement and development 4(i,tKH) arret
of the rlclie.t land In the Valley o( the
Colorado. Yuma, A. T., I In the grant.
A report (rom the Northweataaya work
will begin 011 an attention of the Bur-
Hiigton route from the pretent lorminua
of n grade at the Kmturn Iilaho line to
Portland within three month at the
furthest, and a branch o( the Mreat
Northern will lie ran down to connect
with the Burlington at or near Bolae,
Idaho, thene running to Han FrancUro,
and each line will lie ued by the other
road.
A mining and development company
ha been Incorporated with capital
ito.-k of $10,0 M),000. The director, and
their auberrlption to the itock are:
John W. M,rknv, $2,SOO,0 0; Jamea U
Flood. 2.l!) I.IN'O: .lame K. Walah. (10.-
000. The other director are William
r.yle and (ieimw H. Well. It I ilu'ed
11... .... , ,u 1 1.... ,
uid purninn n inn uui jiiri,iiuu i. tuuwn,
or.ntrol and ileil in mine?, land ana
water rlgh. a, and It I generally unde
ati ol the coir piny 1 'onned to lurlbHr
develop the Oomstock mine.
The Great Northern rnilrnad ha la-
ned lla now freight tar fi rm lumber and
hlug ea (rom RuHtLloand common point
on the count line, to local polnti on it
line, and nranclie. which involve a
great reduo'lon all fMitnd, and will ad
mit I'liiiot H mnd lumrier to nil point
in the tn pie" prair e, which the ayatem
travers1, nt the Mine or very I'lght'y
higher rate than apply to the Enntern
termlnnl of the ayatem on the MlHfnurl
r ver and Lake Buperinr, The principle
of the intoratnta com in "tea Inw, that
the rate to any po'nt ilmll he id higher
than that lo a further mint in the mine
direction, In cloudy regarded, ard the
remit will be that lumber can be IrUI
down at any emnll town In the Interior
ol the Northwest at the nme rates tin at
the termini, via , SO cent on fir lumber
and fiO rente on lumber, log fence pot,
ahlnglea and wooden tank material.
The car loud rate In cent per 1(0
Bound on all lumber, Including Or, from
eattle and common point tn the princi
pal point are a follow: Lowell an I
Li.n-iMu jiy. el,..- 01. nr......
niuimm inn t T , niiii.uii, oj , vvuiiki
chee, IB; Rpokane 25 i Bonner Ferrv,
26; Knllepell, 83; Shelby Jnnct on, B n
ton, Oreat Fall, Helena, finite, 35;
point on the Bund Coulee and Ntlhart
ranch, (rom iii to 40.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL
Ni Largest Sheep Ranch In the World
Old Country Doing Bulnet
Willi the OuUklt World.
England ta worth ,IJOO,000,000.
Kama betl li popular with I-ondoa-era.,
Tht Ptnntylvaula railroad ownt 1)0,000
car.
A bog trutt I being organlitd In the
Wt,
Canada baa over 14,0 JO mile ol rail
road.
AllaKa ttd la (tiling lor W.tt bu.hel
In Kanaaa.
Mllwankte mllltri ara not In the pro
poted big truvt.
Our mannfaeturta In ISO 3 wtre valued
at 7,Ul,0Ui,t.
Alumlblum In 18(10 MtlA a pound i
now It eott 0 cent pound.
F.ngllah capital la finding opportune
tit lor luvettiuenl In Florid.
Chine cheap labor It teeklng a uta
ke( with aoiut iticoe. lu Africa.
Tht thlpplng Iniereet I depre.exl at
all Hi prlnolpal Kuropjn port.
Tha fii.l co.t o! the old t'roion aijue
duetol New York wa IIS.&UO.iMt.
Tht woman bora doctor 1 working
np a prartU In aeveral Kaitero citic
Button mailt o( twlatoe, teetn to be
cheap and g.wd enough tor ordinary uat.
Bilk wa lint ntanufaclurtd In tht
United tltate at Mtn.tleld, Conn., in
IN.U.
