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PACIFIC COAST.
Minister Convicted of
Smuggling Opium.
CHIPMAN APPOINTED CHIEF.
The Anti-Sunday Saloon People
Taouma Suooeed In Obtaining
a Conviction.
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EASTERN ITEMS.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Aaalalant Serretarr Nettletiia Direct, the
Malum of a) I'aoiiar Immigrant.
Tim President l.aa recognized Vladl- A Mflw Fynlnivfl to b
nt Kan Kriiiiiumxj, ami J. O'Oonnor, Con-
Tested by Experts.
REV. SAM SMALL DROPPED.
mil of lii'luliim, at 1'urtlHixl lor Oregon,
WHhiiiiton, Idnlio and MuntHiia.
OoiiiiiiIhnIoiiit Curler of the Kiieral
IhihI (jIIIco lull iaani'il an onlr iliri'ctiiiK
a Kiirvwy of i-'orta Hiaaitton and Miinnit
(hIiiiihIiiiiciI inllltHry reanrVHtlona) for
th pnrpunn of throwing the land open
tO ttllIIM'llt.
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iiiiit aliowliiu Dm denertiona from the An Attempt to Amend the Compulsory
army are ichr nowiimn at anytime unci
the war cIuwhI. The dem-rtiona for Miiy
are lrim than half what they were for
t
vrl yeare )t, and the ratio 01 tne
derreane la constantly IncreaaiiiK-
H?retary Foter haa rix-elved a din
paU'h from (ittneral Uroavenor, Chair
man of the Immigration Comniiaxion to
viait Kuroiie, HtatinK that, IvarliiK the
There la a alack In the aalmon ralch
In the Columbia.
Hxikaiitf ha voUd to Ihhuo I,2i)0.000
lor puhlio ImprovHiiioiila.
Tlie Nitrthxrn 1'ari lie will build roul
liniikuri at Taiuma that will colt $'K),-
KmlKl.tinen think the total potato , inl (i).,lPr, Unaveiior to anotli.
alilimii'iila from Hoiilhern C'alifornia will i ' ,,, .......i .,,. ,i.iui
reut h IH.DOO carloada.
Eduoatlon Bill of Illinois '
Has Failed.
PERSONAL MENTION.
FOREIGN LANDS.
The Odd Fellows are U'US "U
j to
axHHiilU uiK.n him or ni)rprwwtt' 1 , TK law in To -.ej (
will impair, if not deatroy, hii naeful- Iw inadequate to accomplish the pu
peas in the comuilsaion, lia lenuers ins fi'i
reaiKiiatioa. lie cannot afford to hold Ordnance experts are to test
ollU-a to the Injury of the party, it is
undorstood that Hecreury i-oawr win
liluuua fruit Irwn at Clili aifo.
The Piirtlaiiil Piatillcry and Cattle
WdiiiKCompanyis huildinic a diatiliiry ,
fiw miles paat of I'ortlami on the lino
of the Union i'at'itlc. It will havs a ca-;
pu ily of I.IXM huahela ol (rain a day.
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aya. The saloon people navo apHaivu (riemlly lamer In tlie ia-e oi unmieiaa-
tho i aw. able opiaiaition."
The llradatreel merrantil aaenry re- H-crfUrv KoaU-r lias U-leirraplied Cap-
Mrtl lwnt)-twn (ailun'S in the 1'arllio - t4tin llooprr, comniandinK the revenue
oat Hlati-e anil lerriuirn-a lor ine pam leauifrCorwin.at han t ranciaoo to pro-
m-k, as compared aith ten lor tlie pre- Uwd w ith all xible iliapaU-h. to the
ii.ua week ami nine lor tlie correaiond- . Jritiy tuif Ulanda with copies ol the rrea-
iiiK week of 1WJ. ident'a priK'lmation for distribution to
Kour m-w wells are now linif ilrlllea intereated parlit-e, coinnianueni oi u
.. .1.- M. l..ll .ll llnlila In Im Aimelea Unitfol Htates ami Hrttiah war or revenue
lit lSON l. CAM'!.
C. A. CLINE,
tntlst, : Dentist,
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II. P. BELKNAP. M. D.,
lician and Surgeon,
I'rliirtllle. Or.
IMktiili a lii tl"f
tEORGE W. BARNES.
TORNEY AT LAW,
I'llnvillle. Or.
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J. F. MOORE,
Itorney at law,
I'l-liii'tlllr, Or.
trtwl lia.tliii Ui r.iiirUinu naar llaiar
D. L. PATEE,
actor v and V Builder,
Prinevllle, Oregon.
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LE BEANS
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of I'lllu-r alirii, U.lc. ier llolllo.
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lie. Alterative and
.thartlo Properties.
