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6 EUGENE CITY GUARD. t, L, CAMPBELL. Freprleter. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. Situation in the Cceur d'Alcne Mines Unsettled. IDAHO AND NEVADA RIVERS HIGH. Small-Sized Meilcan Revolution Said to be Hatching In the Neighbor hood of Nogales. The Canon river It booming. The Sacramento river la falling slowly. The Boise river in Idaho is very high. Truckee, Cal., U working for a high ichool. Lob Angelet la systematically worked by barglara. Vegetable trains from Southern Call fornla to Chicago are projected. Numbers of prospectors are following the McCook exploring party into the Navajo country. The situation in the Ca-nr d'Alene countrv is still unsettled. The miiiee are closed, and thousands of men are Idle. It la stated at Nogales. A. T.. that tmall-tized Mexican revolution is being batched in that neighborhood. Horse stealing on a large scale is aaid to be one of the Indications. The Southern Pacific Company by the decision of a referee will now be com celled to accept the freight schedule adopted by the Oregon Board of ltaii road Commissioners. Southern Pacific surveyors are work in! their wav easterly from Copperopolis, Cat. It is believed that this (t an effort to secure the Big Tree route and head off the Halt Lake railroad. The crop outlook in the Salt River Valley in Arizona is good, and the prices expected to De realised are taimaciory to the farmers. The alfalfa crop is one ball larger than last year's. It Is confidently stated by those wiio have studied the matter that in three years the production in prunes and rai sins In Calilornla will be enough to sup ply America and preclude importations altogether. Advices from Apache county, A. T , say the estimated cattle shipment this aeason will not fall short of 2d,tHX) head, but even this enormous sale will not lie sufficient to relieve the ranges unless more rain falls this summer than has been usual lor the past live years. Mrs. Sarah Althea Terry Is growing worse mentally. Physically her condi tion Is Improved, tshe talks to herself, and sings a great deal, and is careless about her appearance. Nie is not vio lent, but noisy, and is permitted liberty in the axyluin grounds at Stockton with other patients. Kvioence is accumulating that the Al- gtdonts grant, which embraces the choicest lands along the Colorado river below Yuma, is a forgery, and the pros nect that the land will before Ions: be thrown open to settlement is causing would be locators to prepare for the rush. A hluhblnders' war broke out at Sac ramento the other night, and the pistol shots sounded like a rattle of musketry. A passing electric car was in the line of tlie buiit'U, ana was quicxiv vacateu oy passengers and abandoned by the con ductor and motor man. Two dead Chi namen and a wounded one weie found after the battle. The fact la stated at Fresno that a new route for a flume has been surveyed to the timber region on the headwaters of the Ban Joaquin. The terminus of the new flume will be at l'ollasky on the line of the Mountain railroad at the rapids in the river. It is said extensive mills and factories are planned for that place, to be run by water power. The flume is to be forty-five miles long. A report from Plunnlx, A. T states that 300 men have been put to work on the WolHev canal, and it will be com pleted as soon as possible. . It will be 7U miles In length and the largest irri gating canal in America, oening to nil tivation 800.(100 acres of desert lands. The water will be supplied from a dam in the Uila river, and for miles the canal will run In the bed ol the old Aiteo c nil, so much written of. General Manager E. Lyons of the Northern Terminal Company baa had funda placed at his command and been ordered to go ahead with a twenty-stall roundhouse and a frelghthouse 8 K) feet long for the Northern 1'acitio on the ter minal grounds at Portland, Or. The Bowers dredger is tilling the lake for these grounds at a rapid rate, and work on the grand union passenger station, the finest west of Chicago, will be re sumed in short time. Since the decision In the Hale A Nor cross mining suit, finding the Directors f ;ullty of conspiracy and Iraud, the ban 'rancleco Stock Association has renewed Its petition to Congress to have the IT-1...I (3. ...... i . tf-,.n V ... 1... uuiieu puiir uiiut imvuu, hut., in vestigated. The mint officials are charged with being in collusion with the conspirators and making ths mint a re pository for the stolen bullion of the Hale Norcrost mine. The charge have been forwarded to Representative Geary, who, it is expected, will en deavor to have Congress appoint an In vestigating committee. The killing of Dr. Sheldon Jackson is discredited at Port Townsend. It Is be lieved that Jackson's came has been sub stituted for Rev. Charles 11. Edwsrls, the missionary, who was killed sonietao months ago, and the cause of whore death isnow belngotncially investigated. The reported circumstances leading to the death of Jackson are almost iden tical with those which surrounded Ed wards' killing. It it also stated by par ties from the far North that Jackn could not have been near the place where the murder was committed at the date mentioned. The Oregon Improvement Company is making a survey for a new branch of the Columbia and Puget bound