It la nroiMMKl to nuil"v fi Kl e-illete
tudenU at guide during tha World'
Fair,
The grtateal EnglUh landholder, tht
Duke ol tiutbtrtattd, owa 1,'iM.frO
arret.
EnglUh Invtttmtnt In Amtrleao
brewerie aggregated December 1 tl'l,-
!W3,.'!0.
Fait leeth are now made (rom paper,
and are eeld to wear well and lo U.t a
lifetime.
Aluminium cooking nUn.ll are ttt
routing on the market, and are likely to
1 popular.
During IH3 there were Imported Into
tht United rial IH.O.Vi.tXK) bottle of
French champagne.
Work (or the manufacture o( alumin
ium cooking ulaii.il are being e.ecled
by aa Illlnoia company,
Wal'aee Porter o( A.hland. Wl., ha
told 00,000,(0 J of pine f umpagt to Chi
ragd and Ht, l)ul pari let.
ToUoco .lein. are aalllng lor 11 ZS pr
100 pound In Kentucky, They are nacd
In vnulf ; lo a Itrtlltier.
Nina New Bedford (M.)collon mill
laat year pa;d ?IH,0W In dividend, av
eraging 7,io per ceni on tn repi'at.
There wer 4.3 0.0.1) Ion of bitninl.
uovn coal mined In Alabama In Isul, In
1IU the production wa 6,?72 0W tin..
an Increase ol nearly a per cent.
Nuhvlllt I en nl tht greatt.t milling
center In tht United Ktatea. It now
gr n I more than 7.0( 0 barrel ol flour
tier dav, and la conitantiy increasing it
operatlona.
Tht argoat aheep ranch In lha world
I In the countie, of Dimmit and Webb,
Tel. It contain upward ol 400,(01
acre, and yearly paalure from 1,000,009
10 1,000,1X1 J tiieep.
Bouie of tht cotton mill in South Car
olina earned a high aa it per cent on
(heir luveetmenta laat year, and all In
all It wa the most proaparou year in
in maioryoi cotton manuiacturipg in
that Statt.
The old country I doing buiine.wllh
the outside world. The quantity and
value of iron and a lee I exported by
(ireat Britain In the firet eleven month
of la.t year were i M 1.040 ton, and
lft.0:W. 442 retctlvely.aaint 3.018.026
ton ind '.25,007, '-'01 In tha rorrevpond-
ing montlii ol JHUl.
The man who " Invented " ateam mul
tiplied many time the (oroea ol the
world. In tht manufacture ol Oreat
Britain alone the power which n'emn ej-
ert I e.li mated to be einal to the man
ual labor of 4,ooj,(m(XiO men. or mora
than double the number o( maloa up-
polled to Inhabit Hie gioiie.
PERSONAL MENTION.
M, Km I le Z0I.1 Undaunted by His B.iJ
Reception at the French Academy
and a Standing CanJIdnte.
IW. E. E. Burnard o( the Lick Ob
servatory often devote, twenty hour out
of the twenty-four to work at the tele
cope and In the computing room during
oiear weather.
It I antd that Robert Loul Htevemon
i a, been paid more for hi l'jlyno.ian
tory now appearing in England than
wa ever paid In that country (or the
anme rninttnt o( "copy," The recent ru
mor ol Mr. Ktovenson't ill health have
been contradicted.
The little Crown Prince o( Germany
bromine, to become aa daring and expert
a horseman a hi (ulher I. I lei are on
the Arabian pony the Hultan of Turkey
ent him with the Adjutant who give
him riding loaaona, and almost Invaria
bly win. Discreet Adjutant.
1'iittl created a great eetiSA'.lou quite
unpremmlltatedly not long ago while
inglng in Miluu. "Travinta" wa the
opera, and Just after rendering the pann
age "Amami, Alfredo," she started to
make an exit tint, trending upon her
gown, she loll nouviiv to tne noor. i lie
audience became wildly exnitod, (or (f lire
were entertained that tlio diva was badly
hurt. Hhe soon rore to her (eet. how
ever, and smiled In an unconcerned way
amid rousing applause.
