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EUGENE CITY GUARD, L I OAMrBKLU rreprletr. EUGENE CUT. OREGON. Steamer San Pedro Will be Raised and Repaired. SEATTLE, LAKE SHORE AND EASTERN Nearly $14,000 Head Money Received From Chinese Immigrants In One Mon'li at Victoria. Arizona opposet the doting of the World'i fair on Bundayt. Tbe grand jury at Portland Is alter the police for the laxity with which they perform their duties. It is stated that the San Pedro on tbe rocks opposite Victoria, B C, will be raised aud repaired without doubt. The Seattle, Lake Shore aud Eastern railroad is now merged Into the Tactile division of tbe Northern Pacific system. Ogden's City Council will use only Utah stone for paving material, and all contract will specify that Ogden work men will do the paving. Nearly 114,000 bead money was re ceived at the custom-house at Victoria, B. C, during the month of April as rev enue from Chinese immigrants. Richard Gird of Chino shipped over a ton of sugar-beet seed the other day to the Alvarado Sugar Company. This is tbe first shipment of beet seed from Southern California. There is fear that the flow of gas at Ogden when tbe boring passes through tbe quicksand will be so strong that it will be beyond control of the present fa cilities provided to keep It in check. CapUin C. II. R. Fitzgerald, an Eng lishman who baa bad the handling of large sums of money in connection with tbe Santa Cru Storage Water Company at Tucson, has been arrested and charged with embezzlement. Irrigation through the immense ditch of tbe Mokelutnne Canal and Irrigation Company In tbe northern part of San Joaquin county, Cal., has commenced, and there is great rejoicing among the people of that section. The San Francisco coast defenses are to be strengtiiened by the addition of twelve of the latest pattern reinforced fifteen-Inch gun carriages. Orders have been given to have these carriages shipped immediately to the l'acilic Coast. District Judge Sloan at Tucson has de. cided that the Tucson and Narrow Uauge railroad bonds are Illegal on the ground that the organic act creating the Terri torial government of Arizona prohibits tbe Legislature from granting special privileges or franchises. Contractor rage, who is leveling the Ileceta Head promontory near Florence, ireparatory to building me new iigiii- iiiu wjftjiu.itlu .1 iaitiuriMt A lililflt. mrhif'tl lifted 5,000 cubic yards of rock and earth and burled it down the precipice 2.K) feet into the ocean. It was churned with 1,000 pounds of black powder and 000 pounds of dynamite. Joseph Alexander and four otheis, bondsmen of Isaac W. llibba, the post uiaater at Lewiston, Idaho, have ap pealed from the decision of the District Court of Idaho, wblcn tompele them lo pay tbe amount on a bond for $10,000. flibbt failed to account for $20,048.28, and the government sued bis bond, get ting the lull amount and costs. The reports from the Interior of Cali fornia on the grain and fruit prospects are very good. The rains and frosts have done but little damage, the great eat loss being to grapes, and principally in Napa Valley, but the Injury is far from severe. Wheat Is looking well, and tbe outlook it excellent. Kalns In the south recently have improved the conditions In that section. Tbe Cocopahs and Yuinas had a big powwow recently west of the town of Yuma. The two tribes were drawn up on opposite aides 01 the irrigation ditch and talked for some time. It Is sui, posed the Yumaa were trying to induce tne ittcopans to return to ineir own country, as they Interfere with the labo market in that vicinity. The Yumas think that all the work there rightfully belongs to them. A dispatch just received at Eugene, Or., by J. F. Robinson, Grand Recorder of the Knight Templar of Oregon, states that a man was recently committed to the Insane asylum at Stockton, Cel., by the name of B. R. Luckey. The friends of E. R. Lnckey, who mysteriously din- appeared from Eugene, think it probable that be is the man, E. R. Luckey was a Sir Knight, and it is probable that the clew ia a good on ami will clear away the mystery that surrounds the disap pearance. The matter will be looked Into at once, Major W. II. Williams, special United States Treasury agent, who has been on this Coast for several months on a tour of Investigation Into matters connected with tbe Behring Sea sealing quostlon, will leave for the seal islanda In Alaska on the steamer Bertha. Major William will proceed direct to Ounalaska and from there visit all tbe points where in formation can be secured. Hit inquiries are for the purpose of substantiating tbe claim of the United States that the ex termination of teals is unavoidable II pelagic sealing ia allowed to continue. Tbe United States Circuit Court of Ap peals of San Francisco has reversed the decision ol Judge liautord in the Dit trlct Court in the cases of the British tug Lome and Pilot, which were fined for towing American vessels in Amerl' can waters. The defense 01 the tugs was that as the towing was partly done on tbe Urtllsh side of tne boundary run ning through the Straits of Fuca, they came within tbe exception in the law iu lavor ol tuga towing partly in Amerl can and partly In foreign waters. Judge Hsnlord held that the Straits of r uca art common to both