road to leave the present line at Maple Valley and ex tend about six miles east to a section where valuable mineral discoveries are reported to have been made. The land in question Is said to contain large de posits of coal. Are clay and grindstone. The Cedar Valley Coal Company ha been organised to work the coal veins, which are bituminous, of the same gen eral character as that in the Ureen river Held, and are three in n amber, ranging from six feet thick down. The Ore clsi baa been examined by representatives of the Denny Clay Company, which may develop it. The grindstone it laid to be pure, very bard sandstone. CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS. Wilson Makes a Speech Against Cutting Down the Appropriations for Postoflke Facilities. A iolnt resolution hat been passed au thorising and direct'ng the Pretident to proclaim a general holiday commemor ating the 400th anniversary of the dis covery of America on October 12, 1802. James E. Voung has been acquitted hv the corns of Washington correspond ents of the charge upon which the Sen ate dismissed him Jrom the position oi executive clerk. Young's removal from olllce carried with it the Imputation be bad communicated to newspaper corre spondents information about the trans actions of the Senate while in executive session. Attorney F. A Orr of San Francisco waa at the State Department recently, and had an audience with Solicitor Part ridge in regard to the claims of the sail ore of the cruiser Baltimore against the Chilian government for damages by the assault upon them in Valparaiso last October, lie was informed the claims had been brought to the attention of the Chilian government by United States Minister Kgan. The claima number thirty-eight, and amount to more than 12,000,000. A bulletin Just issued by the census bureau shows the assessed valuation of all property in the United States in 1800. except the railroad property, increased from $10,1)02,9113,543 in 1880 to $24,051, 55",ftoo in 1WK), an increase during the decade of $7.7 18,001 ,022 or 45.84 percent. Should the same relations be found to exist between the assessed valution in 1H0J and the valuation as it exited in 1800 the absolute wealth of the Un ted States may be estimated at $01,048,000, 000 or more than $1,000 per capita, as gainst 1514 in 1800, $780 in 1870 and $870 in 1880. By direction of Secretary Noble that portion of the grant to the Southern Pa cific lying between Tres Pinos and Al calde in California will soon be restored to public domain. By an act of Septem ber. 180J. these lands were declared lor feited to the United States and the Com missioner's order was issued the other day to the Register and Receiver at Kan Franclrco, directing that thirty days' notice be given (or the purpose of carry ing this lorfelture act into eiiect. liie lands, which aggregate approximately 708,000 acres, will be opened to settle ment at an early day. Representative Hermann has been before the Committee on Public Lands regarding his resolution of in quiry as to the action ol the Interior Department in rejecting various contests In swamp-land claims in Eastern uregon. which had been previously authorized by the department, and at Mr. Her mann's request final approval of selec tions has beeu suspended until the right of settlers to continue their contests shall be inquired into by Congress or al lowed by I Ih department. Ihese lands are chletlv in the Harney valley land district. Mr. Hermann Is receiving a large number of petitions from people settled on the lands, who ask for the right of a hearing in the land olllce. Acting Secretary Spaulding has Issued a ciicular to customs ollicers in regard to locomotives used in trallic with adjacent countries, in which he savs: "Every foreign locomotive on a continuous route crossing the boundary into the United States is allowed to take a train directly to and from a customs port on the route or to and Irom the termination in the United States of what is technically known as the 'run' of the locomotive, if it is beyond the limits of inch port; but no lorelgn made locomotive shall be em ployed for a continuous 'nward trip, un less such locomotive shall have Wen duly entered lor duty In the United States, Ollicers of customs are directed to seixe any locomotive found to he used In vio lation of the above rules." Reniesentative Wilson, who Is a mem' iter of the Committee on Postolllces and Post Roads, made a strong speech againat the arbitrary cutting uown ol the appro printions for postoflice facilities, and by auunuant statistics snowed now the serv ice would surely be crippled unices the government increased the amount appro priated to a reasonable figure. Wilson hat had an opportunity to see how lack of funds in the Postoflice Department has prevented the development of the mail facilities in his State, and tils talk was in the direction of securing better facilities and larger distribution of mail routes throughout the West and so bring the mall services in this rapidly develop ing country up to something like what is afforded in the Fast. But all the talk a man might do In this Congress in that line would be of no avail, as parsimony is the watchword ol the hour. Representative Hermann has been en deavoring to hasten the work of opening tne nueis iiuuan reservation to settle ment. Ollicers