Ueneral T. T. Ecltart, who la to suc
ceed the lute 1r. Norvin Green as Presi
dent of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, Is a native ol Bt. Olelnvllle,
0,,and 03 years ol age. He began at
the bottom ol trie telegraphic ladder in
1841). had charge ol the military tele
graph at Washington (luring the war,
ami upon the consolidation o( the At
lantic and l'acltlo Telegraph Company
with the Western Union In 1881 became
General Manager of the new company.
M Emlle Zola, undaunted by his bad
reception at the French Academy, haa
Informed a Tempi reporter that ho re-
n.n... - li.l I l.l-l u
ilini i in minimum to mr ijiio unnir ui ivciinu.
and that he will oiler hlmaolf (or that of
John Lemolne. "From my deathbed,
If there were a vacancy, I should oner
myself as a candidate. You know my
feelings. I believe that since nn ncademv
exists I ought to belong to It, nnd that Is
why 1 oiler mysnlf. Whatever people
think, I am going to continue the light,"
EASTERN ITEMS.
Graphic Pulpit Picture of Hell
Causes Insanity.
THE SAYRE ELECTION BILL.
Pi-op! Starving While Awaiting the
Opening Up of the Cher
okee Strip.
The mining (own ol Creede, Col., now
ba population ol 6,('0X
A ti!cide club ol lilty member hat
been lurmtd at Hrlilgeton, H. J.
It 1 now denied that a tola leather
trust has been formed at Bo ton.
Tht present vtvera winter ha been
bonaui, (or tha Florida holelkeeper.
Tha convict mining war trouble art
threatening to break out In Tennessee,
Mimourl Commit.lonar ordered
lo raise the figure ol railroad valuation.
CongreMi I lo Inve.tlgat tha employ
ment ol aubttitute by drluieut
riora,.
Ansonla, Conn,, la lo have a sidewalk
made ol linirlert pins and pin scrap
1(1. Iwl together.
A Bt, Liula woman ha applied (or
pa ent lo cover tht proceaae of making
llsjHHl on tut recent school cenm.
Connecticut' population 1 now 31,100
larger man it was in inw.
Two more ol t'ue lol lower ol Catarina
Garta have been captured by American
troop on the Texa border,
The Bethlehem Iron Work have been
awarded a contract lor over 13,000X00
worm ol heavy armorplate.
There haa been unusual niorta'itv
among the animate In tha New York
Central i'ark "Zoo" this winter.
Not one Chinaman in Boston has ret
Istered under tha Geary act. and onlv
on In tht Htate ot Massachusetts.
Allen G. Thurman haa propowd the
silver dollar (or a national bank note ha
sis as a solution ol the currency question.
The Chicago and Northwestern rail
road will elevate all lU tracks In Chicago
at the expense, so It ts printed, ol U'4.-
I00 0..
Btrong antl race meetings are being
held In New Jenev tn opposition to tbe
bill passed by the Legislature legalising
horse-raclog.
A movement Is on loot In Hohoken to
put the Catholic parochial schools of
thai city under tht Falrbault system of
Archbishop Ireland.
Tht Bayre election bill, which dlsfran
chlset 40,001 negroes in tht Blate. has
passed the Alabama Senate and been
signed by the Governor.
The cttiaens of Batina, Kan., have
pledged ttiOOOiO and twenty acres ol
land to the Htate lor the removal of the
Nlale capital to that place.
The peop'e ol Norfolk, Ya., are ar
ranging lor gret times dnrli g the ren
desvous of tlit navies ol 111 world In
Hampton Roads In April and May.
The topographical survey ol Connoctl
ent Just completed shows Its area to ba
5.0 4 square miles or 310 square mile
.r,.ter than given by tome authorities.
The recent town election In the State
it New York show that both parties re
lain practically their relative strength
ol last year iu the lloaidioi (Supervisors.
The dam across the Colorado at Aus
tin, Texas, will cost 11,400,000, stand
sixty leet above low-water, and will sup
ply 14, 500-horse power, besides tht
town's water.