nationa, and that no part of them can be described at for eign water. The Court of Appeals held that tbe water north of the center line of the StraiU are foreign waters within the meaning of the statute and that, if a foreign tug towing an Ameiican voetel in from the ocean tows it partly north of of that line, It cornea within the excep tion made in the law forbidding the towing of American vessels in American water by foreign tugs. Foreign tugs can claim the benefit of this exception nnleas it can be shown that tbe partial towing in foreign water is don in bad faith, oot In tbeee cases no claim of bad faith was let np. The question is to be finally decided by the United States Su preme Court, United State Iistrict Attorney Winston bavin asked for a stay of proceeding until be can sue for writ of error in that court. CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS, Seoretary of the Navy Usue Instruc tions Relative to the Modus Vivendi Eto. The House Postoflloe Committee bat agreed to report favorably a bill for the extension of the free delivery In rural districts and a bill for the issue of frac tional postal notes. An Important bill designed to preven the employment on public works of prison or contract labor was reported to the House from the Labor Committe by Representative Davis. Tbe Committee on Foreign Relations has reported an amendment fo the sun dry civil bill, increasing the amount for the enforcement of the Chinese exclu sion act from $50,000 to $100,000. The House non-concurred in the Sen ate's amendments to Geary's bill open ing to settlement certain lands of tbe Klamath Indian reservation, and con ferees on the part of the House were ap pointed as follows: Allen, Rockwell and Wilson of Washington. The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously decided to report favorably the bill granting American register to certain foreign-built ships on the Inman line on tonnage of not less than 8,000 and a speed of not less than twenty knots, which passed the House recently. The House Committee on Appropria tions took filial action on the fortifica tion appropriation bill the other day. The bill as reported carries an appropri ation of 12.412.370. being 1007.431 less than the estimates and $1,302,427 less than the appropriation for the current fiscal year. An amendment to the sundry civil ap propriation bill has been reported Irom the Senate Committee on Military Af fairs, authorizing the Secretary of War to establish not to exceed two military Doets at points on the Northern frontier, where he may In his judgment deem it for the public good. Tbe Senate Committee on Public Lands has reported a substitute bill to indemnify the settlers on the Iowa-river lands. The substitute provides for an estimate by a court to be appointed by the (State, and the sum to be appropri ated as the share of the United States must not exceed $5,000. At the request of Representative Her mann the Postofllce Department has ordered new mail service from Looking Glass to Ten Mile In Douglas county three times a week, to commence July 1 ; also from Brownton to Althouse in Jo sephine county, three times a week; alao from Wellen to Eagle Point, three times a week. Senator Dolpb has Introduced a pro posed amendment to the sundry civil bill appropriating $600,000 for tbe post- ofllce building at Portland and increas ing the limit of cost to $1, 600,000. There is some question as to whether the limit of cost can be Increased in the sundry civil bill, but Senator Dolpb Is willing to make the attempt. Senator McPherson has reported an uiendment from the Naval Committee to the naval appropriation bill, propos ing to Increase the number of harbor defense vesHels from one to three, tor pedo boat from six to ten, and also pro viding for torpedoes, submarine and otherwise, for which latter purpose $1, 000,000 i to be appropriated. Senator Squire has introduced his Lakes Union and Washington canal bill as a proposed amendment to the river and harbor bill. He has changed the wording of it, leaving out canal and in serting waterway in hopes that the Dem ocratic House, which is opposed to ca nals, will consider the bill If the Senate tacks it on to the river and harbor bill. Commissioner Carter has written a letter to Senator Allen regarding a re quest made by the Senator that the se lections made by Washington for grants under the administration act be early approved, and states that, owing to a lack of force, the selections made oy the newly admitted States have not been ap proved. The records of the land olllce show that for the State of Washington 00,273.34 acre have been (elected since August, 1801. General O'Bulrne and Thomas St. John Qaffney, acting in compliance with the request of the "political prisoners of the amnesty association" of Ireland, called on Secretary Blaine the other morning to ask the friendly Interposition of this government in the matter of obtaining the releare of the Irish-American clti sens now held as prisoner In Great Britain. In advance of a legal presen tation of the case the Secretary was not willing to Indicate what action he would take. There Is more or less objection from certain point in Oregon on the proposi tion of the Treasury Department in the bill pending before Congress, providing lor the consolidation ol the collection districts in Oregon, which would merge into the remand district the Astoria, Yaqulna and Coos Bay districts, and would make subport of entry at these places. The Treasury Department is urging that this be done as a mutter of expediency in the public business, but the towns which are the headquarters of then district are protesting verv vigor ously. The proposition made by the House t'ostonice (jomiuittee in the postal ap propriation bill to reduce the compensa tion of land-grant or subsidized railroads lor carrying malls from HO per cent, of the rate allowed non-aided railroads, as the law at present provides, to 60 per cent, has awakened vigorous opposition tram the land-grant railroads. 