of the department stated recently the allotments will be completed soon, not later than this summer, when negotiations will at once commence for the release of the surplus lands to set- tlmimnf Tlila rnanrvntl.tn iwmtalita ' - 000 acres, and there are about 500 Indi ans to whom allotments are being made. in addition to which the State becomes entitled to about twentv-two school sec tions. There will remain a surplus of auout tu:',H) acres lor settlers. Mr. Hermann stated to the Secretary that this surplus is capable of sustaining a large body ol people, and that many ol his constituents are anxious fortheearly adjustment oi allotments and the sutwe- qnent proceedings that people seeking hoiiiea in his Mate may have this further opportunity to acquire them. It is officially stated acceptance has been received by the United States gov ernment from eight countries of Europe of the invitation to participate in the bimetallic conference. The countries having accepted are England, Italy, tier many, France, Austria, the Netherlands. Spain and Portugal, The conference will probably be held In Brussels. The members ol the conference who will rep resent the Uuited States are said to be Judge Lambert Tree of Chicago; Henry n, iannon. rresiueni oi tne cnase .. tional Bank of New York, formerly Comptroller of Currency, and Senator Jones of Nevada. Judge Tree was a member of the former International monetary conference. Cannon la a well- Unn t,,an..l..w !-. I,.. l,.l . 1 ence not only as head of one of the larg est (tanks of the country, but also as the official head of the national bankingsvt tern of the United States. Senator Jones is one of the best posted authorities on bimetallism in the countrv and a pro nounced free-silver man. lie has studied the silver question from the davt when he swnng a pick as a pioneer silver miner in Nevada down to the present time, when his Senatorial associates accord him a foremost place as an authority on silver. Senator Jones' speech on free silver In the Fifty-first Congress is re garded at one of the met valuable expo sitions of the silver question from a free col nag standpoint in recent years. Jndge Tree being a Democrat, the dele ration recognises both political parties, and of the two Republicans Mr. Cannon represents the gold sentiment of the East, while Jones, of canrse, represents the silver sentiment of the West and Southwest BEYOND THE ROCKIES Remarkable Growth of the City of Roanoke, Virginia. THE INCREASE OF NATIONAL BANKS. American Dress Reformers Preparing to Renew Their Crusade Flood Losses Other News. The corn and cotton cropt of Tennes see are in fine condition. The flood losses between Memphis and Cairo are estimated as high at $0,000,000. Only $40,000 of the $360,0 )0 needed to build Orant'a tomb remain yet to be raised. The town ol Roanoke, Va., has grown in ten years from a population of 000 to one of 23,000. The American drest reformer! are pre paring to renew their crusade at Chau tauqua this year. Within the past few weeks seals and Arctic loons have been caught off the Connecticut coast. Prospectors for oil in the petroleum district of Tennessee) and Kentucky are getting to be numerous. Within a year Southern mobs have lynched 100 negroes by hanging, burned 7, flayed 1 and disjointed 1. Will'am Lewis Corrigan, a brother of Archbishop Corrigan, is a prisoner in the insane pavilion at Bellevue Hospital. Governor Flower hat signed New York's new factory law, limiting the work of factory girlt to ten hourt a day. The New York City Water Com mis- sion will build an $8,000,000 dam. It will bold 40.000,000,000 gallons of water. The probable shortage of the Western wheat crop Is averaged by various esti mates at 40,000.000 to 50,000 000 bushels. The silver service anbscrihed for the cruiser baltimore by the citizens of Bal timore has been dispatched to Mare Isiand. So much grain haa recently been com ing down for expoit Irom Montreal that the transportation companies are unable to handle it. Maine is a favorite State for meetings. During eighty days this summer it is to have nearly seventy important conven tions of various kinds. Kansas City is to have another mam moth packing hou-e, built by the Ar mours, that will make It the largest meat-packing city in the world. France and Germany have notified the government at Washington that they will join the international silver confer ence, mis assures the assembling. Suit has been brought at St. Paul for city property worth nearly $4,00ii,00). The action Is instituted in behalf of the children of a soldier named Heinert. Governor Hogg of Texas called Charles T. Bonner, a lawyer, in a campaign speech a "professional lawyer," and now Bonner wants $00,000 for defamation of character. The weather philosopher of the New York Herald figures out great summer and autumn tropical storms, with un usual warmth meanwhile over the north ern continents. Congressman Dockery estimates that the receipts of the Columbian Expos! tton will be $;i(l,lRH),000. That means 72,000,000 admissions and not less than 20,000,000 visitors. During the twelve months ending with last April 170 new national banks were added to the number previously in ex istence, and they increased the total capital by $17,130,000. A colored paper in Boston says ne- 5 roes are being taught the art ol making ynamite bombs to