Telegrams have been sent to Speaker
Crisp, asking that the government open
llieunerokeecitrtpor appropriate money
to leed the people who are starving
while waiting.
The colored teachers at Atlanta have
pasted reeolut'ons drclsring their grati
fication because of the appointment of
Hoke Smith as a member of Mr. Cleve
land's Cabinet.
The Massachnetts Legislature hss
nimle a Iresti appropriation of $105,000
to be added to the considerable sum
already expended lor the extermination
ol the gypsy moth.
Fnborlmns find an argument (or an
nexation to New York tn the (act that
some great monev-lending corporations
sre forbidden to Invest in real estate out
side ol New York city.
Btate Department olllclals at Washing
ton disclaim any knowledge ol the re'
ported defalcation In the ollloe ol Con
sul-General New at London. They place
no reliance In the story.
Although they will cost $1,000 apiece,
liquor llceuses have been applied for by
3,300 people In Philadelphia. It Is esti
mated that considerably less than one
half that number will be granted.
Borne ol the unsalable World's Fair
coins have been bought by a New York
jeweler and made up into various arti
cles. A lew have been made to serve as
lids to little purses of silver mesh.
The Michigan Gits Company, engaged
in piping natural gas to Detroit, and the
Detroit and Mutual oni-iigiit lampany
were lent week consolidated, the new
company having a capital of $4,0(0,000.
Last vear generously disposed persons
In the United States contributed in sums
of $10,000 and upward no loss than $-0,-Otll
,(U7 for purposes of education, char
ity and popnlur entertainment in various
forms.
It is hard times (or working people in
New York when potatoes are selling (or
$1.50 per bushel, while pork or other
meats are one-quarter higher than last
winter. Wage continue low, and work
is very dull.
The United States revenue cutter
Washington was so badly damaged by a
collision with Pennsylvania annex terry-
boat No. 8 that she sank lu Government
Bay. north of the Barge Ofllce, New
York Harbor.
Mr. William Wilbur ol Rowan. Ia..
haa been adjudged Insane and sent to
sn Insane asylum. The Immed ate cause
ol her mania was a graphic pulpit pict
ure of hell drawn tn a sermon by tier
pastor, whioh preyed upon her mind.
The ruling of Secretary Foster that
marine engineers are not otllcers, and
that consequently foreign marine engi
neer may seive on American steam
ships, has exoited the indignation ol the
steamship engineers all over tht country.
Illghcfit of all ia Leavening rower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
mm
is x a j
ABSOLUTELY PUDS
PORTLAND MARKET.
Frotfa-M. reals, atta,
Wmt-Nominal: Valley, $1.10;
Walla Walla, $1.07 (, per cent!.
Fu)ua-Hundard,$3.U0i Walla Walla,
$3.60; Graham, Mi Bupernne, $3.60
per barrel.
Oats Choice, 4344c per bnshel lair,
40c; rolled, In bags, tn.a68.50 barrels,
$1.50a.76j eases, $3.75.
Hat Best, $11(913.60 per ton; com
mon, $U004, 10.00.
MuASTBrrt Bran, $18'$. 7 j abort, 119
SM ground barltv,$3H4; chop !eed,$18
per ton; whole teed barley, 80(ftH6c per
cental; middlings, $23(324 per ton: brew
ing barley, V04V)c per cental; chicken
wheat, $1.10 per cental.
Burr Oregon lancy creamery, 30!
32 V; fancy dairy, Zo&27Hc fair to
good, Jotttic; common, 12V4l5c per
pound; pickle roll batter, 40s55c per
roll.
Cugtsa Oregon. 11313c t Eastern
Twin, 14,c ; Young America, 15c per
ponnd.
Koot Oregon, 10c per doten,
Pouwar Chicken, mixed wop, $4.00
50; old hena, 14.00(44.50; old rooster,
$4 IM; dress d chickens, 15c per ponnd;
ducks. $4.lXiMtU0: geese. 110.00 per
duten; turkeys, live, U.i,c; drtased, lb J
loo per pound.