1 hey are protesting against tne proixsed legisla tion as unjust and unreasonable. Rep lesentatives of a number of these rail roads appeared recently before the com mitlee, and stated their reasons for the opposition. Before the Committee on Private Land Claim Representative Otis of Kansas produced a preamble and resolutions re citing certain alleged wrongful acts on the part of Secretary Noble and Com missioner of the General 1-and Olllce Carter, which acts, it is alleged, were In the Interest of the conspiracy In 1877 of H. hlklna, then a Delegate to Congress Irom 3ew Mexico, United states Attor ney tattron of New Mexico and ex-Com missloner of the General Land Ollice Williams, which resulted in depriving the homestead and pre-emption settlers of Colorado and New Mexico of their vested rights. The resolution rail for an Investigation. The Secretary of the Navy has Issued Instructions to the naval and revenue marine vessels asaigned to enforce the modus vivendl, prohibiting sealing in Behring Sea. These instructions differ from last year's In three important par- titulars: 1. Any vessel found sealing in Behring Sea is to lie seised, whether she has been previously served with a notic or not. i. The mere presence of a vessel in Behring Sea, having on board a sealing outtit, Is cause for seizure. 3. Persons on board tbe vessel aeiaed will be sent a prisoner with the vemel to suffer the penalty of tbe law. Under the British law all persons killing or aiding or abetting in tbe killing of fur seals in the Behring Sea are punishable by a fine of d00 and imprisonment at hard labor for six months. Under the In American law tbey are aubject to six months' imprisonment and a $100. flu of jit 1 BEYOND THE ROCKIES Post Graduate School of Medicine Draws the Color Line. ST. LAWRENCE RAPIDS TO BE USED. Chewing Tobacco Prohibited In the Ktn tucky Senate Chamber Other Matters of Interest The State of Iowa Is out of debt. Tammany has voted to subsoribe $5,000 to the Grant monument fund. After-dinner tpeeches bv women are becoming very popular In Boston. The Cheyenne Indians In tbe Indian Territory threaten to give trouble. The third-party leaders claim they will cast 150,000 votes in Texas this year. Forty-one per cent, 'of last year' Kan sas corn crop is still in the granaries. The Kansas wheat acreage is reported to be the largest in the history of the SUte. Boilermakers at Chicago are on a strike for nine hour and $2.75 minimum wages. The pneumatic-tube system for con veying the mulls It to be given a trial In St. Louis. One of the finest and most costly rail road terminals In the world is proposed for Dulutb. Tbe court at Chicago sustains the Mot fatt patent for innking candy by tbe vac uum process, An effort It being made by the rail roads in Chicago to close up the ticket brokers' ollices. The lake line are securing a very large proportion of the East-bound busi ness Irom Uhlcago. A resolution has been adopted in Ken tucky prohibiting chewing tobacco in the Senate chamber. Several of the most prominent citizens of Springfield, Mo., are under indict' ment for various offenses. Commissioner Carter of the General Land Office will probably resign about the end of the fiscal year. New York city's pay roll thli year is $10,123,887. Tammany being the con tracting and disbursing agent. In Philadelphia an agitation is going on in favor of the city furnishing gas to consumers at $1 per 1,000 feet. The greatest stone ever quarried In America left Indianapolis the other day for Philadelphia. It weighs 100,000 pounds. Montreal Is about to attempt the ntill zation of the force ot the rapids in the St. Lawrence river in the generation of electricity. rive hundred Kansas tanners certny that 1200.000 worth of crops have been aaved by Prof. Snow' mode of dealing with the chinch bug. Those organizations in Chicago from which red Hags were taken on Slay day propose to go to law to make the police authorities give them up. An appeal has been Isnied to the col ored people and their friends advocating the setting aside of May 31 as a day of , . . 