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VOL. III.
HILLSBORO, OltEGOX, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1807.
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EVENTS OF THE MY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSK TICKS FROM THE WIRES
i ,?,'. lutereilliig Collection of Items From
he Two Hemisphere! Presented
Id Cuuilenied Form.
The report that the O. R. & N. Co.
" was contemplating an extension of itt
lines to tlio Kootenai country has leon
officially denied at the offices In Port
land. . No such enterprise is ot present
under consideration.
The Mississippi river is on the rise.
.-At Memphis it hus reached 88.8, the
highest record since the establishment
of the weather bureau. Along the low;
lands of Arkansas there is great suffer
ing among people who have been driven
from their homes by the oncoming wa-
f ' 'A Missouri Pacific passenger train
run into a bunch of horses near Wolf
w Creeks Kan. . The engineer and fire
man wore killed and a score of others
-ittjtlrcd, mostly train employes. All
the ours but the sleepers were over
turned, Tba. passengers escaped with
(puifipurative taso.i
'V ' A Bt. Petersburg dispatch states that
nil the admirals, except the French and
Italian commanders have been ordered
to immediately blockade the principal
Greek torts,, especially the port of
' ' Atliens, Pyra and Volo. An ulti
malum will forthwith bo addressed to
Greece by the admirals of the foreign
i Beets.
In revenge for leing ejected from
truins, trumps caused a wreck on the
Louisvillo & NashVillo railway this
morning. .They spiked a switch, do
, railing and demolishing a freight train
and . causing heavy damage. The
'tramps had intended, wrecking the Chi
'cago limited.. Tuoy have been cap
tured. Postmaster-Gonerol Gary has made
the definite announcement that the ad
ministration had decied to adhere to
' tlio'fonr-years-tdmire-of-ofTice policy for
all postmasters, except in a few cases
where removal for cause was required
on account of delinquency, incompe
tency or unsatisfactory conduct of ad
ministration of office. '
Professor J. B. MoMasters, of the
university of Pennsylvania, will arrive
in Chicago this week with a bundle of
manuscripts of the new school history
of the United Sjtatcs, in which patriot
ism is the .keynote. The making of
this history has been undertaken at the
urgent request of a committee of the
Grand Army of the Republic '
An expedition is to bo scut to North
. x eastern Asia and Northwestern America
im to discover if possible the ancestry of
the American Indian. Morris Jossup,
president of the, American Museum of
Natural History of .New Yorlc", is the
originator of the expedition.'and will
pay all the bills connected .with it,
which "during the six years of its con
tinuance, will reach considerably over
$50,000.,,, r., . ,k . - r .
A bill has been introduced in the
Now, York legislature providing for the
ptaonig of all the newspapers in the
stateunder the censorship or supervi
sion Of stuto authorities.
Captain-General Weylor?s latest edict
is said . to be an order that all women
arrested in . Cuba as .'.'susolciooii" shall
be trie)? by court-martial Weyle says"
mat women areftawer to suoo;us,itnati
men, Vand that.jf" he- )wd his way he
wouldfeMl them . nrst'fcndtry theih af
terward. .; .;, . iV;.
Agent Randlott;, of the XHntah and
Ouray aindia'ii agonoy,' ;: toegraphed
Washington; authorities' there were 'fif
toen men who had made locations on
the landB of the Uncompaghre reserve;
that they had refused to leave and that
there would be trouble unless troops
were sent to eject Jhtm. t ,, V k
The exponse of Jtlie. Oregon Soldiers'
, Home for February was $1,088, at
' shown by bills audited by the executive
committee. . The board estimates the
arovernment fundvwill keen. the house
six monjbj? '.torrGaJla,
... i 1 ii-lt'l in i
expired, ana meir successors will do ap
pointed soon. '
Mrs.. Thomas Drixeull attempted suV;
cide at Weppnerl . ,glie first tried to'take
, carbolic acid, but was preyeijnted- .by
J " her husband, aBdHdiredttyV afterward
took a quantity yf, .rqugh on rat ' A
pnyBicrairwas lmmeaiateiy summonou,
and, by a. vigorous i use of the stomach
pump, her,; life; was sd, -jBomeatio
trouble)! i areaiq.tq be the oause.
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. Gun on Russian Warahlp Bunt.
London', March 17, The correspond'
ent of the Times says that while the
gunners of the Russian ironclad Ces
soi Velikl'were practicing yesterday, a
gun burst, blowing the top off a turret.