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peedily Restore
an. MiMllal to r.alarll).
.Sold ETerywliero.
poaition ol eiiiiul reaponaihltHr.
Aaaialant HerretarT Nettleton tins di
rei tei tlie return to Rean, liavaria, of (
4ohn limine,
a new
ei plosive manufactured in Virginia and
called Aiuericanite.
Milwaukee liquor dealers are to build
a distillery of their own, ao as to be free
from w hisky-trust exactions.
II. C. I.ile of Los Andres haa len
pauper iminiarant, woo n,., .. pPfaMnr of tireek at Black
arrived in thia country on the steamer hum University, located at Carlinville,
t'.lder ,'anuary l. it ia ahown that Il(
) mrmSr" 'IMZTi l-stiKation'of the Matter? now under
LZry, snd that hi. pL.- 1JSil',di;
talilinlied.
The World's Fair Asaociation of Com
nn.rrial Travelera has been formed at
The diaanVcU-d Indiana on the Kan-
niritf ri'ai'rvauiin navn ciioaen "Milam
Wtlliains.a (iill-hlooiled Indian, as chief.
A Sai'ratiifinto firm has ot the con-
racl Mr low new puniic uiiiiuiiik si ins
Klale I aiutal. It will I ( lone sand
alone, 'llie hid was $llo,IHM).
tiencral Olilnuian'a aiiiKilntuient to
lie t'hlef of tlie Horticultural Depart-
ipnt at the Chlcait'i rair ulves ureal
ai ial.i'linn all over Northern California.
The World's Fair Committee of the by the l.K-al autlioriuea ai ueKan.
Han liiKo t-ounly ChamU'r ol Com- Acting Mecretary narion ana in.
nipn-elisa sxloptml delliiite plans lor a Chim-ae Minister new a lentimy inier-
rand exhllMl oi " 7?? " ' h ,. Foreign drummer, will be
aoon a(U-r the adjournment of the last asked to join.
Conifreas, Aft the interview Wharton j The appropriation for completing the
Said the Cliine government had not re- work of the laet cen.ua is ruining low,
cedeil fmm its oition reHrdinit lilair and an army of clerk, will be diumiBeed,
and would prefer some one else should delaying the work.
Im. . i, r-ilntji.1 United Status Minister t , ti. ..lia.m at the Princeton
Tlie atill-nunuay aaimin iiinr n ir t iviiiiitrv
ifima have siux'eineu in ouiAinuiK aoon- continued
iciioti. aim paiouiia ami aaiiiiiiiusi nn. ni mr. li air. aoo ine i. mini :- iy.
louses will lien-alter I rioaed on nun- Hlates cannot lone a Minister upon a . . ,.!iva tunnels under the
I Hudson, connecting New York city with
I the Jeraey shore at Hoboken, will he
finished in about aix mouth..
Comptroller ol the Currency Lacey haa
tod United Status Mimsier i , xhe whole audience at the frlncelon
trv. " It I. clearly evident " commencement cheered Dr. MiOoeh as
Wharton, "the thine-e do ,e etered the cburili where the exer
Mr. lilair, and the Cnited cises were lin held.
Ths Infant Kins' of Rpala Is a Keatleas
and Prucoeloas Llttls Creature.
Count D'Ahrax, the French Consul at
New York, haa a neat little salary of
111,000 a year.
President Eliot, of Harvard, haa a
powerful bass voice that i. noticeable ia
congregational singing.
Sim Keeves, the noted English tenor,
who has iuat retired from the stage, was
quite well known as a singer over bail
a century ago.
Miss liattie Iilalne has gone to Eng
land. 8he has had letters from home
assuring her that ber father ia in no
respect seriously ill.
8enator Viiaa owns 2.200 acres of land
in Wood county, Wisconsin, 900 acres of
which will be planted with cranberries.
lie may yet come to be known as tlie
Cranberry attateaman.
Charles Dudley Warner is described.
in what ia perhaps meant to be a com
plimentary way, by a Western news
paper as "uur American naan-ngrit
photographer of aoclal fad.."
General Lew Wallace, of '!Bn Hur"
fame, .ays that be ia not a candidate for
the republican gubernatorial nomination
in Indiana, and that be would not have
it were it offered to him on a ailver
salver.
Herbert Rpencer ia not so greatly ab
sorbed in abstruse philosophy but that
he can take an interest in the humane
and concrete. He has joined tlie British
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children.
The $1,000 which Miss Juch was to re
ceive for singing at the Indianapolis
May festival was attached on the suit of
a Montana bank last week. When the
fair songstress received the news she ob
served, "How horrid!"