1 I Ill . . ! .....1 laming, iiuiiiiiiiuiou mm yinyvr. The will of the late William Astor leaves Mrs. Drayton $2,000,000 in her own right, a sum sullicient to wipe out many stains ol the Uorrowe kind. There is a sudden but concentrated movement in favor ot 1-ceut letter postage, and petitions are pouring in on Congressmen, especially from the West. The Turners' societies of Kansas will have a grand turnlest at Bismarck Grove on June 4 to 0. The railroads have granted a one and one-third rate. Governor Flower has signed the bill concerning the appointment of inspect ors of election for New York city and also the reapportionment and excise bills. North Dakota's Supreme Court has de cided legal the public warehouse law, having reference to the power of the State to tlx storage rates for wheat in elevators. One of the features of the Indian question that causes the administration no little trouble and perplexity la the care of the red men who get stranded In Washington, The city of Detroit will hereafter save money by burning crude petroleum in stead of coal to run the steam engines which do the pumping at the municipal water works, Captain Farquhar of the steamer liar- law, Irom Kewloundland to Halifax, re ports the prevalence of destitution no'th of Flower Cove, Newfoundland, with two cases ot actual starvation. Rico in the San Juan country, Col., is the new-found gold field that I at tracting prospector and investors. A rush has also begun for Copper Hock, about fifty miles from Denver. A company has been formed to con struct a tunnel on the Canadian tide of Niagara Fall for a similar use of the water power to that proposed by the tunnel builders on the American side. It suoms that the land-humrrv crowds that have suddenly inundated Oklahoma do not waut farms to cultivate, but town lota with which to speculate. At least a hundred towns are set up within their borders. The Post Graduate School ot Medicine at New York has drawn the color line in the case of Dr. William T. Merchant of A IVd.l Vlrtvlnla ntlnlni t.u.n who is a colored man. He was refused admittance into the school. The Quebec government Is going ahead with the prosecution of the lottery proprietor in Montreal. The keepers 01 the 1 eopie and the Montreal lot teries have been placed under arrest and the arrests ol tne ticket-teller through out the city will follow shortly. A bill has been introduced In the Sen ate entitled "A bill for the protection of the silver-mining Industry, providing that the Neoreurv 01 the Treasury shall purchase such silver bullion only a 1 produced irom tne mines within the I nited States or from ores melted within the United States. The new town of Chevenne in the recently opened reservation in Indian Territory is built on the site ot the burial grounds ol the Indians killed ia battle with General Cusier in 1861 The Indian regard the building of a town there a a aacrliege, and threaten to burn the place and massacre the in habitant. It transpire that the establishment ol "Si Andrews Coffee Houses" of New lork, where the poor could buy a meal for a penny, was a shrewd scheme of a Mr. Lamsdrid, their founder, to get money for herself. She begged a for tune on their credit and lived well both town and country. But the cheap meals were as good at a God-eend, even a commission went to the "business ' worn.. 1 THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Ceylon Will Have at the Exposition Several Tea Kiosks Formed of Native Timber. E. 8. Deniton of Alameda county, Cal., intend to send to the exposition a pumpkin weighing 320 pounds. Miss Alice Rideout of San Francisco has been awarded tbe contract for sculp tural work on the woman' building. She will receive $8,200. The number of men working on the exposition buildings is now more than 0,000. On tome of the building work it proceeding day and night. A complete collection of Ohio birdt, including every variety known to live within the boundaries ot the State, will be an exhibit at the exposition. In the Michigan exhibit will be a rep resentation in wax of 500 specimens of fruit which grow in the State. It will be prepared by a Kalamazoo woman. The World's Fair Board ol Santa Clara county, Cal., has petitioned the Suiter visors for an appropriation of $300 to defray the expenses of making an ex hibit from tbe Lick Oliservatory. The women of Missouri intend to fur nish the State building with carpets, rngs, etc., made of Missouri grown wool. Missouri schools of design will furnish the designs, and the women will bear the expense. Mr. Amy M. Beach of Boston will prepare an original musical composition to be rendered at the dedication of the woman's building. Theodore Thomas will conduct the presentation, and Prof Toinlint will organize the chorus ot 40J voices. The Committees on Mines and Mining of both the National Committee and the Directory will make a tour in May of the principal mining States with a view ol stimulating interest in the mining de partment The member will defray their own expenses. President Nunez of Colombia. It Is an nounced, has declared his intention of be- being present tne ceremonies ueuieaiory of the exposition buildings next October. Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Minister at Washington, will be present to repre sent Great Britain. Tree trunks for the colonadea of the forestry building have been received from Wisconsin. Montana. West Vir ginia, California, Indiana, Ohio, Dela ware. New Mexico. North Carolina and Connecticut. Thirty of the States will make contributions of this character, The Legislature of Texas has taken action looking toward holding an "am iliary world's fair" at Galveston the coming fall and inviting Central and South American countries to participate. The enterprise is intended to he pre par atorv to the State's participation in the exposition at Chicago. Ceylon will have at the exposition sev eral tea kiosks formed of native timber Including specimens of its exquisitely beautiful cabinet woods ebony, satlii' wood, calainander, tamarind, nadun suriyamara, etc. Descriptions appearing In Ueylon paper indicate that these ki osks will be of most elaborate design and finish, and that the tea industry will snare neither pains nor expense drawing the attention of visitors to the merits of the fine-flavored beverage. The Suit Manufacturer' Association of Michigan has agreed to make the Bait exhibit for the State, and will get up display which doubtless will attract great deal of attention. A Bay City man has made a life study of salt-raanu fuel uring, aud has learned the methods practiced in all ages for making salt. 1 is the intention to have him make mod' els of all salt-manufacturing apparatus used from the earliest days down to the present time from the most primitive to the modern salt blocks and in con nection with the models show all the processes now practiced In producing salt. PURELY PERSONAL. Anthony Trollope is Said to Have Bee as Careless in His Speeoh as in His Dress. Tennyson baa not a gray hair on his head. He has never known what it was to have an editor reject his "stuff tell him he was not buying rot. Captain James S. l'ettit is to take Tot- ten's place at Yale, and Totten Is to re join his battery, where bis prophecies will not be confounded with scientific instruction. Kx-Senator Evarts say that, though he is going with hi faintly to hurope. where he win consult an oculist, hi sight is not nearly as much impaired has been reported. Emperor William has donated 3,000 marks to the encouragement of outdoor games in Germany. At the same time he expressed his keen interest in such healthful recreation. J. It. Clifford of Martineburg. W. Va. is the first colored lawyer to be admitted to the liar in Alleghany county, Md. He ia now engaged as counsel in a murder trial at Cumberland. Senator Brice had the President and 400 other guest the other night at uusicale that it said to have cost him $12.- 000. This need up all ot hi Senatorial salary lor about two and a half years Anthony Trollope was a careless in speech a he was in dress, and could swear like a costenuonger and copy his manners. But he could write, and knew this waa what many of his critic could not do, Bjornaon. the Norwegian poet and pol itician, baa renounced a pension which he received from his government. He declined to accept the gift any longer unless Kjolland, a brother poet, became the object ol a like honor. The death of Senator Isaac Maurogo- nato in Home a few days ago removes one of the last survivors of the leaders ol the revolt of Venice against Austrian rule in 1840. With Manin, Cosens and Sampieri he became exceedingly troub lesome to Austria. He was a man of great financial ability, and declined sev eral invitations to accept the portfolio ot finance at Home, lie was 70 years Old. Pierre Loti'e excellence are not con' fined to literary work nor naval service. skilled as he is In both. He is a fine piamet, the composer of many melodies, and draa admirably. Though he makes nooss, ne reads very lew, at least nau tical books. Not long ago he remarked fo a friend : " It is very curious that I should be accused of initiating Flanbert, I am almost ashamed to confess it, but 1 have never read him." According to present plan Emperor William will start on hi trip to Norway In the early part of July. He will enter the harbor of Rodo, if possible, on the yacht Hohentollern July 9 and proceed thence to Skaaro. the whaling station belonging to Herr Glaver. The first whale hunt will be undertaken July 12 on board of Herr Glaver' boat, the early ptrt of July Is believed to be the best time tor the Emperor to go wha'e- nunung, as me animals are most nu- meions in the Norwegian waters about mat urn. FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS The Amount of Money Spent by Americans in Italy. EAST INDIANS GAIN MORE RIGHTS. Glasgow to Erect a Generating Station toj Supply 40,000 Incandescent Electric Lamps. Ex-King Milan ot Servia I mixed op in another scandal at Pari. Italy will abandon all her Red Sea possessions except Massowah. The measles bacillus ia reported as discovered by Dr. Caron at Berlin. English capitalist are complaining at the number of steamer that are lying in that country. Swiss hotelkeepers are hard at work preparing for the summer influx of American tourists. An agency In London supplies weekly paeri with tbe best jokes taken from American journals. Spain will try to raise $5,000,000 addi tional revenue by reducing salaries and Increasing taxation. The London Timet thinks It advisable for England to meet her colonle half way in their trade offer. A large sura has been asked by the French Minister ot Marine to increase the strength of the navy. The French etill fight an average ot 4,000 duels a year without any pereeptl ble influence on the death rate. It is stated the manufacture and sale of explosives in Austria and Hungary will be made a State monopoly. The Archbishop of Canterbury has de clared in favor of opening picture gal leries and museums on Sundays. It ia proposed to endow Shakespeare's house in Stratford-on-Avon, to that it may be free to visitors for all time. Russian Black Sea ship owners are pe titioning for an increased number of lighthouses on the shore of the Crimea. The immigration of Poles to Brazil, owing to the unhealthy condition of that country, is being directed to the United States. It is computed that during the last ten years the average annual expendi ture of Americans in Italy bat been $35, 000,(00. Manchester (England) cotton manu facturers decide that, owing to the pre vailing depression, a curtailing of pro duction is necessary. Germany possesses 24,843 miles of railways; France, 21,390; Great Britain and Ireland, 10,811; Russia,. 