Fourteen men and one officer were
killed, and sixteen were wounded, five
fatally. " '
1 Canea, March 17. It is believed the
bursting of the gun on. the Russian
warship was due to an ill-closed breech.
The occupants of the turret were killed
. 1 1 .11 I 1 1 - 3 .
while the- flylng debris of the massive
structure killed and' wounded others..
John lies committed suicide at Sum
mit, twenty miles west of Olympia, by
drinking laudanum. He had been sub
joot to insane spells. The body was
found in a shack near the camp where
he had been working.' . :
The report that Japan had gone to
the gold standard is now said to have
been premature. A bill has been in
troduced into the ' diet providing for a
change from tho silver to the "gold stand
ard, but no action upon it has as yet
been taken.
PLUNGED THROUGH A TRESTLE
Bared Pernoni Hurt In n Aeeldeut on
tlio Southern Kallwajr.
Rome, Go., March 16. A frightful
passenger train wreck occurred here
early this morning on the approach to
the high bridge of the Southern railway
over Fort Owen rivor. Six people were
injured, but none fatally.
The tram wrecked was a passenger
from Chattanooga, composed of one
Pullman sleeper, a day coach, a smoker.
a baggage and an express car, and five
cars of perishable fast freight. About
sixty feet from the bridge is a trestle
forty foot high orossing the Western
Atluntio railroad tracks. Heavy rains
caused the trostlo to give way. The
freight cars, baggage car and smoker
fell, while the engine juinied the track
and plunged into the river. The wreck
then caught fire. The fire department
and citizens had much difficulty in cut
ting out and rescuing the passengers in
the smoking car. The Pullman and
day coach did not leave the track and
were pushed back out of the tire.
The escape of engineer Pitman, who
bravely stuck to his post, was miracu
lous. The abutment of the bridge tore
the tender from the engine, which
plunged down the bluff into the river.
The engineer, with his leg broken,
clung to the engine and yelled for help.
No one heard him. Finally he fell
into the river and then swam ashore.
A NEWSPAPER'S EXPOSURES.
AIIfd Corruption In Sacramento City
Affairs.
Sacramento, March 16. The Bee to
day publishes the conclusion to its
series of sensational stories alleging
corruption in the city council. About
a week ago the Bee printed a story to
the effect that Carl von Arnold,
wealthy Chicago saloonkeeper, had set
tied in Sacramento with the purpose of
opening a big gambling den and concert
hall. He was also to start a new daily
paper. The Bee doclared that it bad
evidence that Von Arnold was to put
up $50,000 to establish the paper, and
that he had made .contracts with cer
tain membors of the board of trustees
whereby he wub to conduct his gambl
ing-house without interference from
the authorities. All sorts of denials
were made by the implicated people,
but the Bee insistod that the evidence
in its possession was beyond dispute.
Today the Bee announced that Von
Arnold was a San Francisco detective
in the employ of the Bee, and that he
bad been employed to expose suspected
dinhonesty among city officials. Von
Arnold appeared before the grand jury
today and told the result of his investi
gations.
A NEGRO BURGLAR.
Ills Arrest Cautttt a Blood Kaoa Blot
In Birmingham. .
Birmingham, Ala., March 16. Two
tragic deaths, a policeman shot and a
small race riot, in which a dozen per
sona were more or less hurt, constituted
the results of a fight which occurred in
side of thirty minutes on the South
Side this afternoon. A burglary was
committed by Will Hunter, a negro.
Plioeman Perdue was detailed on the
case, and this afternoon found Hunter
and arrested him. Hunter drew a
pistol and fired, striking Perdue in the
jaw, inflicting a dangerous wonnd. The
negro made a break for liberty, the
officer pursuing, and firing as he ran.
After firing throe shots, the officer fell
from exhaustion, his last shot wounding
Hunter fatally. It. developed after
ward that one of Perdue's shots killed
Myrtle Bdland, a 6-year-'old girl, who'
was playing in an alley, two blocks
away. , When, the police finally took
Hunter in charge, a mob ol negroes lot
lowed, threatening to rescue the
wounded prisonor. ,, A number of white
men soon appeared, and a general free
fight ensued between the1 liegoes and
whites, in which fully a dozen persons
were more or less wounded and several
negroes badly beatem.. ,
Vetoed bjr the GdVernor
Olympia, March 16. Governor,
Kogers aeo,iaed tms arternoon mat na
would- vetei.tfao' appToprntf ion of $25
650 for the' CHen'ey hormal school and'
$87, 500 for' the" New Whatcom if Sal
school. 'i .He- readied' this determinuijoil,
appropriation bill. His reasons for
T ,,""'"'- v
statement whfeb. he gave out.