Professor Burt Green Wilder, of Cor
nell university, wants to annihilate all
intercollegiate sports. It', evident that
the athletic side of college life was de
veloped after the professor had hie in
nings as an undergraduate.
Tlie infant king of Spain i. a restless
and precocious little creature. He haa
alreadv. though only 5 years old, out-
irown his toys and yearns for live
horse, instead of tin one.. He speaka
PORTLAND MARKET,
Repeated Earthquakes
Occur in Italy.
HONGKONG BURIAL GROUND.
Germany is Said to be Anxious to
Withdraw From Samoa Alto
gether Other News.
It Cloaea Qplet In All IU Branch,, Excepting-
Flu It..
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Strawberries came in at their usual
heavy rate. Cherries are more plentiful
and cheaper, (iooseberrie. now being
received are of a better quality and
cheaper. There are plenty ol oranges
and lemons in the market, yet prices are
advancing steadily. California peaches)
ol very fair quality are in moderate .up--ply.
Eggs are scarce. Poultry ia scarce,
and in good demand. There was but
little doing in the grocery line.
The Czar's royal yacht, the Polar Star,
cost over $5,000,000.
It is expected the eruption of Vesuvius
will assume vast proportions.
The influenza continue to rage in
Hamburg, and is on the increase.
The repeated earthquakee in Italy are
creating panics among the people.
The Czar receives from his Siberian
gold mines about 18 000 annually.
The increase ol the population of Lon
don in the last ten years is o95,3.
Over 100 miles of country has lieen de
vastated by fire in New Brunswick.
It is again reported that Parnell will
marry Mrs. O'Shea at an early date.
Fishing off the Newfoundland coast is
said to be remarkably good this season.
Tlie total wheat crop of France this
year will be but little more than half the
average.
Pirates in the Black Sea fired upon
and killed six Russian soldiers and two
oSicera and then made their escape.
It ia said the Queen has reprimanded
tlie Piince of Walee and exacted a prom
ise from him to never handle cards again.
Senaputy, commander-in-chief of the
Manipuri forces, has been condemned to
hang for the crime of rebellion against
the British.
iTartti iwmnni. sometimes of terrrifv-
Knglisli quite correctly and is learning i& ;nieiw. continue in the Verona dia-
French. trict. Italv. threatening the complete de-
roiiiity, and several more win soon iwi
inmiiieiiriKl. The product of the New
hall -wclion is now W M) barrels a day,
ud ia steadily increasing.
The 1Ji Angeles City Council haa
iwmhI a sweeping retrenchment rdi-
iimii-K. a ill enilitf several oimv. mm m-
ihu-i ng the salaries ol many others, ma
ital animal saving by mm ordinance is
eatimali d al about Hft.wo.
An unusually large amount ol wild
oats is growing in nimiiiern i.-k..h nn.
ear. owing to the lale, wet soring, in
roniHMiuence Hie gram crop w ill not im
aa large as at first expected, while the
li'lil ol nay will lie oorrrejjiniiiiuiy
Heavier.
Kl.lr (.errant, a Presbyterian divine,
who was detected at Port Townsend In
nii'irglliig opium In a flower-put con
taining a large geranium, has been eon-
vicul of the olli'iiH by tlie wined
r'tati-a Court. The flower-pot held
ninetfi-u cans of prepared opium.
Thw hanks of hm Angeles pay on an
average taxes on almut wu worm oi
property, and the City Aasesr ia de
termined that they shall pay eometliing
ike a fair pmportion ol I lie law. ex
actions, and has prepared a series ol
question, to lie amen me cami i'm.
The Sunset Irrigation district lias
voted i:.', 000,000 ol Iannis for tlw con-
irui-tion of canals by which to lead
waler to lands on the west side of the
San Joaquin river. It ia calculated that
tlie canal will open up to cultivation
41KUKX) acres of land, wli.cn now is
nearly valueless.
The Oregon Boanl of Charities has
been in session during the past week.
Uev. ('line. Messrs. Cohen and lr.mg
Imve Imkii investigating the prison, and
Uev. White, Ira. Holt and l ane went
through llie anvliim, and reHrted ver
bally. It is understood that both viitits
wore satisfactory.
Two inciiiWa of the IVath Valley sci
entist oxpcdithsii nport having seen tlie
trail of a man and nurse, wno seenieu u
lie lost. The man was evident ly seeking
water, and at one point left the trail
within a lew hundred yards of w hat he
sought. There is no doubt that ileatli
overtook the man.
It la aald at Tacoma that the Northern
Pacific Uailroad Company now own. the
Heattle and Northern ruilwsy, extend
in fmin Hamilton on the Skagit river
tl.Hintrh Kedro to Anaeorte., a dlsta)Vi
of aliotit thirty-eight miles, the most
productive (Hi iiiing districts in me niaie,
and at Hamilton the road strikes the
rich Hkagit rlwr mining district.
