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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1900)
THR MOVING Q?vEa0tAK.HgfffSr, JSOO. 11- COMMERCIAL AND A holiday in the middle fcl the "week I generally disarranges 'business to a cer tain extent, and ,the one tailing yesterday came eo near the end of the month that Its unfavorab;e features -were more notlce tihlo than usual. The continued -wet weather Is still Interfering -with some lines of trade, and has been very disastrous to J me growers ana nanaiers ot me straw berry crop, which, had the weather beer. more favorable, nrOtnd now be on the mar ket in large quantities. Now that the tfrst steamers of the Cape frome fleet Itave departed, there s uh easier feeling In Gutter, ess. potatoes and a riUmber of other farm products, which were in great demand for shipment to the fa kofth. The -wool market continues inactive. There la some selling in the Valley, but 3iardly anything is moving east of the mountains, and growers are not indicating Jb. desire to ell until there Is tin lmprove raent in the market The market lor hop as alst -lifeless, although an occasional sale of off-grade slock fs'made at low prices, and nome new crop contract are reported. Veal and pork are tteady at quotttbns; nd poultry Is moving fairly welL Groceries and provisions are un changed, with an active demand from in terior points. WHEAT The wheat market tomorrow uill enter on the last month of the 1899 3900 cereal year, and a backward glance reveals the fact that It has hung surpris ing close to present figures (differences An freights considered) for the entire 11 months of the season. Shipments for the mouth Jitot closing will reach a total of nearly 5&0,X)0 bushels, which, together with over 12S.W0 barrels of flour, will make an unsUally good showing for the month of May, which is alvrajs regarded as a poor month. This amount, except for smaller flour shipment?, will be exceeded In June, yto that the season promises to go out with ilying colors from a shipping standpoint. "Scarcity ot near-by tonnage continues to hamper budness to a certain extent. Ship owners keep in pretty close toUfch with the situation, and are not slow to advance rates as fast as the condition of the doming crop Improves. A California crop sld to be nearly up to the average Is 3how practically assured, apd as that state la carrying over 250,000 tons of last year's "wheats the exporters In San Francisco arc bidding up on ballast tonnage at Hono lulu and in the Orient, where in former years the exporters of the Pacific North west were the only competitors. Meanwhile, with freights steadily mount ing upward, the foreign market remains Stationary or occasionally drops back a fraction, Liverpool cargoes now being d.uoted at the lowest price of the season, tfhe sales for the past week In the ag gregate have "been of very small propor tions, and as usual on a dull market, ac curate quotations are difficult to secure. On Monday and Tuesday the ruling quota tion was about 5l cents for Walla Walla tmd SO to 51 cents for Valley, with blue- totem neglected at about 53 and 54 cents per bushel. As has "been the case through, out the season, these prices have occa sionally been improved on for choice lots "wanted for a special purpose, but the de mand has been limited, and will continue so until the docks at tidewater are cleaned out. or owners are enabled to -put heat 6nd ships together without a loss. The latest transactions reported in freights are the" chattering of a 2200-ton" ship for November-December at $ shll 2ing3, and a 1600-ton ship for August-Sep-" tember at 42s 6d. These rates seem high In comparison with some that were paid In former years, but when the statistical position of ships is taken Into consider ation, they appear very moderate, and should there bo much of an improvement In the foreign market such as would in duce free selling, it is not improbable that we "would see 45- and 50-shlUlng ships. WOOL The wool clip Is coming into the warehouses east ot the mountains at a lively rate, but very little of it has been Isold. It Is reported that over 1,000,000 pounds have already been received at Feti dleton, and receipts nave been propor tionately large at The Dalles, Heppnet and other accumulating points. Grower aro reluctant about selling at the prices which can be secured at the present time, and will undoubtedly hold for awhile in the hopes of securing better figures. In the Valley there is more of a disposition to sell, and several round lots have been purchased around 16, cents Jer poUndi The quality of the Eastern Oregon wool Is superior to that of any previous year, and it will accordingly bring "better prices pro portionately than ever before. The New Tork Commercial has the following re garding the situation in the East: Conditions continue unchanged, with nd elgns of life in the market. The reports which, have been so widely published to