:BI1U AopMwxL'by the Governor,
Olympic, Marciy'io! The goyernoi
.today approyed. he following bum '
..House.tnll.'l-An'aot relating Vo as
signmenta ."ioid1 satisfactions' of judg
ments.- -' " '"'
' Senate bill 288 An act fixing the
fees to be paid the secretary of state by
corporations doing' business in this
state, and declaring an emergency.
House bill 113' Providing for the
dissolution of municipal corporation of
the tihrd and fourth olaRses; emergency
clause. ' . : "
House bill 884 Providing for the
reservations of portions of the publio
highways for bicyclists and foot pas
sengers. House bill 284 For the protection ol
game animals and birds, and providing
a penalty for the . violation thereof.
Seotion 25 was vetoed for the reason
i that it appears to be an attempt to fine
I n ..iJ a UUnaJ
members of sporting clubs for belong
ing to such clubs.
Baby Fatally Scalded.
Taooma, WaBh., March 16. WhlU
Mrs. Edmonson, wife of Conductor C.
N. Edmonson, was giving her infant
daughter a bath, she left it for a few
moments to procure some cold water,
the water in the tub being too hot.
By some meanB the ohild fell into the
tub, and was so badly scalded that its
life is despaired of.
The anti-trust law enacted in Georgia
If a very comprehensive and drastic one.
TO PASS TARIFF BILL I
Extra Session of Congress
Begins Its Work.
SEED IS ELECTED SPEAKER
Credential of Corbott P relented, and
Referred to Commlttoo on Priv
ileges and Kleetloni.
The fifty-fifth house of representa
tives met Monday for the work before
it. Although the proceedings were per
functory, the scene was a brilliant one.
The most striking feature of the scene
on the floor was the number ol new
faces. Familiar figures conspicuous in
the shock of many parliamentary bat
ties had disappeared, and in the lists t
were new and untried knights. The
change of personnel was very great By
11 o'clock the reserved galleries, except
those for the diplomatic corps and exec
utive, were Walled in, tier on tier. '
At 12 o'clock, Major McDowell, the
clerk, rapped the house to order. Rev.
Mr. Couden, the blind chaplain, deliv
ered an invocation, appealing for God's
blessing on the work of the new con
gress and the new administration. The
clerk read the president's proclamation
convening congress, after which the roll
was called.
The vote on speaker, whioh resulted,
Reed 199, Bailey 114, Bell 21 and New
lands 1, aligned several unclassified
members.
Sneaker Reed was enthusiastically
received on his appearance in the house
after his election, and made a graceful
and drily humorous speech in assuming
the gavel.
According to the time-honored cus
tom, Harmer of Pennsylvania, the old
est member in continuous sevioe, ad
ministered the oath to the speaker.
After the new members had been
worn in by the speaker, the oath was
administered by unanimous consent to
Dolliver of Iowa, Bell of Texas and
Pierce and MoMillin of Tennessee,
whose credentials had not arrived.
Grosvenor presented a resolution,
whioh was adopted, for election of can
didates for other officers of the house,
as follows:
Clerk, Alexander McDowell, of Penn
sylvania; sergeant-at-arms, Benjamin
F. Russell, of Missouri; doorkeeper,
AV. Glenn, of New York; postmaster.
J. C. McElroy, of Ohio; chaplain,
Henry N. Couden.
The usual formal resolution of notifi
cation of assembling was adopted,
When Henderson of Iowa, offered , the
usual resolution for adoption tempor
arily of the rules of the last house, an
ineffectual attempt was made, under
the leadership of Hepburn, to limit the
operation of the rules of the last con
gross, which were adopted temporarily,
to. thirty days. The Democrats, Popm
lists and fourteen Republicans support'
ed him, but tiiey were defeated, 183 to
152.
This was the only inoident out ' of
the ordinary conneoted with the pro
ceedings today. The president's mes-
sage was applauded vigorously, as was
Dingley when he introduced the new
tariff bill.