8. J. Fleming, the Methodiat minister
who was si'titfiiced at Ua Angeles to
three years in bard labor for a criminal
assault, and who is conllned In the county
jail awaiting the ruling on the motion
admitting lit 'ti to hail pending the tie
claion of lil appeal to the Supreme
Court, lmn become a raving maniac,
having a an vi'saion oi vioii.ui, uw,
Doctors sav his cime Is dangerous and
that tlie siispi'iiHK is killing him. It is
generally conaiilcred that the sentence
passed upon Fle-nlng was severe.
Within a mouth California's much-talked-of
naval msorva will le eatalr
llslied. At tlie last session of the Legis
lature a bill was passed creating a naval
riwrve, nn auxiliary to the National
(iimrd. It has been ascertained that
Ail utiint-Oeneral Allen had received a
replv to a letter written to the naval au
thorities for Information concerning the
plana for its creation. It has Uen do
cidud to have a battalion of four enmpa
ale. Kach company will number aliout
nighty men, so t hat llie total strength on
the reserve will be 310 mon.
veaaels, and then proceed to enfon-e the
provisions of the proclamation. Assift
ant Secretary of th Navy Holey said
il,t tliH l.'nited States men-of-war The
tis, Alert and Mohican would sail iinme-
made hia reixjrt relative to the downfall
of the Kevstone Bank ot l'liiiadeipina.
1 It contains about 9,000 words.
I Crowds are still calling oion the priest
'physician. Key. Father Mollinger, at
1 Pittsburg. No cures of a miraculous na
1 ture have been reported lately.
It is now announced that the Kentucky
log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln's
nan-nts were married nas ien secureu
I
iliatelv for tlie sealing waters to prevent ur exhibition at the World a rair.
, tlie further catching of seals this season i,erB Hm criminals are, it is said, went
as agiwd upon by tlie I'mied Mates anu tuijaumla
ureal ifimiii.
CABLEGRAMS.
t'klnea aot.ram.al Will !! ftatlarae
lion to Ilia I'uwars
Baring Bros.' liquidators report a bal
ance of K.i.iO.lXHl.
from England, and from there
tliev come across the border into the
United States in violation of the immi
gration law..
The International Typographical
Union in convention at Boston has re
fused to admit women compositors into
local unions on an equal footing, wages,
etc., with men.
ti. t.i:-. 1m ikaTiWA. nmah r.pef-
The Irish lend purchase bill has passed ti in siollth Dakota are much op
to the thini reading in the British House their removal. The agency is
to lie removed to a poinv neariy uppusn
the Crow Creek agency.
The attempt to amend the compulsory
education bill of Illinois has failed. Be
fore the Legislature adjourned a bill was
passed granting women the t ight of suf
frage in school elections.
1). C. Knight, a former Director of the
Nicaragua canal, chargea the Nicaragua
Canal Construction Company with gross
extravagance. Counsel for the company
declares the charges false.
Tlie strike of ore handlers at Ashta
bula, O., threatens to become serious,
and the calling oufrof the militia to pro
tect those who are desirous of returning
to work ia being considered.
Tin. irmas exchantrea of the prin-
riiml cities of the United States and
f,ir the nuat. wenk were IUlW.l!til,'
3iK; decrease, -'0.1 per cent, as compared
with the same week last year.
Tl.a f..ll.. inff officers ol the Missouri
Kansas and Texas have been elected:
President, 11. C. Cross; Vice-President.
T Waldo: Treasurer. J. F. Neaville-
Chairman of the Board ol Directors, joci
F Freeman.
The Polorado Conference of the Meth
,lit Kniaconal Church at Denver hat
1 from mnmbershlD inthechnrct
Rev. Sam Small lieeauw of hi. troublr
in connection with the Meuuxnst vm
versitv at Ogden, Utah.
ti. r,,.ailiiiilinir class of slxtv-five ca
deis at the Military Academy received
their commissions a. Reconu ui
.na t.t ii,. hsnils of Secretary of ai
lnic'or. who dnlivereil an address full oi
gooil advice to young soldiers.
Pr. Henry A. Todd, associate in Ro
mance languages at the John Hopkini
University, has acceptl'Q ine rroiessor
of Commons.
The Chinese government haa decided
to give sat isfact ton to the powers affected
by the riot, at Wuhu.
Cold weather has put back the Egyp
tian cotton crop, and the appearance ol
locusts cauiies uneasiness.
There i. danger of a financial crisis In
Morocco. The price of slave girls has
fallen from f24 to f 12 each.