the effect that the Western growers were showing signs of weakening In their stand for higher prices are not borne out by the reports from the West. Growers seem to be as firm as they' cer were, and are only letting go when prices are "bunched" to something approaching their own figure. Tho manufacturers were never more out of the market than they are Just now. Several large firms which were keeping a little life ln the market a couple of weeks ago by picking up quarter-blood stuff do not seem to be doing anything Just now. The reports from London show falrDuy Ing and a shade stronger prices, but with drawals continue to be liberal. Notwithstanding the fact that there it a great difference of opinion as to the future of the market, the absence of any speculation continues to be a feature of the situation. HOPS-r-There is nothing especially new In the hop situation. Some of the Valley growers are protecting themselves against a repetition of last season's costly ex perience, by contracting in advance for the growing crop at S cents per pound. As they are exacting a cash payment on signing and from 3 to 4 cents advance at picking time, they In most cases will have a certainty of getting more out of the crop than they did last season. The New Tork Journal of Commerce, under date of May 5, has the following: Deliveries of hops to brewers on old contracts were again fairly large, and there was a fair amount of new business also. All told the movement latterly has made considerable impression upon deal ers' stocks, and there is a growing ten dency on the part of holders of desirable stock to advance prices as the general situation would seem to warrant. How ever, no quotable change has taken place as yet, and the market Is In the peculiar position of being unusually strong statis tically, with prices comparatively low. T"RUIT The scarcity of sunshine has had a bad effect on strawberries. There is enough coming along to supply the de mand, that is willing to pay 10 tolZVi cents per pound, retail, for them, but they have not yet appeared In sufficient quantities to come into general use for preserving and canning. The crop is large, and all that It needs is sunshine to ripen the berries, and a cassation of the show ers, which throw mud over them. A few erly Oregon cherries have appeared, and FINANCl-A-LNEW-S sell in a small way at 4 and S cents per pound. California cherries are plentiful at 75 cents' to $1 per box, and apricots in small boxes sell at 73 cents. A carload of bananas came In Monday, but with strawberries becoming more plentiful and cheap there Is less demand for them, and a good many of them were turned over to the hawkers. California peaches and apples both rather gr,een and. poor In quality, have appeared, .but do not EeU very well at the prices asked. BUTTER Receipts of butter have "been Increasing again since the price on best grades advanced to 40 cents, "but thus far all of the best stock has been taken care of without shading prices very much. Store butter continues firmer proportionately than creamery, and heavy shipments are going to California by every steamer. The Cape Nome rush created quite a demand for butter, and how that the wants from that direction are supplied for. tho pres ent, it Is expected that the market will be easier. EGGS The effort to set the price of eggs back to 14 cents was hardly a success, and this week 134 cents was about the top figure asked, with some deaJers offer ing to clean up at less. Receipts are slackening slightly, however and it is hardly probable that there will "be much more of a decline at present. POULTRY There is a good demand for large, well-conditioned Spring chickens, and best stock of this kind sells better than old chickens at the present time, al though the price Is a shade lower than for old hens. Receipts this week have not been very heavy, and the outlook for good prices Is excellent. Toung ducks and geese are in moderate demand, but there Is no call for old birds. Turkeys are in limited demand for choice stock, but the market requires but few of them at this Eeason of the year. PORTLAND MARlCETS. Grain. Fldnr. Etc. Wheat "Walla Walla. 51c; Valley, 51c; blue stem, C354c per buEhel. Flour Bust grades, $2 W3; graham, $2 30; superfine. T2 10 per barrcL Onts VMte. 353Gc; tray. C2C?33c; stained. 203J30C per bushel. Barley Feed. $14915; brewing. $10 per ton. Mlllstufts Bran. Jlisl3 per tent middling S16018; shorts. $13616: chap. (14. Hat Timothy. $103? 11; clover. $7T 505 Ore con wild hay, JG07 per ton. Butter, Ergri, Poultry, Etc. Butte? Fancy creamery. 35340;; store, 25c per roll. Ekes 13i?13V&c per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $44 CO per do2en hens, $5flC; ducks, $387: geese, f G S per dozen, turkeys, lhe, 15c, dressed, 10c per lb. Cheese Full cream, twins. 12U313c; Touh America. 14c per pound. Vegetables, Fruit. Etc. Vegetables Parsnips, SI; carrots. 