17,823; Austria, 15,442 miles. Fear of the Anarchists has affected the attendance at the Paris theaters and notably reduced the number of people in the streets at night. The woman tuflraglstt in England protested against the recently defeated bill, which allowed only spinsters to vote. Ignoring married women. The Queen Regent of Spain has com muted the death sentences of nine crim inals out of the seventeen that are await ing execution in Spanish prisons. India bids fair to arise in the level ot importance ere long, judging from the fact that there are over 200 women at tending the various medical schools India. Premier Salisbury and Chancellor the Exchequer Gosohen ot Great Brital have consented to receive a deputation of leading merchants in favor of bimet allism. The London grand jury has found true bill against the editor and publisher of tbe (ommonweal, an Anarchistic pa' per. They are charged with exciting to murder. A motion has been made in the British House of Commons that Canada be rep resented In Washington by Canadians, who should be attached to the British Minister's staff. A Spanish sailing vessel bound for Al huclema, the Spanish prison settlement In the Mediterranean, while becalmed oil the coast of Morocco, was boarded and looted by a number ot pirates In the event ot war Russia could bIiow an army ol 1,8X1,000 men, beside Cos sacks ; t ranee, on a war footing, an army ol 2,8)U,lXKJ; uermany, an army of 2,301,000 under twelve years' service, Lord Salisbury has addressed note of remonstrance, couched in strong terms, to secretary lilaine on the sub ject of the persecution of the English sparrows In certain parts of the country, The man who caused the bomb explo sion near uuise barracks In Tours, France, and waa almost fatally injured bv the explosion, is a wealthy grocer well known as a pious man and a roy aust. The movement in New South Wales to Bupplant the old Trades and Labor Council by a federation ot labor, em ploying political methods beside strikes aud boycotts, it continually gaining strength. The corporation of Glasgow, Scotland a about to erect a generating station 1 1. . - i ,,1 ...... $ 1 large euougu iu suuuiv tu.uuu incandes cent electric lamps. The total expendi ture lor tne work win be between 1300.' 000 and $350,000. As a concession to the native agitation for a larger voice in Indian affair the British authorities have announced that certain higher civil posts, ino uding u igesiiips anu unuer secretaries, irom which natives have been excluded, will now be open to them. It is said that in no three cities in the world have greater advances in sanita tion been made during the last twenty years man in noinosy, .u auras and Cal- .1 - I, 1 r , n ( utta. llils Is beginning, though late. at tne right place. Crespo, the leader of the Venezuelan insurgents, declares that if his son is put to death, an act it ha been reported will follow hie capture bv President Pa- lacio, the latter will be burned at the stake in the plaza in front ot the Cato Amanita in Caracas. The Rome correspondent of the Lon' on Chronicle says: Tbe Pope bat con' firmed the decision of the Propaganda in lavor 01 tne plan advocated hv Arch' bishop Ireland, allowing American Cath ollc schools to be taught by State teach' era, rengious instruction to be given after school hours, the object being to relieve Catholic of the burden of ex pense of separate schools. Locust in vast number have appeared near Jericho in the Jordan Valley, caus ing great alarm. The road leading to Jericho are filled with gang of laborers conscripted by the government to go to ine iniected district to tight the locust. hey are destroyed by driving them into layer ot brushwood, which are covered ith petroleum and fired when hilly oc cupied by the locust. The laborer get no pay fur taair work beyond the food enpphed. PORTLAND MARKET. ProdnM, Fruit. rite. WuiAT-Nomlnal. Valley,$1.35; Walla SSJLWttao, Wall. Wall, $4.30; Graham, $3.76; Superfine, $J.U per barrel. OAT-New, 38(3 46c per bushel. iUT-$ll12perton. MiLurrui'rs-Bran, $ tl; shorts, 22, ground barley, $22.5025; chop feed, $18 St22 per ton -feed barley. $242j; mid dlings. $20(228 per ton; brewing barley, $1.10((il.l5per centaL Burraa Oregon fancy creamery, l- f (3 25c ; fancy dairy,17X c ; fair to good, 1617o; common, luV; Califor nia, 343oc per roll. Eooe-Oregon, 18c per dozen. PouLTBV-Old Chickeus, i5.50(3.26; broilers, 3.00(g0.00; ducks, $0.000.00; geeoe, $11.00 per dozen; turkeys, 17c per PVKOaTABLks Cabbage, quoted $1.50 1.75 percental; cauliflower, $3 per crate; Onlou. fancy, $1.60042.60 per cental ; po tatoes, 40MoOo per sack; new potatoes, , 1 11 ..... IK . rarrnta Ttf T Sack i parsnips, $1 per sack ; asparagus, 8'tf 10c per pound ; lettuce, vreguu, . ,i,un- iwImi-v. fiiiic: eauash, 2i3c; greei peas, 7c per pound; cucumbers, 75c per dozen ; rhubarb, 6c per pound ; radishes, 30c per dozen ; tomatoes, $2.26 per box. Fbuits Strawberries, 16 !c per pou nd ; cherries, 26 per pound; Sicily lemons, 5.600.00; California, $3.00t4.00 per box; oranges, seedlings, $3.00t! 3.26 ; na vln. 4.25rii4.50: St. Michaels, $3.60 niiiHs. 