The Chinese Fmperor's edict orders
beheading of all persons implicated in.
the recent riots and massacres.
The religious conferences of various
denominations in England are memori
alizing the Prince of Wales to abstain
from further gambling.
The Upper House of the Prussian Diet
has passed a bill restoring to the Koniau
Catholic dioceses the funds eeited at the
time of the kulturkampf.
Mrs. (iriutwood, the heroine of the
Matiipur mansHcre in India, is to receive
from Queen Victoria the Victoria Cross
in addition to the Red Croaa.
finddurd Clarke, the iuryman who
questioned the Prince of Wales so sharp
ly, is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical
Society. He is likewise a fellow of in
finite audacity.
The London Sfalrr predicts yery great
prosperity in tlie United States because
of Its large crops. It predicts Inconve
niently large exports of gold from F.u
rope to America in the autumn.
British land vah- aeep declining.
The splendid -I'unalastair estates in
Perthshire have jnst boon sold fori 130.
000, Kvb.000 having been paid for them
In lo! anil very cosuy iuii""""""v
having been added since.
f-M la an n ....ntl It r lllfld Til mflf In
London that Lord Brooke, son of the I ship of Romance Languages in the Stan
The assertion of that bright Irishman,
T. P. O'Connor, that hereditary royalty
in England is now passing through the
severest ordeal it ha been subjected to
for generations, has some truth in it;
yet it is well to remember that English
royalty is a hard nut to crack.
Selectman Lounsbury, of Seymour.
Conn., one of the officials in the United
States Pin Company, is going to build a
sidewalk of pins. He lias ai the pin
company's shop some twenty barrels of
old and inifierfect pins, the accumula
tions of years, and these he will now
utilize.
F;x-Speaker Thomas B. Reed is stay
ing at a quiet boarding house in Paris.
At the request of Minister Reed, M.
Floqnet put his private gauery in mo
Chamber of Deputies at the disposal of
the ex-speaker, who is Been there fre
quently, following debates with close
attention.
The foreign ministers to Pekin who
saw tne emperor ai me rectni mim
audience, carried away an agreeable im
pression ol tne unentai sovereign, nc
was simply attired in ailk and bore no
scepter or other emblem of authority.
Instead ol a crown ne wore a pi..
Chinese felt hat surmounted by a button
of crimson fiIPx. He appeared mild and
somewhat melancholy, and his paie lace
wore an expreeaion of great renneuient
and dignity.
The Russian Grand Duke Sergius is
said to be profoundly devout in man
ners. If he happens upon an image of re
puted sanctity he will prostrate himself
before it. If there are relics of some
old ecclesiastic or by-gone generations,
he will not be nappy mi nexisses meiu.
If there is a shrine where pilgrims
gather, there he must also worship.
And the lady taimosi an ciigunu
princess, since the granddaughter of the
iineen) to wnom ne is mamcu no u
to learn to accommodate nerseu vo u
tastes.
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.
And now the New York Rapid Transit
Commissioners talk autmt putting tut.
nelson the east aide of the metropolis
al . talk which in received with many
w, ce,' bj the majority of New York
ers who are in nowise ready for the
underground. As Jay Uould said, they
want to go tlmre as late as they can
But J. U. owns elevated railroads and
like. them.
ford University. He waa graduated a
Princeton in 187(1 with honor.
TIia rinnfnrence Committee of the II
linois Legislature has agreed on an ap
propriation of 800,(XX for the Illinoii
exhibit at the World'. Fair. The Sen
ate has adopted the report, and tin
House will undoubtedly do to,
The full bench of the Massachusetts
Supreme Court has decided that an
adopted child has all the rights to prop
erty on the death of the adopting par-
nnta tliat It would nave ii u m win
to such parents in lawful wedlock.
In onler to determine exact longitude
f Mmit raa.1 and other nointa the observ
atory at tlie McUill University sent by
way'of the Canadian Pacific Telegraph
and the Commercial Cable 120 signals to
Greenwich observatory. The average
time of transmission over the round cir
cuit of 8.000 miles was 1.05 seconds, the
whole number ranging between 1 and 1.1
seconds.
President Patton m hia closing ad
dress at Princeton announced the follow
including tne uom
urn Mrs. Charles
.1 1 i- ' II. A. .Ill AAA f.nm
i.ni,i . ,nh . im.it .dull A exa liter u uie couegr, i,i nun.
Vate person 1"B"K11?,";, ii8ha ITofennor Osborne for a new athletic
ieive 1W) blows, and shall tie ban shea , iio.ooo from a woman of
10.00U irom opencer iraaa
for a course of lectures on
lv-i nf Wurarlek. has tiled a petition ffr
divon-e from his wife on the ground ol
adultery, the lrince of Wales being
charged as co-respondent.