75c$??lJ turnip, T5c per sack; onions, lfec per pound for new; cabbage. $1 00 per cental; potatoes, 30 055c per sack; peas. 45c; beans. KKflZc; as paragus; 405c; new potatoes, lHc- per pound. rralt Lemons, $2 50ff3; oranges, 3C?3 25 pet box for navels, ?2 per box for seedlings; plheipple. (4 5080 per 2ozen: bananar, 2 St 3 per bunch: Tertian dates. "HSSc per pound; strawberries, Oregon. G$$c per pound. Dried fruit Apples, e aporated. 7Ss per pound; sun-dried, sacks or boxes, 4Q5c: pears, sun and evaporated. 530c; plums, pltlesa, Ait rAfrc: prunes. Italian. 3H5Hc: silver, extra choice. 5Cc; flgs, Smvrna. 224c; California black, o-JPOe; do white. 10c pet-pound. Groceries. Jfat, Etc, Coffee Mocha. 232Soi Ja a. fancy. MQlic: Jaa. good. 2O0'2c: Java, ordinary, l&320c; Costa Rica, fancy. Ifcff20c: do cood, 1C1Sc: do 6rdnar?t 10312c per pound; Columbia, roast. $12 25; Arbuckle's. $13 13; Lion. $12 13 per cas. Sugar Cube, $0 80; crushed. $5 80: powdered. $3 80; dry granulated, $S 20; extra C, $4 70; golden C $4, GO hot; halt barrels. He more tha.i barrels; maple sugar. lOQIOc per pound. Bean-Smalt unite. 3Hc; fcayou( 4c; Lima, flc per pound. Salmon Columbia river, 1-pound lallS. $1(3 1 50; 2 -pound tallsi $26"2 50: fancy. 1-pound flats, $1 "caS"! 73; &-pttind fancy flatu 855c; Alaska. 1-pound tails, $1 2001 30; 2-pound tails. $1 00JT2 25. Grain bags Calcutta, $0 5053 75 per 100 for spot. $C VZvygQ 25 for Jily-August. XuiB Peanuts, CV47c pel" pound for raw. 10c for roasted; cocoanuta, ifX per dozen; walnuts. 10Qllo per pound: pine nuts, 15c: hickory nuts, 7c; chestnuts. 15c: Brazil, lie; filberts. 15c: fancj pecans, 1214c: almonds. 15 Q 17V&C pel pound. Coal oil Case. 21Vic per gallon; barrels, l7o; tanks, like Rice Island. BVic: Japan, 5c; New Orleans, 4U5Uc; fancy head, $7r? 60 per wdX. Hops. "Wool, Hides, Etc Hops 20Se per pound. Wool Valley, 12tfl3c for coaroe. 15i?10c for best: Eastern Oregon, 10ffl5c; mohair, 25c pet pound. Sheepskins Shearlings. 15C0c: nhort-wool. 23 ?35c; medlum-Vool, 8OS50c; long-wool, 00e$l each. Peits Bear skins, each, as to site, $5015; cubs, each, $19&; badger, each, 50c, wildcat, 23fr75e; houecat, 525s; fox, common gray, 40c$l; do red, $1 0Q& 50; do crow, $2 6000; lyniw, $24 50. mink, 40cf?l 75; marten, dark Northern. $510; do pale, pine, $23-1; musk rat. 8ari2e: ekur.k, 5OS60e; otter (land). $4 S: panther, with head and claws perfect, $lff3; raccoon, 26S0c; wolf, mountain, with head perfect. $3 60 & 5 wol ertne, $2 501; beaver, per tln, large. $C7; do medium, per skin, $4tfi5: do small, per okln. $lfr2; do kits, per skin, f 1CJ3- Tallow 5754c: No. 2 and grease, 3tAg4c per pound. lde Dry hides, Xo. 1. 10 pounds and up ward. 15iri54c: dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 10 pounds, 15c per pound; ary calf. No. l, under 5 pounds, 15ICc; dry salted, one-third less than dry flint: Allied hides, round -. 00 pound and oer. ttSc; do 50 to 00 pounds, fcS-SJjc: do under 50 pounds ard cow. VQSe; kip. 13 to 3d pounds. 7fc$sc: do real. 10 to 14 pounds. 74o; do calf, unlr 10 pounds. 7c; green (unsalted). lc per pound loss; culls (bulK stags, moth eaten, badly cut, scored hair slipped, weathcr Vten or grubby), one-third less. Meat nail Pro-risieRs. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, sheared, $3 50$?3 75; dressed, 7$,7Jsc per pound; spring lambs, 5ff5Hc per pound gross. Hogs Gross, choice neary; $5; light. $4 50; dressed, tQ0c per pound Veal Large, Cff74c per pound; small, so S"4c. CULLISON&CO. Stock, Grain -d Provision R0KERS Direct Wkes to New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Tra& 214-215 Chamber of Commerce Portland, Oregon Beef Gross, ton steers. $4 4 50: cows. $3 50U4; dressed bcf. 047;c per pound. r Provisions Portland pack (Shield bracd): Hams, 'smoked, are quoted at 13c per pound: p'.rnfc fr, U4c per pound: breakfast bacon. 13o; bacon. OUc: backs, 0c. dry salt sides, 8o; dried beef, 17"ic-per pound; lard. 5-pound palls, 10c; 10-pouad poll. t!ic, 50s. nic; tierce. 0c per pound. Eastern pack (Ham mond's): Hams, large. 124c; medium, lc; small. lT4c; picnic hams, OHc; shoulders, nJe; breakfast bacon. Hyc; dry salt sides, SU 0'ic: bacon sides. "HieiOt; backs. 0Jc; butts. 0c: lard, pure leaf, icttle rendered, 5s, lOfcc; 10s. 10-Xc. 1 EASTER LIVe'STOCK. CHICAGO. May 30. Cattle Receipts. COCO. Choice light ateers a shade easier, others mostly 10a lower than Monday; butchers' stock weak; best On sale today, one Carload at $5 0); natives, good to prime steers. $55 C3; poor to medium, $4 404 90; selected feeders. $4-40$ 5 10; mixed stockers. $3 754 25; cows. $3? 4 50; heifers, $3 205; cannery $2 403; bullr,, $2 0084 30; calves, $537. Texans Receipts, 400; best on sole today, two carloads at $4 83; Texas fed steers, $43 15; Texas bulls, $3 SJ 3 75. Hogs Receipts today. 37,000; tomorrow, es timated. 