VautTABi. as Cabbage. $1.7531.85 per
cental : onion, $l.6orfji.76 per cental ;
cut onion, $1.60m 1.76; potatoes, 76ftSOc
per cental! Oregon turnips, 73c$$l.0u
per aark: young carrots, 75c U1 per
sack; sweet potatoes, $J.&u(t4.00 per
cental; Oregon caullliower, f 1.00 1.25
per doten i celery, $1.00 per dosen ; arti
chokes, $1.10 per dosen ; lettuce, 40c per
dosen ; asparagna, 35c per pound.
t aorrt eiuity lemoua, so.ukkdoj per
box; California new crop, $4,50(.46; ba
nanas, $2.60(1(3.50 per bunch; oranges,
seedlings, $2.00(&176 per box; navels,
$3.&0(J4.0J; cranberries, $12.50 per bar
rel; apple, $t.0Ui42.uu per box.
Mael droMeiM.
IIokit Choice comb, 16(8 17o per
pound ; new Oregon, 1 i(420c
Halt Liverpool, 200., $15.50; 100,,
$10.50; 60s, $17.50; stock, $l0.50(it 11.60.
Dmsu t buits rente prunes, lOiglZc;
silver.lliglsc; Italian, li(itl4c; German,
10itllci plums, old. 6ii(oc; new. 70c:
apple, Out tic; evaporated apricots,
lotgloc; peaches, Kiijloc; peon, 70JI1O
per pound.
mix isianu,n.o.so.oJi Japan, i-.oo
per cental.
Oorraa-CosU Rice, 22o; Rio, ?2o;
Salvador, gtc ; I'xiha, 27Hv(t:hHj; Java,
26SC430C; Arbuckle's, Midland, Mo
kaaka aud Lion, 100-pound cases,
26 86-1000 per pound; Columbia, same,
26 36-lOOc.
Bsass ninall white, S'ac; pink. 3c i
beyos, S'-.c; butter, S'4c; timaa, 8(g4o
per pound.
Bvaur Eastern, In barrels, 40 55c;
hall-barrels, 42(457 Vo; in cases, &(4
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg. California
tn barrels, suiijwc per gaiwn; fi.o per
... .....
rJutua Net price : u, 4c ; uoiden U,
4tnc; extra 0, 4,c; Magnolia A, 4 Vl
5ranulated, 6'4C cube cruahed and pow
ered. 67.0 ; coulee tioners' A, 6c per
pound; maple sugar, lbij n per pound.
Cannko Goons Table fruits, aeaorted
Cted 1.75i!t2.(X); peaches, $l.85tt2.10;
tlett pears. $1.75iJ 2.00; plums, $1.37 X
Citl.50; strawberries, sc'.oota. ; ctier
riet, $2.25(2.40; blackberriea, $I.K6(i
2; rasp berries, $2.40 ; pineapp.ee, $2.36(j
2.80; apricots, $1.06.0(3.00. Pie Iruits:
Assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plnma,
$1.10J1.20; blackberries, $1.26(11.40 per
dosen. Pie Irtiita, gallons Assorted,
3.15t3.50: peaches. $3.60(44.00; apri
cots, $3.50(84.00; plums, $2.75iitS.00j
blackberries, $4.00(.4.50.' VegeUble!
corn, $1.40(41.85; tomatoes, $1.00(91.10;
inrar (teas. 05c(t1.00: string beans, 90(1
5c per dosen. Meat : Corned beef, Is,
11.50: 2s. 12.40: chipped beet, sz.oohj
4X0; lunch tongue, is, $4.00; 2s, $0.75;
deviled ham. $1.75(82.75 per dosen.
F sh! Bard nes. US. 76CM2.20: HS,
$2.1504.50: lobsters, $2.303.60; salra-
on.tin 1-lb.Ulls, $1.26(11.60; flats, $1.75;
gibs., $2.2502.50; X ' o.0U.