be used in the South unices the outrages against their race in that section come to an end. A special meeting of the stockholders of the Edison Electric Illuminating Com pany of New lork waa held May 31 take action on a proposition to increase tne capital stock ol the company irom St,DUU,UUU to iu,ouu,uuu. jhiu r iuyu. one oi vne lour train roc bers who killed Messenger Saunders at Jennings station, Fla., it in jail at Gainesville, and haa confessed his crime r-1 i c .l. a a i and given all the facta in the case. ine mayor oi Jackson, Mich., pre vented bodies of railroad men from tear ing up a walk in order to lay a track by calling out the fire department and drenching the workmen with water. A large white circle around the sun frightened the negroes of Jackson, Mibs. so badly one day week before last that they rushed from their houses and de clared that the judgment day was com ing. Senator Rutan of Pittsburgh. Pa., pro poses to institute legal proceedings against Senator Quay, ex-State Treasurer Beyer and Treasurer Morrison for viola tion of the law and illegal use of State iumis. Cigarette slot machines are being In troduced in Ontario In order to evade the law prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to nnvs under 14. A rnl alwwo til ma. chine warm boyt not to drop their money in. The New York Herald says that a lead company on the east side of that city had lust added tin-plating apparatus to itt machinery, and adds: It was also asserted that many orders were on hand or tinpiate. A memorial hat been presented to the Senate asking an investigation into the svstem el naturalisation in New York. The object is to correct gross abuses and to pnnteli perjury. In a single court in New lork during the first twenty davs oi iH'toner mere were nearly 7,000 nat uralisations, oi wnicn about 0,000 were by one judge. The Hebrew organisation of Western Pennsylvania has learned that Baron Hirsch's scheme for the care of Russian refugees in the Argentine Republic is gigantic failure. Letters have been re ceived stating that the refugees cannot stand the climate and cannot farm the land. The report of the experts employed to investigate the sanitary condition of the capltol at Washington conclude: "If the capitoi were a private building and in its present condition aa to nlumbinir. the Board of Health of the district would probably order It closed as a daneorons nuisance. As those who occupy the capltol are masters of the situation, that situation it sure to be changed." Memorial-day celebration at New Or leans waa in the hands of the colored posts ol the Grand Army of the Repub lic. White people held service at th churches on Sunday, bnt refused to go to the National cemetery ; and Confed erate Veterans, who have presented floral offerings in the past, refused to do so this year, declining to have anything to do with negroes, who in eonseqnenc monopolised ths celebration. THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Amount of Insurance Carried on the BullJIngs-There Will Probably Re No Eiffel Tower. The mines and mining building at the World's Fair it completed. Amatenrt will not be allowed to pho tograph at the World't Fair. A parade participated in by 24,000 bi cycles may be a tight at the World't Fair. Insurance aggregating more than $ V 000,000 fa now carried on the World's rair buildings. The World's Fair Commissioner! of Muryland have authorized the erection of a $20,000 building. Florida will endeavor to raise $20,000 by popular subscription to make an ex hibit at the World's Fair. Five bales of cotton that were raised in 1802 are to be on exhibition at the World't Fair. These may be properly clasxed among the works of the old masters. An international chess congress in connection with the World't Fair it be ing advocated, and may be accounted a certainty, aa some of the most influen tial chess associations and clubs are strongly in favor of the idea. An association has been formed In Germany to organize excursion parties to visit the World't Fair and Incident ally Niagara Fails and a number of the larger cities. It is proposed to accom plish this within a period of sixty days and an expense of between $250and$300. A glass nunch bowl made by the glass blowers of Cork in 1825 and presented to Daniel O Connell, the famous Irish patriot, will appear in the exhibit irom Cork, una aide ol the bowl Deara u uon nell'a initials and the other a repreaen tation of Cork, as it then existed. According to the Liverpool Journal s Commerce the English railways wi carry Word't Fair exhibitt at half rates from any station to the port of embarka tion, and most of the Atlantic steamship lines will transport them at a unilorm rate of 11 shillings ($2.07) per ton The State Board of Commerce of Idaho has assumed the responsibility of raising $40,000 with which to sup lement tbe State's World's Fair appropriation of 2 1,000. It it reported teat the people of the State are greatly interested in having It well represented at the expost tion. and that it is believed that the money will be easily raised. The $00,000 World't Fair appropria tion which Greece has made will be de voted in large part to the preparation for exhibit of reproductions in cast of the many famous specimens of ancient Greek art now owned by the govern ment. These casts, it is announced, will be