30.000; left oi er. 2000. Market act ive, mostly 10c lower", closed strong; top. $5 1P.5: mixed and butchers, $4 C5Q5 15; good to cholcd heavy, $5 1005 17Ji; rough heavj', $4 0565 05; light. $4 003 15; bull: of sales. $5 105 12&. Sheep-Refcelpts, 14.000. Sheep strong and 10 15c higher, lambs active and 18g20o higher; good to choice aethers. $3 105 05; fair to choice. $4 503; "Western sheep, $5ff5 50: year lings, $5 C0g0; native lambs, $337; Western lambs, $G7 55; Spring lambs, $CgS 15. S toe tux In London. r LONDON, May 50 Atchison. 27; Canadian Paclflc. 07H: Union Pacific preferred, 75: Northern Pacific preferred. 784; Grand. Trunk, 714: Anaconda, 8; Rands, 41U- Bar slUer Dull, 27 OilCd per ounce. .Earopeaa Grain Market. LIVERPOOL. May 30 Wheat Quiet; July, 5s ld: September. 5s 8d. Spot, -dull No. 1 California. Gs ldgs lUd. Com Futures, quiet; May. nominal; July. 3s f0d, September. 3s 10d. Spot, quiet; Ameri can mixed. 3s HUd. THE METAL MARKETS. Prices Have Xot Improved, and Bay ers Are Waitings NEW TORK. May 30 Discussing the condi tion of the iron and steel Industries, the Iron Age says: The best that can ba said for the iron market at present is that a feelihg of hopefulness l& displaying. The demand seems to be a little better In some branchs or the trade, and buy ers aro disposed to place orders rather more freelr. This Is particularly trUe of the West. When this has been said, however. It covers about the most encouraging conditions to be noted. No Improvement is seen in prices. The tend' feftcy appears to bo still downward, and so far ho Indications are seen on a firm foundation for such products as are not absolutely con trolled by an effective, consolidation or combi nation. Prices hae been gradually receding for some time, and. whllo heroic efforts are made to maintain them in some directions, this simply results In creating a great spread in quotations. Prices for this season on some products show a range of sccral dollars per Ion. Wire rods, for instance, are quoted at mills In the Central West at $3S to $47 50. It Is generally believed that a large tonnage Is waiting to be placed as soon oil prices shall ' have touched a figure that will ae considered satisfactory to buyers. How far down they must go ia order to meet thl condition it is, of courae. difficult to say. When prices were at their highest it would certainly have ben deemed fmorable to nbw business for conces sions to be made approximating present prices. Buyers, howe-ier, always seek to secure some thing a little lower than the offers made to them. It is likely that the fact that this Is a Presidential year may Influence this reserved business more than the mere question of prices. Undoubtedly, In all discussions ot conditions now affecting trade, the Presidential election is Invariably taken Into consideration. One of the Interesting items of news coming out during- the week Is tho reported sale oti 73,000 tons of pig Iron by c largo Southern company for export to Scotland,, the- shipments to co er the next six 'months. The reputed sell ers will neither affirm nor deny the report, but It is quite generally believed to be true. A large contract to be placed wlttttn a few days coers the approaches to the new East River bridge between New York and Brooklyn, which will require about 18,000 tons of steel. This contract would excite much more Interest In the trade if the steel was not opn to acid open hearth, which restricts the number of bidders. Another important matter for consideration Is the probable disagreement between the Amal gamated Association ot Iron. Steel and Tin Workers and the owners of rolling mills In the West over the wage schedule for the year beginning July 1. The association will ask for ah advance In the base on which their wages are regulated, and under present conditions the manufacturers will certainly refuse to grant tilts request. It Is expected to lead to the clos ing of many mills, and consequently a decided restriction of production. This will, if contin ued for any length of time, favorably affect finished products, but wilt hae the opposite ef fect In pig iron. It Is assumed by those who are believed to be well Informed that the workmen are not averse to taking a vacation this Summer, as they have had a long period of uninterrupted employment at good wages. A disagreement, however, between manufacturers and employed which entails the closing of large establish ments and the enforced Idleness of thousands of workmn. cannot but have an unfavorable influence on many branches of trade outside of the one directly interested. EASTERN MULTNOMAH. Closing; ot the Public School at Troutilnlc Other Iterah. GRESSAM, Or., 7tfhy 29. The Trout dale public schfiol Is making arrange ments to close the year's work with ap propriate exercises and a picnic In the grove across the Sandy River. The school will end this week with five gradu ates, but will take another -neck of study under Professor B. C. Hughen, who will devote the exlra. time gratis In order that they may complete their wo-k. Pro fessor