The speaker appointed the Republl
can members ol the old committee on
ways and means, and added Bailey of
Texas, Robertson of - Louisiana and
Swanson of Virginia to the Democratic
members. . -
, In the Senate,
There was an abundance of flowers
on the desks of the senators when at 12
o'clock Mr. Hobart called the senate to
order. The galleries were filled.- The
chaplain's prayer invoked, divine grace
and blessing on the senators and mem
bers now about to take up the work of
the extraordinary session," and on the
president and . vice-president. The
roll-call -disclosed' the presence of sixty-
eight senators. The new senator from
Kansas, W. A. Harris, took the oath
Of OfflOfr - hi,-
;'(' McBride of Oregon presented the ere
entiala of Henry W. Corbett appointed
bj,,the governor of Oregon,1 to fill the
vaeanoy caused ty the failure to elect
successor to Mitchell. The governor
nWlflnata wad waA "MnTtriAa Mnnuit.
. . . . . . nnhMnn nf
Delaware said some unusual circum
stances attended the appointment, and
the credentials should be referred
the committee on privileges and elec
tions. The motion prevailed by a uhan
imous vote,
Hoar of Massachusetts and - Cockrell
of Missouri were named a committee to
wait on the president and inform him
that congress was ready to receive any
communication from him. The senate
at 12:80 took a reoess until 2.
. At 2 o'clock a further recess was
taken until 8, to give further time to
the committee appointed to wait upon
the president.
At 8 o'clock the session was resumed,
Hoar and Cookrell reported that they
had called on the president. Secretary
Pruden, of the White House staff.
thereupon stepped forward, message in
hand,. It was sent to the desk and the
reading began amid the close attention
of the senators. It took but ten min
ntes to read the message, and there-
f. ' -J A 1 ! 3 4l
after, on motion of Allison, the senate
adjourned.
: Minister'! Tragto Heath
Milwaukee, Maroh 17. The body of
Rev. George H. Wells, of Dover, 111,
was found alongside the St. Paul track
neur Wauwatosa station. He had been
struck by a train. Appearanoes and
the surrounding circumstances seemed
to indicate suicide.
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There are three sisterB in Kingston,
Jamaica, who had, respectively, nine
teen, twenty and twenty-one children,
all of whom are still living.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
I Meeeulty
for Enactment
Tariff BUI.
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The president Monday sent
foU
lowing message to congress:
Regretting the necessity which, has
required me to call yon together,- I feel
that your assembling in extraordinary
session is indispensable because of the
condition in which we find the reve
nues of the government. It is conced
ed that its current of expenditures are
greater than its receipts, and that such
condition has existed now for more than
three years. With unlimited means at
our command, we are presenting the re
markable spectacle of increasing our
public debts by borrowing money to
meet ordinary outlays incident upon n
even, economical and prndent adminis
tration of the government. Examina
tion of the subject discloses this foot in
every detail and leads to the inevitable
kconclneion that' the condition of the
revenue which allows it is unjustifiable
and should be corrected. ' ' .
We find by the reports of the secre
tary of the treasury that the revenues
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1892,
from all sources, were $435,868,260.22,
and the expenditures for all purposes
were $415,958,806.06, leaving an ex
cess of receipts over expenditures of
$9,914454.16. During that fiscal year,
$40,570,467.98 was paid upon the pub
lio debt, which has been reduced since
March 1, 1890, $259,076,890, and the
annual interest charges decreased $11,V
684,576.60.
The receipts of the government from
all sources during the fiscal year ending
une 80, 1893, amounted to $385,818,-
629, and its expenditures $383,477,954,
showing an excess of receipts over exe
penditureB of $2,841,674. Since thui
time, the receipts of no fiscal year and,
with but few exceptions, of no month
of any fisoal year, have exceeded ex--
penditures.
The receipts of the government from
all sources during the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1894, were $372,982,-
498.29, and ita expenditures, $442, 605,-
758.87, leaving a deficit, the first time
since the resumption of specie pay
ments of $69,808,260.68. Notwith
standing the decrease of $16,769,128.73
in the ordinary expenses of the govern
ment, as compared with the previous
fisoal year, its income was still not suf
ficient to provide for- its daily neces
sities, and the gold reserve in the treas
ury for the redemption of greenbacks
was drawn Upon to meet them.. But
this did not suffice, and the government
then resorted to loans to replenish he
reserve. -
In February 1894, $50,000,000 bonds
were issued, and in the November fol
lowing a second, issue of $50,000,000
was deemed necessary. The sum of
$117,171,795 was realizod by ihe Bale
of these bonds, but the reserve waa
steadily decreased until on February 8,
1895, a third sale of $62,315,400 bonds
for $65,116,244 was announced to con
gress.