presented to one or more Amer ican museums after the fair closes. W. II. II. Llewellvn. Executive Com mlsdoner for New Mexico, has been in Chicago securing space in the various buildings for exhibits from the territo ries. "We expect to show people who vinit the World's Fair." he said, "that New Mexico can raise something elee beside cactus and sagebrush. One ex hi bit will be 100 watermelon, the mini mum weight of each of which will be 100 pounds." At the special request of the Empress of Germany the Princess Frederick Karl, aunt of the Emperor, has accepted the Presidency of the women's commission which will co-operate with the Board of Lady Managers In promoting the wom en's exhibit at the fair. The committee which has charge of the women's work in Germany includes a number of worn en of the 1ighest social position, and win prove a most valuable auxiliary. The exposition probably will not have an biuei tower or anything approximat ing it in height except the elevation to which the captive balloons will ascend There will be, however, three observa tion towers about 3J0 feet high for the accommodation of visitors who want to take a bird's eye view of the grounds and buildings. These towers will be of elaborate design and beautiful In appear ance, and will cost about $200,000 each. PURELY PERSONAL Queen of England Confers the Order of the Bath Upon the Khedive of Egypt Natalie. 8ir Henry Por.sonby, Victoris's private secretary, geta $10,000 a year and house rent tree. According to Mine. Patti't maid the perfume of violets causes a Loarsenoes In the singer's throat. Dr. Parkhurst savs that in "this great itepuouc tne sovereignty is with tbe cit izens and it never passes from them." Alphonse Daudet'a next volume will deal with gypsies. Tbe author has been gathering material for this book for many years. The Earl of Berkeley, who took his seat in tbe House of Peers last week, Is tne nrst oi nis lamiiy to sit In tbe Lords since 1810. There had been a dispute over win line. Ceha Thaxter, the poeteft, is a tall, handsome woman of 07, whose snow- white hair ripples above a dark face and brilliant but dark eyes. She spends every summer at tne isie oi Miosis Ex-Queen Natalie has dramatized her matrimonial experiences. Further ad vices from Europe are anxiously awaited to learn whether she has written a trs?- edy, a comedy, a farce or an opera bonffe. Queen Victoria has conferred the Or der of the Bath npon the Khedive of Egypt. She should reserve a lot of those orders for the expected visit of the Snl Un and his suite and lav in extra sunnlv of soap and towels. Samuel Tarwater of Ray county, sired 91 years, is paid a pension of $2o0 a year by the State of Missouri for wounds re ceived in the Mormon war. The pension ws granted by a special act of the Leg islature in 1841. The first intimation the coantrv had that there was anything in the nature of a physical ailment about Mr. Childswas his refusal nnder medical advice a few days ago to ascend Pike's Peak for fear of the effect of the rarefied atmosphere. Mrs. Harrison has a mnla for orchid. and the executive mansion is decorated with them. Mrs. Cleveland's favorite flower was the pansy. In the coming millenium, when fair women vote, a Presidential campaign may be waged on some such issue. The Hindoo Prince soon to visit Eng land, the Gaikwar of Raroda, is ont of the most progressive rnlers in Hindottan. He doe not want costly buildings mere ly for show, but spends his money pref erably on schools, railroads and drainage. ins personal cnaracier is good, and be it philanthropic in bit instincts. Mr. J. R. Green, the wid-w Of the eminent historian, ie described aa a thin, paie-iacea woman, witn enrly aubirn hair, closely cut; large eye and a moith indicative of great tenacity of purpose. She sutlers from writers' cramp, an af fection she contracted by her assiduity In committing to writintber husband's works a he lay on bis death lied. fh sometime wrote to hi dictation for eleven hour a day. FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS The Phylloxera Appears in Several Provinces of Spain. FRENCH VINTAGE AFFECTED BY COLD Storms and Floods Injure the Crops In Ireland Tonnage Laid Up on the River Tyne. The Brazilian Senate bat passed a law granting amnesty to political pritonert. Phylloxera baa appeared in eleven provinces of Spain, especially In Gerona. The anti-Parnellitea have made a call for funda to aid them in the coming elec tion. Stormt and floods are doing Immense damage to crops in county Donegal, Ire land. Plant have been arranged to erect a villa for the Pope on the grounds of tbe Vatican. Tiie Swiss government haa forbidden the playing of baccarat at tbe Knreaal in Lucerne. An African missionary reports that he has been able to make almoat all of bit journeyingt on his bicycle. In a full return of the vintage of Spain last year the total yield of wine it esti mated at 640,000,000 gallons. . Steps are being taken to develop the resources of the Upper Congo in tbe matter of India rnbiier, the demand for which it increasing yearly. At the end of the year the Telephone Company of Austria will cease to exist, the government assuming control of all the telephone lines of the kingdom. More than one-third of the total num ber of sailing vessels building in the United Kingdom are in course of con struction on