Hughsen has been re-elected as principal for the coming year, but his asslstant'has not been chosen yet. j Tlca Arrived. Forty thousand railrojid ties arrived down the Sandy yeBterday from Bram holt'5 mill and are being taken out of the water by the endless chain elevator. The O. R & N. Co. Is building a switch from the main track to the elevator in order to expedite the loading of the tics on the cars. Mill to Be Moved. The steam sawmill" belonging to Proc tor & Beers, at Pleasant Home, will be moved to a new locality in a few weeks. Brief Note. Isaac N. Buxton and Dan Mickley have "been elected delegates from Larch Camp, "W. O. "W.. at Troutdale to attend the district convention at Independence. Lulu Cook, aged 14, was badly scalded from the waist down at FalrvJew a few days ago. She fell against a tub of boil ing water, which was overturned against her. She is recovering. School in District No. S closed today with appropriate exercises. Miss L. L. Bennett, the teacher, his been retained for next year. She will go to Seattle in a few days to spend a part of her vaca tion. Q. B. Prettyman has been appointed to sell tags for bicycles at Rock wood, and quite a large number ot country riders are availing themselves of the op portunity to license their wheels with out going to the city. The Base Line bicycle path is now ready for gravel to the lT-mllc hotel, and graveling Is being pushed eastward as fast as possible. The work will reach ZTLmi. fc-- potervoy, C.qst Povrer, Mlcht-tosaos, Cpermatorrhaea Insomnia. Pa na lnBacklil Desires. Seminal Emluions, Lams Oac, rtorvoux De bility. Haaaacha. Unfitness to Marry, -pt.of ftf Somen, Varieoctle, r constipation, 6 tops Qulcknit of Ola- Irf 1 1 chargo atppa Her- VOU8 TrflSCninS Of EyellSls. jQeca ae Imtnenaic. FjLa Iopin.ror lid poostcr t '.". t'"-" i itKxin,.i. m Scasates tie bnla aad core cental, u; x tx. rwejrrted,-wjta fcbezo. Otcaim bee. AdtJros, Bishop Rerrtady Co., Sbj Francisco, Teal. For aale by Aldrlcb Pharaaacy. Sixth and Wcjhlcgtca streets. Portland. Or. Downing, HopK Chlcaoo Board of Trade New York Stock Exchange Room 4, Ground Floor t .Chamber of Commerce BOTH TELEPHONES - " " ; CAPE NOME' EXCURSION S. S. NOME CITY, SilsYGEQty: ELDER WlirSail About, June 30th. '. Special RdUtid-Trlp Excursion Tickets Sold on These . EIegant.f?asenger Steamer&f &-S: DESPATCH Sails, June 6, 1900. FREIGHT RESERVATIONS NOW BEING MADE. FOIL .RATES A3D,jNFOKMATIO?t APPLY TP CALIFORNIA & -OREGON COAST S&M F. P. BAUMGARTHEK, Agent, 203 Washlnjjton St. ' . ,' W. A. Mitchell & Co., General Aceat . San Francisco. - Pacific Coast iHEll Cape Nome Qbld'Fields THE JiEW PALATIAL STEEL STEAMSHIP; . " , ' "Senator" will sail from Seaitlc'dlrcctjane 21 July Wiand AhqhsI 20. '"' ' J - j The "Senator" h&a a capacity ot 2300 tana. Her .ieconS cabin and Mirage, accommodations axe superior to the fltt-cl&m accommodations of mopt of the Steamers advertised for Nome. The Paclflc QotA Steamship Co. his been running lta steamers tfr Alaska winter and sum merfor 23 Tears, and Is the pioneer Paclflc Coast line.. Seattle frejcht and passenger rates ap ply from Portland. For further lnfoftnatlon Inquire of taOODALL; PERKINS . CO.. General Agent. 10 Market. San Francloco. or N. P03TON. Agent. 249 Washington t.. Portland. Or. Baker's 'rtllt, Vrhere It will end, by the last of the week. ' 77 .C NO SYMPATHY FOR -BOERS. Rep.ly of n la Grnnle Mlnlaler to a New Yorlc Ajrltntor. .-. LA GRANDE, Or., May 30. A shorl time ago. Rev. C. "W. Turner, rector, of St. Peter's Church, received: a letter from i George "W. Van Stolen, the tfrd-Boer loader i of New York, asking him to indorse tho t coarse of thepTO-B6"er agitators Masking Congress" tp Intervene in the. British-South African "War. Following Is Mr. Turner's answerr "I must mnhn.tleallv-iellne to fconrntv with your request. My proper buplpeaa Is to preach the gospel, ana'to admirtster its sacraments and not tor be drumming no wish to disguise my British sympathies, same if my sympathies were with the other side. You -undoubtedlyShope to get an overwhelming vote In favorof lftte,- jrentlon. And'then you avlirdqubthiSS use ltas a club, to try to- forcethe Admhils--. tratlon b do aJfyou'wTFhIn oCheFVolpJs, to adopt a line" of policy which would In- "volve the basest Ingratitude toward a' friendlr "nation rind would Violate the or dinary International courtesliss. Whatever, else It may be, the so-called "republic' of the Transvaal never has beeir a miv- crelgn International state and Great Brit ain cannot, with safety to her -colonies, ever consent that it shall become -one. "I can w ell understand how natural If may be for persons of Dutch descent to sympathize with their kinsfolk, but mo3f of those Tho act withyou, like the yellow Journals and that ranting Tammany dem agogue, Mr. Sulzer, are simply moved by tho one common passlpn, viz., hatred of Great Britain. And bow you can expect Christian ministers to