75cilt.75 per box: bananas, $2.605.00 a bunch; Smyrna tigs, 10c per pound; citrons, 20c per pound ; pine apples, tJ.zo per uozen. Btapl Orooerte. Honiy 10tl8tc per pound. 8Air-Liverpool, $15.60(4 18.00; stock, $1112 per ton. Corraii Coeta Rica, 21 H'c; R', 20c i Salvador. 20c: Mocha. 27 N,OJ0c; Java, 25(27Hci Arbuckle't 100-pound cases, 20 17-20C per pound. Bkans Small white, 3c ; pink, 2s4'c bayos, 2J4'c; butter, 3)c; limas, 3c nar nnllml. Suoab D, 4sC ; Golden C, 4,r,c; extra C. 6c; Magnolia A, &,V; granulated biic: cube crushed and powdered, tlUc confectioners' A,6c; maple sugar, 1& 1 c per pound. Sybup Eastern, in barrels, 4245c half-barrels, 44t47c; in cases, 3680c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg. California, in barrels. 40c per gallon; $1.75 per keg, Diuko Fruits Petite prunes, 7c; eil ver. 8c; Italian, 8tfc; Ueruian, b.c plums, O'kc; apples, 6gO,S; pears, 8c per pound. Canned Goods Table fruits, $1.60(3 1.80, 2; peaches, $1.802.00; Bart iett pears. $1.80(41.00; plums, $1.37H 1.60; strawberries, $2.25; cherries, $2.25 2.40; blackberries, $1.860jl.l)0; rasp berries. $2.40; pineapples, $2.252.80 apricot8.$1.60(31.70. Pie fruit: Assorted, $1.00 1.20; peaches, $1.26; plums, $1 1.10; blackberries, $1.20(41.40 per dozen. Vegetables : Corn, $1.25 1.76 ; tomatoes, fl5c$1.00; ugar peas, 05cW$l.0 atring beans, U0c$1.00 per dozen, Meats : Corned beet, $1.90 ; chipped beef, $2.10; lunch tongue, $3.00 la, 15 512s deviled ham. $1.50(33.66 per dnen FiBh : Sardines, 76cl.&5 ; lobsters, $2.30 (33.60; salmon, tin, 1-lb., tails, $1.26 1.50; flats, $1.75; 2 lbs., $..262.60; bbl., $6.60. Condensed milk: Eagle brand. $8.25; Crown. $7.00; Highland $6.75; Champion, $5.50; Monroe, $5.75 per case. Rick Japan, $5.005.25; Island, $5.25 5.&0 per cental. MUcellaueou. Nails Base quotations; Iron, tS.m tteel, $3.00 ; wire, $3.50 per ketr Iron Bar, 3c per pound; pig iron. per ton. 8tkkl, 10'c per pound. Tin I. C. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual ity, $8.00(38.60 per box ; for crosses, $2 extra per box; roofing, 14x20, prime quality, iu.70 per box ; 1. C. coke plates, 14XZU, prime quality, $7.7o per box. Lead fc per pound ; bar, b,lc. Shot $1.75 per sack. HoRHEHHOKS $5. n aval storks uakum, $4.60 5 per oaie; rosin, $4.8U& per 4U pounds; tar btocxnoim, fH.uu; Carolina, $7.00 per barrel ; pitch, v uu per barrel ; turpen tine, 05c per gallon in carload lots. Bides. Wool and Honi. Hides Dry hides, selected prime, 7 sc; jc less for culls; green, selected, over oo pounds. 4c; under 06 pounds, 3c ; Bneep pens, snort wool, 3U&uc; me dium, 0080c; long, 80c$1.25; shear lings, 10 20c; tallow, good to choice, (88 c per pound. Wool Umpqua Valley, 1018c; Wil lamette Valley, 15 16c, according to quality; Eastern Oregon. 9 16c per pounu, according to condition. Hops Nominal ; 1220c per pound according to condition. Tha Meat Market. BKxr live. 2'4c ; dressed, 6 7c. Mutton Live, 4 4?ic; dressed, 9c, Hogs Live, 5,S,'0c; dressed, 7c Veal 67c per pound. Bmoked Meats Eastern ham. 11(3 12c; other varieties, 13c; breakfast bacon. UMilL'c: sides. 9(aiOU.c- smoneu oacon, ii(9ii,c per pound. Lad Compound,810'iic; pure.iom 12,Sic; Oregon, lU12!tc per pound. Bait and Barrlnf. Burlaps. 8-oz.. 40-inch, net pjuh Al.. bnrlana Inl-st JI.in,Vi nat .), ti ourmps, ls-ox., 40-incn, net cash, 8c; burlaps, 16-oz., 60-inch. 12c : burlans. 20. oi., 76-inch. I4c Wheat bairs.Calcntta 23x30, spot, 8c; three-bushel oat bags, 74. A Small Loophole. Housekeeper I know that milk fresh from the cow is warm, but that you left here yesterday was hot hot ami tMn too, just as if boiling water hud been poured in it Milkman Oh, the milk's all right. mum no water in it; no, indeed, mum. Housekeeper Then how came it to be almost boiling not? Milkman Why er you see. mnm. some o' the oowt has typhoid fever. Good Newt. The estimate of revenues ni tha Brit ish government for the current year ia $450,000,000. These revenue .vima chieHy from tariff duties, which prove hnuland't claim to the title of free-trade country a misnomer. ttV 1 I . -- . Purifies tha BLOOD, fnrea ? ' LITER PLaTS,SICK HEADACHE, COLDS, TUPLES, all SKI IFFECTiO.iS, and DISEASES AKISINUfrooi DISORDERED STOMACH. . TU Genuine EAMB URQ TEA itjnd ? in YELLO IT WRAPPERS wnA Facnmilt Siynaturt EM IL FRESE. t RC04NOTON CO. Anna. Sam Framcmoo. MU BY A IX DftrtMiiMTD AMU tiKVCEBS. Incubators Render the Poultry Business Successful. VERY FEW USE THE OLD METHOD. The Farmer Who Cannot Make It Pay Under tbe Old System Should Try an Incubator. There are a few farmers who still show an inclination to cling to the old method ot batching eggs and not to adopt the incubator; but it must be laid, write 4.nnieC. Webster in the Albany Journal, that they are generally the ones who