the banks of the river Clyde. The aggregate production of pig iron in Belgium in the first three montht of this year ws 4SO,01)j tons, as compared with 170,572 tons in the corresponding period of 1801. The mice plague In the south of Scot land snows no sign of abatement. The Board of Agriculture has sent out circu lars requesting full information about the affected districts. The Cobden Club blandly assures the British colonies that the only practical fiscal federation of the Empire must be based on their adopting the free-trade policy of Great Britain. Herr Siegle, a merchant at Stuttgart, Germany, has been fined 120,000 marks for representing to the taxii.g authori ties that his income was much smaller than it proved to really be. The underground electric railway pro posed for Paris is to traverse the city in the direction of its greatest length, which will cause it approximately to follow the course of the Seine. The British government has placed in the hands of Messrs. Yarrow, the well known torpedo-boat builders, the con tracts for the construction of two steel gunboats for the Victoria Nyanza. Advices from Guatemala state that 12,000 citizens have signed an accusation againat ex-President Barillas. It it stated that President Barrios is nnder a sworn obligation to aave General Baril las. In a wax-work bIiow in Glasgow the great attraction is "a realistic drawing room scene" illustrating the baccarat scandal of Tranby Croft. It is said to contain a "life-like group of all the characters of the game." There is more tonnage laid up on the river Tyne and in the northeast coast ports of England at the present time than ever before in the history of ship ping, there being no less than 400 idle vessels, representing about 300,000 tone The Glasgow Cremation Society has received subscriptions to the amount of 1,5 JO for the erection of a crematorium The society urges upon the city author ities the adoption of cremation as the best means of disposing of unclaimed bodies. His Lordship Earl Clanrarty, better known to Americans as Lord Dunio, the title be held before his father's death, is advertised in the London ua:ette as debtor who will not pay his bill. The advertiser is Sam Lewis, a famous bill broker. The physicians of the mad King Otto oi uavaria nau an audience last week with the Bavarian Regent to represent to nun tne condition ot their patient. His condition is that of great feebleness. and if he does not die toon, be will be dethroned. After reviewing the connection be tween home rule and the labor cause Michael Divitt savs: "We demand home rule for Ireland to insure that pro tection of Irish industry which Lord Salisbury seeks to obtain for British trade by taxing foreign products." General Booth announces a great need of funds to carry on thi Salvation Army. lie recant his announcement that the fmlO.OOO given for his darkest Enirland scheme would require $150,000 annually for maintenance, as only $20,000 of thai had been furnished so far. So the scheme is almost at a standstill. Paris Anarchists are now dilieentlv cultivating the art of dining for nothing. Bands of them. It is sa d. now enter eat ing nouses, call for substantial repasts. dispatch them and then refuse to pay me uui. nnen tne landlord remon strates these "free diners-out" threaten to blow up his establishment with dy namite. It is feared that 'the French vintage win oe senooslv affected by tbe recent cold map. The owners ol extensive vineyards are mourning over their loss by the recent frost. Tbe Gironde is said to have been deprived of half ita vintage auring me past lew weeks. j. - . . o- In Paymago, Spain, a band of women robber has bten discovered by the po lice. They had their den in a cave on the outskirts of the town, where thev met on the first night of every month to plan burglaries. They had in the cave a full stock of burglars' tools and also 15,000 francs worth of plunder. The official report in Catholic .ViMioii ory Reriett on the troubles in East Africa says that the Catholic Kingdom of Ugan da has been destroyed and the King, Bishops and seventeen missionaries driven out by the Protestant native supported by British agents. They bom barded the Catholic mission, and set fire to it, the doctor and a Catholic chief be ing killed. Emile Zola may secure a seat among the Immortals of France after all. At the last session of the French Academy Camilla Doncet read a letter from the popular novelist, announcing hi candi dacy for the seat made vacant by the death of Admiral de la Graviere. Pierre Lot! being out of the way, Zola, it is aaid, believes that hi election will be certain. PORTLAND MARKET. frodiiM, rrolt. r.te. WutAf Nominal. Valley, 11.35(3 l.S7; Walla Walla, $1.301.32. per cental. .. ... Fu)DB-8tandard,$4.30; Walla waua, $4.30; Graham, $3.75; Superfine, $3.0 per barrel. Oats New, SU44c per bushel. Hat $ll12perton. M,DTiiUron l Q; shorts. 