sympathize., with endeavors to stir up strife,, to re-enklndle, if possible, bygone animosities, tqai,liaye happily been qupnehed, and to excite,, tne passions of the American people, is some thing that passes my comprehension. ''"VVhotever individual Boers may be tho men in power at Pretoria have been noto riously corrupt and tyrannKal; and I b ireve.that the British. GovernmentwJH be Tendering a service to humanity by pulling an end to .their rule. But I have no djubt Of .your personal purity of intention, .and therefore subscribe myself, j purs,.f.wlth reepect, , , . '"" "CHARLES WILLIAM TURNER. "Rector of St. Peterls Church." -. BenrtlleKK Bnrlcy. ,, ,- . John Haverly, of Boyd, leftat ,Tbe Dalles Chronicle office .Monday ft few lnjads of beardlees barley, which he sayjf is making a fine record for Itself -in:the country tributary to Dufur and Kings ley. The first seeds were obtained a few yenrs ago from a Mexican, who stopped for a night at a farmhouse on- Tygh Ridge. The product of these -ros-carefully saved until beardless barley h now very extensively ?own for hay. For this purpose- many consider it far superior- to wheat hay. Beside,- it yields' larger re turns to the acre of either hay on grain, ard, in addition, the grain is said to be recond to none for brewing purposes. A well-known Tygh RIdgo farmer cays he haa a field of beardless barley, of Fall sowing on Summer fallow, that he .ex pects to yield him four tons of-hay to the cere. Other fields are spoken of FRIJU8T, SEC01DAST OR TERnAlY BLMD POiSM Permanently Cured. You can be treated at borne under same guaranty. It ou have taken mer cury, Iodide potash, and still bae acnes and pains. Mucus Patches la Mouth. Sore Throat, Psmples. Copper-Colored spots. Ulcers on any pirt of the body. Hair or Eyebrows falling our, write COOK REMEDY CO. 163) Masonic Temple. Chicago, 111. for proofs ot euro. Capital. 450u,000. We solicit the most ob stinate cases. We have cured the worst cases la 15 to 35 days. lOO-page Book Free. Six 6 if & non-solsonon I remedy for Gonorrheas, Glttt.Sperraaterrhcca, Whites, unnatural dls- i tuUixit. charges, or any Innaoima Jhtmu nauiUs. tlon of mncom niter ?THeEtmsChE1C.0o. cranes. Non-sstrlnsent. LCiKCtnin.o.1 I sola by Srsgeists, or sent In vlsla wfstrer. by exprtM, prepaid, lot II m. or 3 bottles, -.ftfi. ,v CJrcnUr sent on rn4t. 'ilTi - Z.'v r?' .."t" . Cltrel tllB mtMll ritM l- ml-4 mA w. mrlSw.r.9 f- cire a u cnu IMS ( Msaia iaau.caccTUCpea s Ar . o b ni!L aaaUsai A Wn. -,rxr t n MM.Mk n.m. ''mI ins & BROKERS - . C ' ? f i v Steamship Co.- that give promise of 70 to SO bushels of grain to the acre. Beardless barley does beat -when sown In the Fall on Summer fallow. "Wanted to Bur HI" Own Land. ' Corvallls Gazette. On the 3d day of November, 1634, at a public sale of university lands of the Territory of Oregon, held in Corvallls, N. Huber, Commissioner of the territory for the sale of tands, an oIHce created by act of the Territorial Legislature, sold to J..E. Williams 40 acres in section IS, township 10 north, range 5 east, Benton County. Soon after the purchase, Mr. .Williams Hied, the deed not having been rec6rded, Laet, week the youngest eon of IHe decease"! was thinking of purchasing the above 40 acres, but could not find who,.the owner. wae. Afterwards he was Jooklng over some old papers of nls father s .and found the deed tor tne w acres he wjsbed to purchase. The above deed, had, rested In seclusion, for about 45 years. .. .. .. IitHonJfalnnl Gue Home.,. SAN FRANCISCO;kMa-30. Actompan- his. daughter. an$ Dr. Charles Hhmfltbn English, of , Washington, her physician, ex Queen. Lflioukajanl sailed for her "Hawaii an 'nb'me 'from this port tdday. She Is In a rather pfecarlbtig -coWdltion as the cahcer from whlcfi'she has been suTTdring during the past Jhree J'eaVs Is assuming 'quite a 'seflo'lls phase. She" has- not yet'gfven up hopes that Congress ma.y liberally reim burse he'rTfor her lost crown. "" - . Extent of'CnrncK'e'K Fortaue. NEW YORK, Slay 30. Henry W. Lucy M. P., writing to the Tribune from Lon don, quotes a friend of Andrew Carnegie as saying that tho iron master lately de clared that his possessions, readily con vertible infd cash, amount to ?200,000,000. TRAVELERS GUIDE. r If You I Are Going East And vant to know what the trip r,-wlll cost, -when joU will reach i -your destination, and why you should take the Burlington Route to Omaha. Chicago, Kan sas" City, St. Louis or ANY OTHER Eastern or Southeast ern city, write to the under signed arid receive by.lrclum mall a letter giving jou just exactly the Information jou. need. Ticket OSlce, r JOO-3rdSL-, cir-Stark,Pjrd!, )r:j)i. " R. W, FOSTEH. ,v Ticket Agent. GEO. -S. TATXOR. Clty-Paaienr Agent. WHIIE COLLAR LINE COLUMBIA HIYEIt PUQE SOUXD UXVZ. QATION CO. PORTLAND XXV ASTORIA. ,ff fk IS5 BAILfcr GATZERT (Alder-reet dockj Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7 o'clock, iieept Sunday. Ketufnlrg. leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except 'Sunday. Oregon 'phone. Main. SSI. Columbia 'phone 33L r U. B. SCOTT. President. WASHINGTON & ALASKA T .STEAMSHIP CO,' The iast steamship "CITY OF SEATTLE." sailing from Seattle every 10 dajs for Juneau and fakagway. Steamers "FARALLOiJ" and "RUTH, sailing ejery sevendays from Seat tle for Skagway and ali other intermediate Alaskan points. For freight and passage Inquire ot DODWELL & CO . Ltd.. 233 Oak st. Telephone Main W. - - ." " 'T.,4 VKJVOjra,l. n TRAVELERS GUILE. m LZJo L'ntoa Depot, Sixth and 3 Streets. THREE TRAINS DAILY " FOR ALL P01NT5 EAST "CniCAGO-rOR.TliA"D SPECIAL." Leaves tor the Kast. via Huntington, at 3:lo A M.; arrUes. 