The receipts of the government for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895,
were $390,878,203.80, and the expend
itures, $438,178,426.48, showing a de
ficit of $48,805,228.18. A further loan
of $100,000,000 was negotiated by the
government in February, 1896, the
sale netting $111,166,246, and swelling
the aggregate bonds issued within three
years to $262,815,400.
For the fiscal year ending J aire 80,
1896, the revenues of the government
from all sources amounted to $409,475,
408.78, while its expenditures were
$434,678,654.48, or an excess of ex
penditures over receipts of $25,205,
245.70. In other words, the total re
ceipts of the three fiscal years ending
June 80, 1896, were insufficient by
$137,811,729.46 to meet the total ex
penditures. JNor has this condition since im
proved. For the first half of the pres
ent fisoal year, the receipts of the gov
ernment, exclusive of postal revenues,
were $157,507,608.76 and the expendi
tures, exclusive of the postal service,
$195,410,000.29, or an excess of ex
penditures 'over receipts of $87,902,
806.46.. , r '
In January of this year there was a
deficit of $5,952,805.24 for the month.
It may be urged that even ' if the
revenues of the government had been
sufficient to meet all its ordinary' ex
penses during the past three years, the
gold reserve would still have been in
sufficient to meet the demands upon it,
and that bonds would necessarily have
been issued for its repletion. Be this
as it may, it is clearly manifest, with
out denying or affirming, the correct
ness of such conclusion, that the debt
would have been decreased in at least
the amount of the deficit and business
confidence immeasurably strengthened
throughout the country.
Congress should promptly correct the
existing conditions. Ample revenues
must be supplied, not only for the or
dinary expenses of the government, but
for the prompt payment of liberal pen
sions and liquidation of the principal
and interest of the publio debt. In
raisins revenues, duties should be so
levied upon foreign products as to pre
serve the home market as far as possi
ble to our producers, to revive and in
crease manufactories, to relieve and en
courage agriculture, to inorease our do
mestic and foreign commerce, to aid
and develop our mining and building,
and to render to labor in every field of
useful occupation liberal wages and ad
equate rewards, to which skill and in
dustry are justly entitled.
The necessity of the passage of a
tariff law whioh shall provide ample
revenue need not be further urged.
The imperative demand of the hour is
the prompt enactment of such a meas
ure, and to this object I earnestly rec
ommend that congress shall make ev
ery endeavor. Before other business is
transacted, let us first provide suflloient
revenues to faithfully administer the
government without contracting further
debt or oontinued disturbance of our
finances. WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
Exeoutive Mansion, Washington, D. C
OUR FOREIGN POLICY
Outlined by Sherman to
London Correspondent
THE SEW ARBITRATION TREATY
No
Danger of War With Spain
-He
Doef . Not Want to Annex
Canada. '
London, March 16. The Times to
day publishes an interview its corre
spondent in the United States has bad
with John Sherman, secretary of state.
He says: . : : ' -
"After a long conversation with Mr.
Sherman. I believe .he has" no very de-
fi85ttfed opinions on a foreign pol
icy. He does not think that foreign
affairs are of the first importance, or
even of high imporatnee. He approves
of the doctrine of arbitration, and may
readily enough follow the president's
lead. He does not seem sure that the
amendments proposed for the arbitra
tion treaty are of much importance,
though he has been told plainly that
the British government will not pro
ceed with the treaty thus amended.
"His intent in Cuba is more direct;
his purpose is -clearer, and his sena
torial jingoism has fallen off him like a
worn-out garment. He declares there
should be no change of policy in regard
to Cuba, and there will be no war with
Spainisaying: "We want none. We
do not believe Spain wants war. If
Spain gave me a quitclaim deed to
Cuba, I would not have it.'
"Referring to Canada, he repelled
the notion of desiring to annex the do
minion, saying that under the crown
she could have all the freedom she
would have if independent, adding:
'If she will maintain her connection
with England, my dream for a remote
permanent future for North America is
three great republics Canada, the
United States and Mexico. We shall
not take a step to alter things. What
is to come hereafter must come from
natural politioal evolution.' " .
ANARCHY IN CRETE.
Pillaging at Canea, Candla and
mo Continue!.
Rett-
Canea, March 16. Pillaging began
yesterday at Candia, Retimo and at
this place, and has continued today.
The bishop of Nicephere remains here,
though alone, in the hope of being able
to save the Metropolitan church from
pillage. - The landing of European
troops was expected today. The insur
gents mantain a oeaseless cannonade at
Spinalonna.