The last censua of Ireland shows that
the Roman Catholics number 8.64il,74fl,
a decrease of 411,1-W during the last dec
ade. The Protestant Episcopalians num
ber O00,8:t0, a decrease of 88,744: the
Presbyterians 44(1,(187, a decrease of 24,
047, and the Methodist 65,236, an in
crease of 6,3t0.
The game of baccarat was not the first
mine of card, that has brought disaster
to the fortune, of the Gordon-Cumining
famllv. The present Baronet's grand
mother had a weakness for whist that
led her to play for stakes as high as r,-
1 000 a point. In one night during a run
1 of ill luck she is said to have lost thirty
I two points, and her husband was com
1 pelled to part with a large property to
' settle the debt.
ri, m.inaaa onvnrnmflnt haa issued a
stringent decree against Immoral litera-1
ture. It ia ordered that "all government
on dais who allow immoral book, to be j r ' ,'n
published wittdn their
dictions shall be discharged. Every pr - ..,,. t. t)'
ate person pnbllaning stum a uooa Biiait ,
rceive 100 Wows, and shall be banished ihlhhouse I
from his place of residence to a distance
of 8,000 lees. The seller of an obscene ' V ' w
book shall get 100 blows. Within thirty J
Orronlnm, tha Mob Deapcratc ouusw ui
lb Southwest, Killed.
mob
struction of the towns.
A dispatch to the Edinburgh Journal
states that a divorce suit to be instituted
by Lord Brooke and naming the Prince
of Wales as co-respondent is imminent.
Burial ground being very scarce in
Hongkong colony, the government pro
poses to take up and burn Chinese un
claimed dead buried for rive or aix years.
The famous crater of Solfatara of Hoz
siioli near Naples is showing sign, of re
newed activity. This volcano was active
long before Vesuvius, but for ages haa
been nearly extinct.
Germany is anxious for a pretext to
withdraw 'from Samoa altogether. The
Chief Justice there says his life is en
dangered by conspiracies and he is gen
erally made miserable.
The new Russian municipal reform
bill completely sweeps the municipalities
out of existence. Mayors will no longer
have anv power. The Governors will
hereafter be State officials.
Admiral Vallon of the French navy
says : " Our navy is etui capaoie or ueai-
ing the allied neeis oi tne aretnuna. n
the British navy was against ns, how
ever, we could do nothing but retreat
into port."
The natives of the Cameroons, est-
ern Africa, are reported to have cruelly
tortured the German prisoners Delore
executing them, and that many prison
ers committed suicide in order to escape
torture.
Lt our of Paris announces that Liqul
dator Monchicourt, with Chriepohle,
Governor of the Credit Foncier, has ar
ranged so that the affairs of the Panama
Company shall be taken over by a group
of financial nouses.
The harbor authorities of Southamp
ton. England, the great mail port, have
decided to adopt electric cranes for the
unloading of vessels on account of the
greater rapidity with which they will
enab e work to be pertormeo,
M. Eiffel, the daring civil engineer
who conceived the tower in Paris which
bears his name, lives up on the Jung
frau in tlie Swiss Alps. He has just ob
tained permission to build a railroad np
the mountain to nis very aweinng.
Mine. Sarah Bernhardt hag just bought
by cable a large tract of land at Neuilly,
a suburb of Paris, for $52,000, all made
during her recent. American tour. It is
said that she will build a veritable pal
ace after sne has finished her travels,
The London Spfdalor prints a some
what elooinv article on the decline in
the rate of London's growth, as shown
by statistics just made public. The
writer Bees in this fact that the empire
has passed the meridian of greatness.
There are now in Moscow 15,000 per
son, waiting to be transported to Siberia.
Five thousand are convicts, the others
are their w ives or children who volun
teered to follow them into exile. The
number has accumulated since the new
year.
Great distress is in the government of
Odessa, owing to poor crops and the fail
ure of the Volga to rise. In Simbriski
the winter crops are ruined altogether,
and the peasants have no grain to sow
for the summer. More than half the
fields lie id Id.
The latest election returns in the Ne
therlands show that out of 100 seat
composing the Second Chamber the Lib
erals have secured 41. the Catholics 22
and the Protestant Orthodox 11. A sec
ond ballot is necessary for the remaining
twenty-six eeats.
The Arabs at Yemen (Arabia Felix)
have revolted and attacked the imperial
farcins them to retreat. The
Produce, fruit, Ktc
Wheat Walla Walla, $1.50; Valley, :"
$1.00 per cental. .
Fuiua iuote : Standard, $5.25 j Wall
Walla. iK.OO ner barrel. '
Oats yuote: eu'tze per dubobu
Hat Quote: $16(817 per ton.