4 P. M. SPOKANE FLYER, For Spokane. Eastern Washington, and Great Northern points, leaves at 6 P. M.; arrlea at 7 A. M. ATLANTIC EXPhESS, Leaes forthe East, via Huntington, at 0 P. M.. arrives at S.40 A- M. THROUGH PULLMAX AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. . Water lines scaeJul. subject to change wlta cut cotlctr . OCEAK AND RJVEIl SCHEDULE. OCEAN DIVISION Steamships sail from Alnsworth dock at 8.00 P. M. Leave Portland Columbia. Wednesday. May 2; Saturday, May 12; Tuesday, May 22. Friday, June 1, Monday, June 11. State of Cnllfornla. Monday. Mas T, Thursday,May 1"; Sunday, May 27: Wednes From 3an Francisco State of California. Thursday.'May 3; Sunday, May 13: Wednesday, May 23. Saturday, June 2: Tuesday, Juno 1 Cojambta, Tuesday. May 8: Friday. May la: Honday. May 23: Thursday, June 7. COLUMBIA RIVEK DIVISION p ' PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. t.Sleaner Hassalo leaves Portland dally. xc-pt Sunday, at 8 00 P. M.; on Saturday at 10 00 P. M, Returning, leaves Astoria dally, except aun- aay. at :oo A. m. WILLAS1ETTD RIVER DLVISIOX. PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. OR. Steamer Ruth, for Salem. Albany. Corvallta and way potetat leaves' Portland Tuejrfaji, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 00 A. U. Return lnr. leaves Corvallls Mondays, Wednesdayu ani Fridays at 6.00 AM." Steamer Modoc. Tor Salem nCepnrtence and vray points, leaiea Portland Mbnttays. Wednes days and Frldaya at 6 00 A. M. Returning. Icaies independence Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at 5 30 A. M YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DVTTON. OR. Steamer Efnfcre. for Dayton n way points. ltnAF Portland TuMdara. Thursdays and Sat urdays at 7 X. M-. Rettirnlnir. leaves Dayton for Tortland and way points Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays at 0 A. M. SNAKE RIVER ROUTD. RIPARIA WASH.. AND,LE.WiSTON. IDAH Steamer Spokane or steamer. Lew lston Iears Rlparla dally at 3.35 A, M?. arriving at Lewis ton at 3 P. M. Returntng,Uio Spokane or Leu Is ton leavea Ltjwlston. dally at 9 A. M-, arrUlng at Rlparla same evening W. H. ttURLBURT. - ' General Paeaenger Agent. V. A. SCHILLING. Cttr Ticket Agent. Telephono Main 712. 0 Third street, cor. Oak. NewSteamsbipLinefetheOrient CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND. In connection wltn THE OREGON RULROA.D & NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. 1000 (subject to change): Steamer. Due to Leave Portland. "ARGYLL" May 23 "MONMOUTHSHIRE" June 27 "BRAEMAR" July IS For rates, accommodations, etc.. apply to DODWELL & COMPANY . Limited. General Agents. Portland. Or. To principal rotnts In Japan and China. A THE -FASTEST AND MOST DIRECT LINE TO THE S aiprnR The Direct Line to Denver, Omaha. KansaCity, St Loub Chicago and Other Eastern Points TWO DAILY SOLID VEST1BULED TRAINS. Portland to Chicago Less Than Threa Days.- . Only Four Days to New YoVk and Boston. Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Buffet Library Cars '(Barber Shop) Dlntnjf Cars. (IteaJa a la carte) Freo Reclin ing Chair Caw. Through' tickets, baggage checks, "and sleeping-car accommodations can be ar ranged at CITY TICKLE OFFICE 135 Third 5:raf t Portland", Draga J. I. LOTHROP. ' GEORGE LANG. Gen'l Agsnt. Cltjr Pass, ft Tkt. Aet. GO EAST VIA ON THE FAMOU5 "Portland-Chicago Special" OR THE "OVERLAND LIMITED" The only trains running through solid from Portland and Chicago. Every car Illuminated with Plntsch gas. Two trains dallj. 1 DInlne Cars.' Service n In Cnrte. Library-Buffet Smoking Cars. Falnce ana Ordinary Slceplner Cars. Free Rccllnlne Chair Cars. Leaves. 0.15 A.M. Arrives. A.M.... DO O-T-I A IV! r P-31- p. m.... PORTLAND. ..s.4o a. m. ...4 00 P.M. 0.00 CITY TICKET OFFICE 142 Tnlrd St. Phone Main 559 u e. coman; General Agent. P. It- OLIX. City Ticket Act. Astoria & Columbia ' River Railroad Co. LEAVES UNION DEPOT. for Maygtrs. Rainier, ClaUXanle, Wtitport. Clifton. Astoria. War renton. Flavel. Ham mond. Fort Stevens, Gearhart I'ark. Seaside. Astoria and aeashor Ejtjreii. Dtlly. Astoria Ezpreis. Daily. ARRIT3 UNION DEPOT. 