Tht Me, Mwrktt,
Bxsr Prime steers.$3.854.S5; choice
steers, $3.75itj4 00; (air to good steers,
$3.00(583.50; good to choice cows, $3 15(1
3.50; common to medium cows, $2.60u
2.75; dressed, $1.50 .7.00.
Mottom Choice, $4.504.75; (air to
good, $4.O0(iH6O; dresse1. $3.00; lambs,
$4.00t4.50; dressed, $8 00.
Hoos Choice henvv. $7.00(317.26 ; me
dium, $().60cl0.75; light and feeders,
$0.25((i0.60; dressed, $7.W.
Vial $4 UW(97.UU.
Hhokbd Mxats Large hnni. nVd
17c; medium ham, nOlSWo; break
last bacon, 17dl8Jio; short clear aides,
14S,15y; dry salt sides, 13H14c
per ponnd.
Lard Compound, in tins, 14 4'o;
pure, In tins, l17s'c! Oregon, 11,9
uxo per pouno.
Mlsetllantons.
Naos Base quottlons i Iron, I S 75 ;
steel, $2.75; wtre, $2.50 per keg.
Iron Bar, 20 per pound; pig iron,
$23(125 per ton.
Brautr- 10V4o per pound.
Tin I. 0. oharooal, 14x20, prime qual
ity, $8.50(10.00 per box; (or crosses, $2
extra per box ; I. C. coke plates, 14x20,
prime quality, $7.50648.00 per box ; tern
plate I. O, prime quality, $0.88(37.00;
14x20, $14 00.
Lxad 4,'o per pound; bar, 6)'o.
Shot $1.80 per sack.
HORSRSIIOKS $5.
Navai, Stobbs Oakum, $4.50(15 per
bale ; resin, $4.80(15 per 480 pounds ; tar,
Stockholm, $13.00; Carolina, $9.00 per
barrel ; pitch, $0.00 per barrel ; turpen
tine, two per gallon in carload lota,
Bags and Baa-glnc
Burlaps, 7-os., 40-inoh, net cash, 6c ;
burlaps, 10-os., 40-lnch, net cash, 7c;
burlaps, 12-os., 44-lnoh, 7o; bnrlaps,
15-os., 00-lnch, UXo i ' trlaps, 20-os., 70
Inoh, 14o. Wheat Dago, Calcutta, 23x36,
spot, 6io; two-bnshel oat bugs, to.
STRANGE PHASES OF LIFE IN INDIA.
formerly There Were Hundred, ot
Creed and CoaatlMt AnwMlns.
Up to the breaking out of tbe Sepoy re
bellion In India there wer no lent than ZH
different religion creed In (hat country,
each having a numerous following. There
were no 1cm than thirty-two grades of
eaate, and the lines were so rigidly drawn
that It was almost Impoaaible for ont to
travel or do bualneHS. Even in the ranks
of tbt troop maintained by tbt Kaat In
dia company everything went by caatt. If
a soldier of second cate walked near
enough totliecainpflreof a soldier of the
first caate to caat his ihadow across It, tbt
Art had to be put out and rebuilt on an
other .pot. Out of a regiment numbering
8U0 men not mora than 100 could nss tht
sams vessels for carrying water or cooking
food.
I'p to thl. same date it waa eat (mated by
English statisticians that there wer In In-
dia m.OUO profeuional thugs; 175,000 profes
sional stranglers who used the hands alons;
100,000 prof rational poisoners, and at least
HAO.ouo men wbo mail theft, robbery ana
murder by violence their daily and only
avocation. All but the latter clans traveled
about as religious devotees aud abeltered
themselves behind the mantle of "faith."
India waa Intensely rrligloua, and yet each
and every creed waa declared by all others
to be a fraud and a sham. Every ruler,
even down to the bead man of a village,
had arbitrary power., but no long aa mur
der and Miliary were perpetrated in tb
name of religion the authorities dared not
Interfere. Tbe British were In In tia for
money Previous to the mutiny they were
careful not to Interfere with caate or creed.