MiLLSTurrs Quote : Bran, $21.t)0;
Shorts, $25.00 ; Ground Barley, $33.00i . ;
34.00; Chop Feed, $25(326 per ton; Bar-
j y, $1.2d3 1.30 per cental.
Buttkb Quote: Oregon fancy crea.tnr...
ery, 26c; fancy dairy, 22c; fair to
good, 17620c; common, 14c; CaH-
lornia, 22)a24c per pound. '
Chkxsk Quote: Oregon, 1315c; Cal
ifornia, 12c per pound.
Eoos Quote: Oregon, 22 25c per
dozen ; Eastern, 22'c.
PODLTBT QUOte: UIO IvIllcaeilB,
$C; young chickens, $3.60S5.00; Ducks, m
$7.00(5 8.00; Geese, nominal, $10 per
dozen ; Turkeys, 15c per pound.
Vioxtableb Qnote: Cabbage, $1.50 ,
per cental; Cauliflower, $1.25 per
doxen; Onions, per pound;
Beets, $1.60 per sack; Turnips, s x
$1.75 per sack; Potatoes, 6070c
per cental ; New Potatoes, e per i
pound; Tomatoes, $2.50 per box; ,
Asparagus, 4(g5c per pound; Oregon,
10(15c per pound; Lettuce, 12c per
dozen ; Green Peas, 5c per pound ; String ,
Beans, 8c per pound ; Rhubarb, 4c per
pound ; Artichokes, 40c per dozen ; Bad- -l
ishes, 10c per dozen bunches; young .
Onions, 10c per dozen bunches; Cucum
bers, 75c per dozen; Carrots, $1.26 per
sack. -
Faurrs Qnote: Los Angeles Oranges,
$2.25(3)2.50; Riverside, $3.003.25; Na- s
vels, $4.50a5.6O per box ; Sicily Lemons,
$77.50; California, $4.50(85 per box;
Apples, $1.00(32.50 per box; Bananas,
$2.00(22.30 per bunch; Pineapples, $5.00. .
8.00 per dozen ; strawberries, SlMsV "
per pound; Cherries, $1.00(81.25 per
box ; Gooseberries, 45c per pound Cur
rants, 5c per pennd ; Apricots, $2.00(82.50 -i
per box; Raspberries, 9e per pound; , 4
Peaches, $2.60 per box. .
Nots Quote: California Warritita.ll'i 1
l2)ic; Hickory, 8V,c ; Brazils, 10Uc;
Almonds, 16(3 L8c; Filberts, 13.14c;
Pine Nuts. 17(318c: Pecans, 1718c; -
Coeoanuts, 8c; Hazel, 8c; Peanuts, 8c, .
per pound.
Bob Clark, a mulatto, under arrest at
Bristol. Tenn., for ravishing Mrs. John
Warren, waa taken from jail by
and hanged.
Harley McCoy, convicted of shooting
- . 1 1 . f : LI 1.. .. In tlanvar
inspector 01 1 uuijo iiamcji ...,
last January, waa sentenced at Greeley,
Col., to the' penitentiary for life.
Julio Merzbacher, the Spanish-American
agent of the New York Life Insur
ance company, is saiu w w a ucii'
,nr anvwhere between $300,000 and
$500,000.
An Italian murderer of Camden, N. J.,
nl..a.hl ffiiiltv to murder, his counsel
saying that after the New Orleans lynch
ing his client preierreu to mus svoiu
jury trial. '
Geronimo, the most desperate outlaw
in the Southwest, was killed about
thirty miles from Benson. Cochise
county. A. T. A reward of $3,000 had
been offered for him.
John Macmillan, a well-known lawyea
and a member of the Paris council, ii
missing. He is said to be a defaulter to
the extent of $7,000. He is supposed to
have gone to the United States,
In Judge Trout's court at San Fran
cisco C,hin Chun, convicted of man
slaughter, was sentenced to San Quentin
lor ten years. He was one of a gang of
highbinders which raided Taim Foo's
house of ill-fame and killed the pro-
Drietor.
J. C. Emery, a butcher, was instantly trO0p8 lost several officers antl 100 men.
killed in Philadelphia by a blow on the The (jrand Council at Constantinople
neck with a cleaver in tne nanus oi an- has decided to dtspatcn iu,ouu iroops
Stapla Groceries.
Corraa Quote : Costa Rica, 22c;
Rio, 23c; Mocha, 30c; Java, 25c; Ar
buckle's, 100-pound cases, 26c per
pound.
Sugars Quote: Golden C, 4 He ; extra
C, 4 V ; dry granulated, 6J8c ; cube
crushed and powdered, b'c per pouna;
confectioners' A, 5?4c per pound.