The foreign admirals have not yet
been informed of the decision of the
powers on their proposals of a week ago.
Yesterday they telegraphed their re
spective governments asking that de
tachments of sailors, equal in number
of those already landed at Canea, Reti
mo, Candia and Sitia, be sent imme
diately to relieve the present force,
whose work is most harrassing, com
prising as it does the double function
of police and firemen.
The admirals have been instructed to
confer with the consuls as to the best
means of proclaiming the fact that Tur
key has granted Crete complete auton
omy. The hope is entertained - that
suoh a measure will help to pacify the
island.
Great Britain has instructed Colonel
Chormside and Major Bor to remain in
Canea.
In addition to the Italian warship,
one British ironclad assisted in the,
bombardment of the insurgent forces
commanded by Captain ' Koracas ' at
Hierapetra.
Sir Alfred Billiotti has been author
ized to proclaim autonomy, but with
out detail. The other consuls will also
receive similar instructions. "A torpedo
boat has started to convey'Biitiotti's
instructions to the British admiral.
A Russian cruiser brings news that
the insurgents bombarded Kissamo yes
terday. The town was set on fire in
several places. Desultory firing con
tinues around Canea. Foreign men-of-
war have gone to Spinalonna, where-the
insurgents and Greek volunteers, with
three guns, are making an attack upon
Chief Koracas. The men-of-war will
stop a further bombardment.
No Greek steamers aj now allowed
to anchor in this port.
The admirajs, in communicating with
the insurgents, .find considerable diffi
culty, owing to their ignorance of for
eign languages. It is feared that the
Interpreters impart ;only what pleases
them. The administration of he
island is in general confusion, owing to
the conflict of authority. .-.'Should the
European troops be landed to keep or
der and the Greeks replaced, further
difficulties are expected over the island.
The Moslems complain that Italians as
sault their women.
Petition to McKlnley.
London, Maroh 16. The Irish mem
bers of parliament are largely signing a
petition to President McKinley, whioh
is in charge of Captain Donelan, an
anti-Parnellite member for the east di
vision of Cork, urging that no addition
be made to the customs duty on cured
mackerel pointing out that the present
profit in export is very small, and that
any increase in the duties will almost
destroy the trade.
A County Treasurer's Crookedneu.
Butlor, Ind., March 16. Ex-County
Treasurer Fair was arrested today for
embezzlement. He turned the office
over to his successor $12,000 short. His
son, who was deputy, was arrested for
forgery, but is out on bail. Seven ex
county officers, have beta arrested in
connection with Dekalb county crook
edness. Irish women are said to have the
most beautiful eyes, complexion and
hands in the world-
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER
Downing, Bopklna ft Company's Kerlew
of Trad.
The dominating factor in regulating
wheat values during the week has been
the weakness and indifference of foreign
markets. Advices still indicate Europe
must rely entirely on America and
Russia for supplies, hut for the present
the cash demand for export is absent
and foreigners have been speculative
short sellers in American markets, in
dicating that they have purchased more
than enough wheat for their immediate
requirements. The fictitious strength
injected by the Graeoo -Turkish com
plications has disappeared with the
subsidence of war rumors. Values de
clined i cents at Chicago, although
there was a moderate recovery on Fri
day and Saturday, leaving the net loss
for the week at about 2 cents for May
delivery. Export clearances have been
small for the week and indicate another
large decrease in the amount on pas
sage. The milling demand at home
shows some improvement. The pros
pects of the growing winter wheat in
America are favorable, but we are now
approaching the season of- the year
when crop damage reports abound.
The present decline is due
partly to I
speculative causes. The local trade
has been persistently bearish, and by
overselling has afforded strength to the
market and caused the frequent rallies
by trying to cover. The extreme low
prices have been made on liquidation
by tired longs. If the situation ever
was bullish on this wheat crop, it is
equally, if not more so, today, and we
regard the present decline as a favor
able opportunity to be taken advantage,
of to buy some Chicago wheat, '
Corn has been steady to firm through
out the week. The feature, was the
barge buying by Bartlett-Frazier, that
firm taking at least a million bushels.'
Commission houses generally ' were'
buyers. Receivers and the local crowd
were sellers. The cash market was
firm with an improved demand.
Country offerings are hot large and
the wet weather will probably retard
the movement next week somewhat.
The oats market was narrow and fea
tureless, but with a steady undertone.
Market Unotatlone.