If a British official in a town on the Ner
budda, Gudarery or Ganges river counted
forty corpses per day floating down stream,
or if he figured op gnu murders in a month
In his territory, not even an official inquiry
was set on foot. So long as the natives
kept their hands off the English there was
no desire to punish them. At N'agpoor,
5u0 milea east of Bomluiy, tbe number ot '
deaths at tbe hands of thugs, stranglers,
poisoners and professional robbers during
the twelve months preceding the outbreak
waa 1,384, and yet not one tingle criminal
waa brought to Justice.
After the mutiny had been put down the
British seised the reins of government
everywhere, and one ot the Oral steps taken
waa to insure life and property. Caste waa
temporarily knocked out, and religious
creeds were mixed up like beans tn a bag.
This confusion was a great aid, and laws
were paused and eu forced which stand to
day. In five years over 7.000 robber and
murderer were arrested, convicted and
executed. During tha same time 1,000
thugs, about 7,000 at rangier and 500 poison
ers went to the soiffold. It took fifteen
years to clean out these professionals, bnt
the feat was. accomplished at last. Not
that murder has censed in India, but that
it is no longer practiced ss a profession by
banda of men traveling over tbe country.
Ko Engll.h Cathollo Cardinal.
Three years ago there were three Eng
lUh cardinal. Newman, Manning and
Howard. Today there I not one. Tbe late
Cardinal Howard bad been in a poor con
dition, pliyalcnlly and menUlly, for soms
years. He failed to remember his oldest
friends, and sometimes would not take
meals for days toget her. F'or yean paat it
would have been difficult to recognise tn
tha pinched and emaciated frame of tbt
cardinal the gay young life guardsman
wbo was choaen for hit good looks and Bna
physique to lead the procession at tht
Duke of Wellington's funeral. In those
days young Howard looked every Inch a
soldier, and it was greatly to his friends'
surprise that they learned of his going to
Kouie and entering the ecclesiastical state.
He latterly occupied the dual position of
erchpriest of St. Peter's and bishop of
Fraxcatl. These offices bad never been
United in the anme Individual sines they
were held by the cardinal of York, last of
the bouse of Stuart.
Un.tllng Thing, al J ark. on Park.
Since the laat map of the World's fair
grounds and buildings at Jackson park,
Chicago, was printed nearly six months
ago many important changes have taken
place. Almost every day indeed adds to
the magic growth of tlmt woudertul enter
prise. Many new buildings which have
been provided for have sprung up. New
schemes of transportation about the
grounds hsvt been devised. Additional
concessions upon the Midway pluisanct
have been granted. The scheme for a rail
way entrance at the southwest corner ot
the park bos been perfected. The pier at
the south inlet has . been extended from
t.DOO feet to 2,500. Its width has been in
creased, and for the convenience ot pas
sengers a movable sidewalk 2.500 feet long
has been located on the pier.
Bit. train Amateur Novel..
A western paper recently offered a prim
for the best story to bt written by a pupil of
a public- school Here ara a few passages
from the contributions:
"Cora Brown was fortunately the possessor
of a birthday, for she was tht daughter ot
rich friends. "
"But all this time a cloud was gathering
over Mrs. Delnney, which grew large ss years
went by, and that cloud was full of grass
hoppers." "My father desired me to marry a bonk
president, a handsome, reckless man, fond ot
naught save the gaming table."
" 'Vat 1 dell you, vat I dell youf shouted
the Irishman."
"As she entered tht room a cold, damp
smell met her sight."
"8hs forgot the Lord and all his blessings.
and after that she went and got married."
New York Tribune,
A Poor Prescription.
Mr. Whiffles Doctor, 1 hear' you have a
sure curt for insomnia. I wish you would
treat me tor it, as it it almost impossible for
me to got to sleep,
Dootor Certainly. My plan is very simple.
As soon as you lis down at night begin to
count, and keep on counting until you get to
sieep.
"Is counting all it 1st Why, doctor, count
ing ts just what I do every night of my life,
aud tt doesn't put me to sleep at all,'1 , .
"Eh! What do you count!"
"Oh, household expenses, nutwld bills, time
left on notes and all sorts of Uii'K." FhUa
delDkia Record.
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