Syrups Eastern, in barrels, 4i aoBc ;
half barrels, 50(358c; in cases, 66(380c
per gallon; $2.25(82.50 per keg; Califor
nia, in barrels, 40c per gallon; $2.25 per
! ass Quote: Small Whites, S'c;
Pink. 3li(83c; Bavos, 4f4c; uutier,
4Xc; Liuiaa, 4i(35e per pound.
Drjkd Bl'iTS yuote : xuuian rmnra,
10 '4 (3 12c; Petite and German Prunes,
10c per ponnd ; Raisins, $1.752.25 per
box-; Plummer-dried Pears, 103Uc;
sun-dried and factory Plums, ll(312c;
evaporated Peaches, 1820c; (Smyrna
Figs, 20c; California Figs, 9c per pound.
Rica Quote: 16.001? o.VO per cental.
Honby Quote : 1820c per pound.
Salt Quote : Liverpool, $16, $16.60,
$17; stock, $11 per ton in carload lota.
Canned Goods Que a: Table
fruite. $2.00. 2s; Peaches, $2.50;
Bartlett Pears, $2.25; Plums. $1.66;
Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $22.50;
Blackberries, $2.25; Raspberries, $2.75;
Pineapples, $2.76; Apricote, $2.40. Pie
fruit: Assorted, $1.50perdoxen;Peachea,
$1.65: Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, 1.00
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.85
(gl.bo, according 10 quauiy; iomatoes,
$1.15(33.50; Sugar Peas, $1.261.60;
String Beans, $1.10perdozen. Fish: Sal-
mon, ; sardines, 85c(8$1.65;
lobsters, $2.253.25: oyBters. $1,504
8.25 pei dozen. Condensed milk : Eagle
brand, $8.10; Crown, $7; Highland,
$6.75; Champion, $6.00; Monroe, $6.75
per case.
from the Syrian garrison..
The number of cattle in Australia is
estimated at 8,600,000, an increase of
more than 2,500,000 in the last fifteen
years, pneep nave amo mricaoau nu...
other butcher. The killing was the re
sult of a quarrel Over a trivial maiwi.
Emery leaves a family. The murderer
waa arrested.
T...1..A UnMiK rtf Ran Francisco, de
nied a motion for a new trial in the case 3,ooo,000 to 90,000,000. The people of
of Hong Jing, convicted of the murder j England view these figures with great
of Chu Wy. The jury having fixed the gatisfaction, inasmuch as they indicate
penalty at life imprisonment, tlie court . increased meat supply for the mother
pronounced a sentence in accordance country.
with the verdict. The Bishops of Ireland, finding the
The fourth trial of L. A. Powell for 'cost of maintaining members in Parlia
the killing "of Editor Smith at Redwood n.ent a heavy parochial drain t . work
!i!r . . v.... 1. . v. ,. tn .ukuhi a return to the Commons
1L :' TV 'C "-T T . Stl e next general election of wealthy
nterest in the trial, owing to the lapse candidates who will form the nucleus ol
The Meat Market.
Beef Live, 31b4c; dressed, 7c
Mutton Live, sheared, 3c; dreseeil,
8c
Hogs Live, 6c ; dressed, 8a.
Veal 6(87c per pound.
BMO-BD HEATS AND LARD. .
Quote: Eastern Hams, 1213c;
Oregon, 10S(S12),c; Breakfaft Bacon,
IL'iffU-lc; other varieties, mc; aru,
9(81140 per pound. .
Hlacellaneoua.
Hidbs Quote : Dry Hides, selected
prime, 8, id 9c, o less for culls; green,,
selected, over 65 pounds, 4c ; under 55
pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool. 30
(350c; medium,6080c: long,90c$1.25;
shearlings, 10020c; Tallow, good to
choice, 3(83c per pound.
Wool Quote : Willamette Valley, 18
20c: Eastern Oregon, 133190 per
pound, according to conditions and
shrinkage.
Hops Nominal. Quote: 20o per
pound.
N ails Base q notations : Iron, ! 2 85 j
Steel, $2.85; Wire, $3.40 per keg.
Suot Quote: $1.75 per sack.
Coal Oil Quote : $1.95 per case. ;
Strange Wacovery In a Mormon Village. r.
A singular discovery was made near .
Nauvoo, Ills., bv laborers in excavating , .
near "French Fort," a relic of Mormou ,,
days, and later noted as the spot where ( '
Cabel and his Icarinns made a settle- 1
ment A large outhouse on the preniiBes
of the Catholic convent was being re.- . .
moved.
While the workmen were engaged,
part of the flooring sank out of sight,-
anil i.. .-iw.rin revealed an old well,
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