6:00 A.M. 0-53 P. MT 11:1S A, if. 0:-t0 P. M. ticket office. X Morrison st. and Union dtpot. J. C UATO. Gen. Pass. Act.. Astoria. Or. SrCAGWAY AND DAW50N Alaska StearrishipCompany NEXT SAILING. ROSALIE. MAT 31. The only company naving through traffic ar rangements to Atlln and the Klondike. Weekly Killings from'Taccma. For full information ap ply to J. L. HAP.TMAN. Agent, Portland. Or 3 Chamber of Commerce. Tpirr J4 Lio JLliQ EASTANDSOUTHEAST . , IS THE m -- " TRAVELERS!. GUIDE. EAST-m SOUTH Leave QcgiNfKU aai I StrttU j Arrive OVERLAND -EXPRESS TRAINo for Salem. Rose burg. Ashland. Sac ramertc, O g d e n. San FYavcl'co. Mo Jave. Los Angeles. 1 Paso, New Or leans and the Halt At Woodburn (dally except -Sun dayj.mornlzuc train ccnneci-3 with train for Mt. AngeL 511- erton. Browiie llle. Sprlngfltld and Natrdn. and evening train for Mt. Angel and 51. verton. Albany passenger Corallif passertger Sheridan passenger 3 30 P. M. 3:30 A. M. A.M. 630 4'OJ P. M. J7.30 A. M. 14 50 P. M. 10fl0A.M. 13 50 K "X. JSSAiM. Dally. JDally except Sunday. Jtelate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac ramento and San rranelifck). Net rated 1I first class and Sll second class, including sleeper. ' Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu rope. Also JAPAN. CIU.NA. HONOLULU and USTKALIA. Can be obtained from J. B. KIKICLAND, Ticket Agent. U0 Third sC YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depbt foot ot Jefferson Street. Leaye for Oswego dally at 7.20. '0.40 A. M.: VJ 30. I 33, 3.20, 4.). l 23. S 30. H-0 P. M.: and 0 00 A. . oft SUftilak orty. rrl8 at Portland dnlly at G J5. b'3l, '10 W A. M.; 1&. SdO. -i JO. 0.13. 7.40,pl0 00 P. M-. 1.4U A. M. dallj. except Monday. 8.20 and 10.03 A. M. on Sundays only". Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, ait O 00 P M. ArrUe at Portland at 0 30 A. M. Passtnger train leaves Dallas for AlrUe Mon days Wednesdays and Fridajs at ZM P. M. Return Tuesdays. Thursdays aUd Saturdays. Excrpt Sunday. R. KOEHLER. C. H. MARKIIAM. ' Manager. Gen. Frt, & Pass. AgL. DOLHLE DAILY TIIAIX SERVICE. The Pioneer Dlnlnpx and Observatloa Car Ilontc. - Lcio I Union Depot, 6th ail J Sts No. 2 2 P.M. North Coast Limited, Por Tacoma, acattl North Yal.lma. opo-" kane. Pullman, Mos cov. . LeV!ston. Koi3 Innd. B. C. Uutt. No. 1 7A.1L Helna. St. Paul. M'n- nMtmltn. C!hiMirri luii- ton, Tcw York and all1 joints East and South east. No. 4 11 -3U P. M. Twin City Express. For Tacoma, Seattle, Spohana. Pullman. Mot- No.5 ap-.M. cow, Le' iston, Rms- Iand. B ,C . Nelon Helena. Butte, St lul, Mlnn-anolN. Chlcai?J. Boton, Baltimore, New York, Washington, and all points Eaht nd Southeast. - Take North Coast Limited Tnln .No. 2 for South Bend Utjmpia and Crav' Harbor points , , Se lhe North Coast Limited. Elegant Up liul&tered Tourist Sloping" -Cir, Pullman Standard. Sleepers. . Dining .Car and Observa tion Cur. all electric lighted. Sqlld estlbulwl trains. Tickets sold to all points In the United States and Canada, and baggagQ checked, to destination of tickets. For Information, tickets, sleeping-car rer vatlons. etc, call on or write ' A. D. CHARLTON Assistant General Pssucnger A Kent, ' 2u5 3Iorrlon St., Cor. TUlrtl, Portland, Oregon. iOO PACIFIC Wi Offers the XXIWEST RATES and BE.ST 1EHT Icr to and from all Eastern points and Europe. Through tuux st cars from ut to 8u Paul. Teronto, Montreal anJ Boston WirilOCC CHANGE. Direct Route ta Kootenay Mlnlna District British Columbin Canadian Pacific ttjil U.ill it,j.toitp lmes as tapar sHt AjtiaiJU Tct rte and Information, apply to H. H. ABliOIT. Agent, E. J. COYLS. 148 Third strict, city. A. O. P. A.. Vancouver. B. C SMSbeatNorwebnIi Ticket OIKce, 26S Morrison S!re:t, 'Pfianc 653 Th riytr, dstly to sn-1 ffnrn St Paul. Vlnn. ARHI'E. No.X 7.00 AM. No. 4 I apoils, Duluth, ChUaar C 00 P. M. ona ail points tuu Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers.. Dld!ns and Bullet Smoking-Llhrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP KINSHIU MARU For Japan. China and all Asiatic points win leae Seattle About June 4th. FOR And Yukon River Points S. S. "OHIO," 3500 Tons Sails from Senltie About MAY 24TH Second Sailing about June 30 Bcsr.itlons can now ba made for June sailing upon application to any railroad or sub agent ot the International Navigation Com pany, or to EMPIRE TnAXSPOnTATICN CO.. SEATTLE. TV AS II. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. FOR ALASKA. THE COMPANY'S elegant stpamTs, Queen, Cottage Clt.,. City of Topica aid Al - Kl lae TACOMA 11 A. M-, SE ATTLE u P M . June 4. y. 14, 10. 10. 24 21): July 1. 4. 0. 14, 1C. 19. 24. 20. 31. Auj. 3. and eiery fifth da there after. For further Informa tion obtain company s (older. The company reserves the right to -Cannes kteamerJ. sailing' dates and hours of sailing, without previous notfre AOrlNTS N. POSTON, 240 AVaihlngton St., Portland. Or : J". W. CAKLETON. N. P. R. It. Dock. Tacoma. J F THOWBRIDGE. Puget Sound Supt- OaeanDock. Seattle. GOODALL. PERKINS & CO . Gen. Agts., S. S". fO ocdenskasia-2 Wn routes "Jnj