122; ground barley, $22.50(325; chop feed, $18 (2a per ton; leea parley, ti-tysij-, dllngs, $2t!28 per ton; brewing barley, $1.10(31.15 per cental. Burrxa Oregon fancy creamery, 22! g25c; fancy dairy,1720c; fair to good, 15rttl7kic: common. IMViHe; Califor nia, 38i(40o per roll. Eoos Oregon, isc per aozen. PmnTuT ilia ( 'lilrkenn. Quoted 5.00: broiler, $2.504.0o; ducks,$6.00 ; geese, $11.00 per aozen ; lurxeys, kc per uouuu. Via xtablks Cabbage, quoted $1.50 i3 Si) nar crate: Onion, fancy, $1.60(22.50 per cental ; po tatoes, 00(4700 pereacx; asparagus, otg 10c per pound ; lettuce, 30c; Oregon, 14c per dozen: squash, 23c; greea peas, 7c per pound; cucumbers, 75c per dozen; rhubarb, 6c per pound ; radishes, 12c dozen : tomatoes. $2.25 Per box : Oregon turnips, 26c per dozen. iauiTS BtrawDerries, uregon, mnc per pound ; cherries, $1.25(31.60 per box ; Sicily lemons, $5.50(30.00; California, $3.00(34.00 per box; oranges, seedlings, $3.06; navels, $4.75(35.00; St. Michaels, ! fJi- annla 7fw-(,?L7fi nnr box ! Smyr na tigs, 10c per pound; citrons, 20c per pound ; plums, $2 per box ; apricots, $2 per box. itapl Groceries. Honit 1018c per pound. Salt Liverpool, $15.00(18.00; stock, $11 12 per ton. Cokhk Costa Rica. 21c; Rio, 20c; Salvador, 20c; Mocha, 27Jfi30c; Java, 2527&c; Arbuckle't 100-pound cases, 2U 17-2t)c per pound. Bkans Small white, 3c ; pink, 2?4'c; bayoa, 2'4c; butter, 3c; iiuias, 3i,c nnr nound. Suoab D,4,'a'c; Golden C, 4jc; extra C, 6c; Magnolia A, 6gc; granulated, b 'Ac; cube crushed and powdered, tic; confectioners' A,6gc; maple sugar, 150 1 c per pound. Sybup Eastern, in barrels, 42345c; half-barrels, 44 47c; in cases. 3oHOc per gallon ; $2.25 per keg. California, in 1 I .... II . -V. ... oar re IB, uc per ganuu , t i.iu per c. Dried Fboith Petite prunes, 7c ; sil ver, 8,SiC; Italian, 8 tic; German, 0'sC; plums, ttltc: apples, 6ati)j; evapor- att d aprieois, lOc ; peaches, 10,'c ; pears, Be per pound. Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted quoted $1.00(1.80; peaches, $1.802.00; Bart lett pears, $1.80(g 1.90 ; plums, $1.37s 1.50; strawberries, $2.25; cherries, 2.2i2.40; blackberries, $1.85 1.00. raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25(3 2.80; apncots,$1.001.70. neiruit: As sorted, $1.00($1.20: peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.00 1.10 ; blackberries, $1.2o(3 1.40 per dozen. Vegetables : Corn, $1.75 2.00; tomatoes, P5ctl.00; sugar peas, 05c$l.iO; string beans, 90c$1.00 per dozen. Meats: uorned beei, $i.wu; chipped beef, $2.10; lunch tongue, Is $3.00 ; 2s, $5 6 ; deviled ham. $1.6i)tt3.R6 pr iopn Fish: Sardines, 75c1.65; lobsters, $2.303.50; salmon, tin, Mb. tails, $1.26 1.60; flats, $1.75; 2 lbs., $..25 2.50; bbl., $5.50. Condensed milk : Eagle brand, $8.2.) . Crown, $7.00; Highland. $0.7o; Champion, $5.50; Hon roe. $5.75 per case. Rick Japan, $5.005.25; Island, $5.20 o.60 per cental. M licelUneom. Nails Base quotations: Iron, 3..k reel. IH.Olli wire. M.All nnr knv Iron Bar, Sjc per pound ; pig iron, $.'4 per ton. Stkkl 10!c per nound. Tin I. C. charcoal. 14x20. prime num. ity, $8.008.50 per box ; for crosses, $2 extra per nox; roonng, nx.'U, prime quality, $0.76 per box ; 1. U. coke plates 14x20, prime quality, $7.75 per box. Lead 4c per pound ; bar, 6,'sc Shot $1.75 per sack. HOKHKHIIOKH ,". Naval Stores Oakum, $4.505 per bale; rosin, $4.80 5 per 480 pounds; tar, Stockholm, $14.00; Carolina, $7.00 per barrel ; pitch, $0.00 per barrel ; turpen tine, 66u per gallon in carload lots. Bidmi, Wool and Hon. Hides Dry hides, selected prime, Hi c; jc lees for culls; green, selected, over 65 pounds. 4c ; under 55 pounds, 3c ; sheep pelts, short wool, 30 50c; me dium, 60S0c; long, U0c$1.25; shear ings, iozuc; taiiow, good to choice, S 3c per pound. Wool Umpqua Valley, 1618c: Wil lamette Valley, 15 10c, according to quality; eastern uregon, ioc per pound, according to condition. Hops Nominal ; 1018c per pound, itcuuruing io conuiuon. Tbe Meat Market. BEEr Live,24cj dressed, 56c. Mutton Live, 44,3c; dressed, 8c Hoos Live, 65c?4'; dressed, 8c Veal 67c per pound. Smoked Meats Ham, 13S14Kc; breakfast bacon. 12fi214U,n: siilea hh.'r 11c; emoked bacon, llgllc per pounu. Labd Compound.SfaiO's'c; pure,10' 12c; Oregon, 10&12,o per pound Basra and Batatlnc. Burlaps, 8-ox., 40-inch, net cash, 6J,'c; burlaps, 10-oz., 40-inch, net cash, 7c; burlaps, 15-oz., 60-inch, 12c; burlaps, 20 oz., 76-inch, 14 'c Wheat bags.Calcutta, 23x36, spot, 8c; three-bushel oat bags, 74K. Removing a Cinder from the Eye. The proper wnv to eet a eindpr- nnr of the eye is to dr.iw the upper lid down over the lower, utilizing the lashes of the lower as a broom, that it may sweep the surface of the former and thus got rid of the intruder. Or drawing the lid away from the globe, pass a clean camel s hair brush or fold of a soft silk handkerchief two or three times between them. This pro cedure will, in nearly all cases, suffice; when it does not the services of a Dh vsi- clan are necessary. It is a remarkable fact that a very minute body will give rise to Intense pain, and even after it has been extracted the sensation m. mains for an hour or more. AfW tha intruder is out gently bathe the lids every fifteen minutes la iced water till tne teelinir subsides. Ladies Hnm. .TnnrnrO Purifies tke BLOOD, Cures COJSTIPATIOX, IS DIGESTION BILK) CS. ESS, LITER CO.PLAlTS.MCI llEADACHE, COLDS, PIMPLES, all SKIS AFI'ECTIO.MS, and DISEASES ABISiSiG fron DISORDERED ST01ACH. Tht Genuine HAMBURG TEA u tna ,,p i YELLOW WRAPPERS Faenmilt Signaturt EM IL FRESE. , RCD4NOTON CO. Aonrrs. Sam Fuummoo. MIA BY ALL BICMUTa AXD S.KOCKU. THE FARM AND GARDE J Some Hints Intended for Both the Farmer and His Wife. TO PUT ON CLOVES THE FIRST TIME. Cement fjr Rubber or Leather HoW j, Prevent Black Stockings From