du not make the poultry business tureens. ful. Artificial hatching is one of the greatest inventions for the poulteierever discovered, and every spring ami fall it comes into play to make money for thine who would raise chickens for the market. The mother hen is good enouuh when one raises only a few chickens for home use; but, if they are raised for market, the Incubator ia indispensable. Artificial-hatching machines are now used all over the country. If it were not for these, it would lie doubtful if the great demand for broilers in the early epring could be supplied. The price for the spring chickens would go up so high that very tew could aflbrd to live on chicken meat. Near the largn cities thousands of chickens are hatched uut by these methods on tingle farinn. There is money in it, for in the early spring it is not unusual for the poulterer to get as high as $2 per pair f r his birds. At this rate a flock of Irom 600 to l,0u0 would pay a handsome sum. By use of the incubator two flocks per year can be hatched. One is brought into existence in time to meet the spring trade in young poultry, and the other late in the full to take advantage of the demand for broil ers jiiBt before and around the holidays. By such a double arrangement one is kept busy all the time, and a good in come is reaped. Incubators have been greatly improved within the last few years, and it is not difficult now to get one which will on the average hatch out over 90 per cent, of the eggs. These beat the old hen greatly, and when it it considered that the incubator will accommodate about fifty times as many as the hen there really seems to be no comparison. The Initial expense is not to great. The in cubator really costs less than many of the farm implements which farmers need for field crops. A little study and ex periment will make one fairly proficient in handling the incubator successfully. A farmer who cannot make the poultry business pay under the old system should try an incubator, and if be does not suc ceed, there must be some fault with his methods. Now is the time for hatching tbe spring broilers, and many will reap a big profit in supplying tbia trade from the incubator-hatched cliickeua. Worms In Sweet Corn. The egg that makes tbe eweet-corn worm ia stung into the young tender husk of the corn about the time of silk ing or grain-forming time by moths or millers that have instinct or nature enough about them to guide them in the right time, way and place in which to lay their eggs. These eggs soon hatch out the young worms, which commence to teed on the tender grains at once, and they continue to eat until fully grown, when they drop off (if not disturbed be fore) on the ground and work their way down into the ground, where they form a chrysalis that will next season produce a butterfly or miller ready for busineus again. Now these millers never lay eirgs on cabbage or melons, but on corn only; so the matter of changing land for corn hat nothing whatever to do in the cane. So that, if a field that was grown in corn last year had been sown in rye last fall and these millers should come out in the rye field this spring, they are not going to waste any time in laying eggs on the rye, but are going to travel until they find corn. These egg-laying millers are all migra tory, and they will find the right place to ueposit their egga before they stop. The reason that some varieties are more infested with the worms it because they happen to shoot out at the, right time for the laying season of the millers. Some times our first early com catches tkem, and again the first early will mist them and the second early catch them. This corn worm is unlike the cabbage worm, for there is onlvone brood a year, and when they are grown they are done ior that year, tome seasons tliev are very bad, and other seasons have but few, just as the season happens to tie fa vorable or unfavorable for them. They teem to prefer sweet corn. i POINTS ABOUT POULTRY. Oats sown as a ion as tha ground can be worked afford early pasture. Use seed liberally. The hens work for a dust bath every bright day they get ont. One ought to be fixed under cover for them. Whatever diet the fowls receive, keen them dry. Who ever saw a flock full of song and eggs on a wet, sticky floor I Lettuce is one of the lHt early sreens for supplying shut-in flocks. A small bed in the garden will yield a large amount. "The egga broke in the nest" is a bad record for choice settings. Be sure the breeding pens have enough lime-containing food to inclose their products in good, hard cases. The feed makes the eaa. Ground oats and corn equal parts, their weight of bran and the mass moistened with ekiui milk make a solid diet for the production of eggs of high quality. Beeta may be safely town early. A dozen rows in the garden will keep the yarded flock supplied with green food all summer and perhaps furnish a juicy meal for the cowe once or twice besides. No vegetable equals tbe sugar beet for fowls. Begin to thin them earlv. Kochefort. already tinder pntwnc4 of imprisonment for life for conspiracy, is serving out with creat aanefroid in Lon don his new sentence of twelve months' mprisonment for libelimr the Tubhc Prosecutor in Paria. Some men are born t lucky. mxSTIPiTinv innicrcTinv.