Portland, Or., March 16, 1897.,
Flour Portland,' Salem, ' Casoadfa
and Dayton, $4.25; Benton, county arid
White Lily, $4.25; graham, $3.50j su
perfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 79 80c; ' Val
ley, 80c per bushel.; ;(,' .: ;
Oats Choice white, 4446o per
bushel; choice gray, 86 40a ... r-
Hay Timothy, $f813.50per ton;
clover, $11.00 12.00; wheat AndoaV,'
$9.0011 per ton. -;, -- :- "
Barley Feed barley, $18. Q0 per ton;
brewing, $1819i
Millstuffs Bran,- : $15.00j ?t shorts,
$16.50; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 45 50c; dairy,
8040o; storej 17) 30c per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,6570o;
Garnet . Chiles j 70o; - Early Rose,
8090o per sack; sweets, $3.00, per
cental for Merced; new jpotatdes," 6o
per pound. ' " s'v;- ' ' -Onipns
$1,251.50 per sack.vv
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50
8.25; geese, $4 5; turkeys, live, 12o; !
ducks, $3,004.0ff per'doisen.
Eggs Oregon; 1 1 1 1 c per dozen. ;
Cheese Oregon, - 12 o; Young !
America, 130 per pound , .. j
Wool Valley, lie per pound; Eastf.j
em Oregon;"79b.' . 1
Hops 0 10c per pound.
iBjaef Gross, top steers, $2.758.00(
cows,.; $2. 2 5 2.50; dressed beef, 4"'
5Jt'c per pound.
Muttpri Gross, best . sheep, wethers
and ' e wes, ' $8. 00 3. 2 5 dressed mut
ton',' 8' 6S per pound. , . , '., .
Hogs Gross,' choice, heavy, $3.25.
'8. 50; light and feeders, $2. 50" 3. Q0i
dressed,: $4. 50 5. 00 per cwt. r "
-Seattle, Wash.y March' 16, 1897.
- Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per tm..
.Oats Choice, $33 24 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, $22 "per -
ton. . . ; r . . '; -': 'f td the branch and accept "checks", as
Corn Whole, $19 per ton; orackedi; cental; t some men, now ; idle, . Would
$1920; feed' meal, $1920. i'work "the logs into lumber; unmployed
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent, . carpenters would manufacture the lum
$5.10; Novelty A; c$4. 60 ; . California j ber into: coffins, furniture, etc., and re
brands,. $5.28; rDakota $5'B0; patent, , ceive "checks" for:their labor. The
$6.25.' ' v j ' . ;(i j articles thus made would be sold on the
Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton; . market " or exchanged with other
shortH, $18.v 2 v-' "' - " ',
Feed-Chopiped feed, $18.00 pgr ton;
middlings, $22,i cileuke meal, $29?" '"
Hay Puget sound, per (ton, $9.00
10.00;-' Eastern Washington, $14.
Butter Fancy native
brick-,. -SOe; select, 24c;
creamery, J
tubs, ' 23c;
rancht.1517o. ; ' "'
Cheese Native Washington,' 12 (
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $18 .'
20; parsnips, per sack, 75o; beets, "per '
sack,! 60c; .turnips, per sack, '60c;ruta
bagas, per Back, 40c; carrots.-'per sack, j
8545c; oabbage, per 100 lbs, $1.25; !
onions, per 100 lbs, $2.00.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $3.25. I
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens. 11c; dressed, 10 11c; ducks,
$4.005.00; dressed turkeys, 15.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 18q. ; "'
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6)o; cows, 6o; mutton, sheep,
7o per pound; lamb, 5o; pork, 6o per
pound; veal, small, 8o.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4 J6;salmon,
56; salmon trout, 710; flounders
and soles, 34c.
Provisions Hams, large, llo; hams,
small, HM; breakfast bacon, 10c;
dry salt sides, 6o per pound.
San Francisco, March 16, 1897.
Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90o
$1.10; Early Rose, 75 80o; River Bur
banks, 6070c; sweets, $1.251.75 per
cental.
Onions $1.501. 75 per cental.
Eggs Ranch, 11 13o per dozen.
Butter Fancy oreamery, 1718o; do
seconds, 1516o; fancy dairy, 15o;
seconds, 1213o.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 8oj
fair to good, 67c; Young America,
89o; Eastern, 1414o,
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION
The Labor Exchange May
Settle the Question.
IT . WILL PROVIDE A ' MARKET
A Brief Statement of Facte Concerning
an Organisation That Is Bapldly
Gaining Prominence.