Turning Green. Watering with strong root tea is often a good remedy to apply to a decayin, rosebush. ' Tumblers used for milk should firttU rinsed in cold water. Hot water dru the milk into the 'lass. T" A new, soft paint brush is a so, thing to dust carved Inrniture with u the bristles will penetrate the deepm crevices. If your sewing machine has becom, gummed and consequently runs hard, oil every place with the best keroeeoe oil and run rapidly a few monienu Wipe the bearing! carefully; oil tbe best machine oil, and you will be surprised at the result. To make a cement for rubber ot leather dissolve one ounce of jutt, percha in half a pound of chloro'orm. Clean the parts to be cemented. (Juver each part with the solution, and let dry lor twenty or thirty minutes. K0 warm each part in the flame of acamiie and prese very firmly together till dry' In broiling meat over coals never ii low them to smoke the least. After the coals have burned down somewhat throv on a handlul of talt to deaden hs liDe flame that arises. If the dripping Iron your met takes fire, remove irom ttovt to cool for a few moments. Don't try to blow it out, as there is danger ot burning the face. To renovate hat bands'when stained by sweat dissolve one and a half ounce of white castile soap in four ounces of alcohol and one ounce each of sulphuric ether and aqua ammonia. Appiywith a sponge or tooth brush briskly, and rinne out with cold, c ear rain water. This mixture will clean any cloth with fast co'or!". B ack stockings are apt to assume t greeniah look after repeated waehingt. We are told that a simple way of prs serving the color is to wash them intoap free of so la and in the last rinsing water to add a teaspoonful of good vinegar. Wring them oui and clap them into shape. A hot iron tends to destroy ths color, particularly if they are wet. It is a science to put on gloves for ths first time. The hands must be perfectly fresh, dry and cool. After putting in fingers and thumb fasten the second button from the bottom, coming to ths front one last. Remove the gloves from the wrist and not by the lingers, and leave them tnrmd thus inside out so that all moisture may be dissipated. When putting away gloves do not roll, but lay them lengthways in a satchet. Place white flannel between pairs ol light gloves. Smut. A correspondent asks us how to pre vent smut in wheat and blasting in oats. Experiments have been made with oats, but so far no remedy for the blight, which for many years has caused great Iobs of this crop, has been discovered. In regard to smut on wheat Prof. W. A. Kellerman in a recent lecture before the Ohio Agricultural Convention gives the following as embodying bis experi ence: "It would be a long story to relate the experiments in detail which have re sulted in the discovery for the stinking smut-of cheap and efficient fungicides; that is to say, modes of treatment of the ee-d grain (which may have adhering spores) that entirely suppress the dis ease. I know of no reported experi ments touching thb prevention of lose smut except those carried on by my former assistant (W. T. Swingle) and myself ; but unfortunately they were not successful, and need not be further dis cussed. "Of numerous fungicides (twenty-foar in all) that were used in the experiment to prevent stinking smut one is to be especially recommended, namely: hot water; temperature, 132 degrees Fahren heit. The immersion of the seed in wa ter kept at this temperature should be continued fifteen minutes. When the seed which should be in a basket or frame lined with wire netting, say twelve meshes to the inch is dipped into the hot water the temperature will suddenly fall so low that the spores of the smut that may be present will not be killed even with prolonged immersion. It is, therefore, necessary to add at once suffi cient hot water to bring up the tempera ture to about 1.12 degrees, never above 135 degrees and better never below 130 degrees. Observing this and also the further precaution to shake, lift and plunge the basket of seed so as to injure the contact of the hot water with every grain of the wheat, the smut will surely be killed. The seed thus freed from ad hering spores will produce a clean crop. The grain may be treated days or weeks before seed time, or it may be sown im mediately after treatment and beiore the grains are completely dried. "Numerous exnerimenta with oats showed in every case that there was an increased yield of grain, due apparently to the effect of immersion in hot water, aide from the mere killing of mut. TIiub when there was from 7 to 10 per cent, of smut in the crop tbe yield from tne treated seed was augmented not eniy oy an amojnt equivalent to tbe average amount of smut, but by twice the same. it is very pronaoie mat a similar resuiv would be obU ned in phh of wheat treated in the same manner described be'ore. At any ra'e the stinking smnt c n be effectually prevented, if tne proper fungicide be used. The expense in treating the seed it verv small, and if the latter is badly infected, great finan cial profit mnst necessar ly follow." Th Nw Ynrk KrrorAn loarna that I he lr!-t have got iu h bold on Chicago tout the K"f liah rparrow) there are sclually dyluj broken heard. Tte differ, flume nannl ran im beaut? even In a looking (law; others cauuot. 1 J iumi r- y mv- vjmtmwrxxiTrj