By O. K. Kelloso, Vancouver, Wuh.
While the various political parties
, and the people generally are wrangling
over the financial and labor questions,
there is being established in our midst
an organization', known as the Labor
Exchange, which claims to be able to
transact business without legal tender
money by basing its medium of ex
change on the products of labor, and
eventually to furnish employment to
the idle by supplying a market for the
products of their labor .
This is not an entirely new organiza
tion. Though it has been operating
successfully in several cities, no sys
tematic effort has been made to extend
its workings, until within the last year
or two. Now, however, since a number
of branches have proven the practicabil- -ity
of the plan by actual business -
operations, the idea is being taken np
in 'every state in the Union and over
200 branches have been established.
''. As ai. example of what is being dons
in this line we would call attention to
the San Francisco branch, located at
No. 322 Davis street, which has done
wholesale business of $28,000 within
the last eight months, wholly without
money. The manager, Mr. Henry
Warfleld, has compiled a labor ex
change directory of the different busi- '
ness houses that have investigated the
plan and now accept "labor checks" at ,..
their face value, as being as good as. .
money. Every business nearly is repre
sented, and the list completes the cir
cuit of necessities of man, so that ths
holders of labor exchange checks are in
a position to supply their wants with
out regard to money.
Any useful article may be deposited
with the exchange, and the depositor
receives therefor a deposit oheok which
is "not redeemable in legal tender, but
receivable by the Labor Exchange Asso
ciation in payment for merchandise, for
all services and for all debts and dues
to the same; and it is based upon and
secured by the real and personal prop
erty in the keeping of the association."
The property held for the redemption
of certificates cannot, as per charter, be
mortgaged nor pledged for debts, nor
cah it be withdrawn, bnt may be ex-
changed by the association for other
property of equal value. ,
The branches in different sections of
the country exchange surplus products
with each other. For example, there
are such things as Books and cigars from
as distant a point as Reading, Pa., at
the San Francisco exchange, broom
handles from New Whatcom,.,, Wash., ,
fruit extracts from Fresno, as well as
fruit from as far south as San. Diego.
A consignment of shirts and overalls is
being negotiated for with a branch in 4
Ohio; a lot of dried fruit was recently
shipped to Idaho Falls, Idaho, in ek1
change, for pork; and groceries were
sent to Armona in' exchange for dried
fruijj. The branoh at Los Angeles is
puttipg up a shoe factory; Forest
Grove, Or., has a tannery; Qlathe,
Kan., a grist mill; Red Bluff, Cal., a
spice mill; Salem, Or., has a brick
yard, warehouse and wharf; Vancouver,
Wash.', proposes to make coffins, and
the Oregon City, Or., branch will: ;
operate a rock. crusher.
. - To make the subject more dear to the..
' reader, an illustration of its workings"
is given: Some farmer owning timber '
4'land might out some logs and deposit.
.:'.them in the exchange,; taking labor
nholdrfl in reneirtt thprflfor! . thft ownnr ,v
of ah idle sawmill would rent his outfit '
branches for provisions,' clothinjf, etc.,
which would be again exohanged to the
farmer, mill-man and mechanics for
their "checks." It'ittust be remem
bered that no "oheok" can ' be put into
circulation until
product of labor
some labor or the
has been deposited
with the 'branch, and .whenever the
"ohecks"i are redeemed the value goes
out and the checks are canceled.
It will be seen that alt branches of
business will soon be represented,, and
when the" producers can, market their;
products and supply their wants (with-,
out the os'e of legal tender) by a me
dium of exchange based upon, and at'
all times equal to the wealth produced ,
a grand step will have been taken to
ward the solution of the greatest prob-'
lem of the age. , ' l-'-t-
Under this sy tern, farmers would
not be clothed in rags while tailors and
weavers starved r weavers would not go
barefooted while shoemakers and tan
ners needed clothes; , and carpenters,
painters, bricklayers and plasterers
would not be idle'w'hile people suffered
for shelter. .. ; .
' Every American eitizen should ln--veetigatrthis.
, . , A Three Friend Expedition.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 15. The
steamer Three Friends is reported to
have left Rodriguez key, ninety miles
south of Miami, today, with a large
expedition for Cuba. Ths Three
Friends has a deputy marshal on board,
or did have, and unless he has left ths
steamer he has been taken along.
The ostrich farm of Major A. J.
Tiffin, at Merritt's island, Fla., is
success.