0 EUGENE CITY GUARD. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. OCCIDENTAL NEWS. Sensational Mining Suit Com menceil at Noixf City. LIUKBALS OK OliDKJC MXIUSIr. The Consolidated Vlrg-lui Mlue on the Comatoek IamIs Kegloa Active Operations. Three Iah Angeles mashers were roundly whipx-d lew days ago. Two hundred families are resrled U have moved awy Iron. Astoria, Or., lite ('lit two month. An overhauling ( tlm Hanger' en gine at Mare island has led to correc l.uu ol (lie debet. tieorgc I'. IC' pl. r, Im ud tlie Sac ramento for l.ii.oui, charging libel, got a verdict lor I .'.Vi. Strctitioua clfort are Udng made, to have I r 111 1 growers' convention asMstu tie in Spokane in lebruary. Active oration in the Consolidate.) Virginia mine on the Comstuck tut! other day with tlm repair ol the halt, 'I he new la gratifying to miner. A move i Is-iiig made at Is Angeles to extend t ! Nevada Southern railway (rum in terminus at anderbilt to the coal an. I iron lit-1 11 of l ull ami Nevada. The Indian convicted ol burying child alive, at the Parker Imlian agency, A. T., wa entcnced to three year and srvcii month lu the Territorial prison. The l.iU-iaU at Ogden. U. T., have disbanded an a party. They were com- oeed ol gentile or lion-.Morinoiii, and ave long bitterly opposed the latter day Saint. .ioMalinm.who made a small fortune from the sale ol the itoldhug mine am) squandered it, attempted suicide at Kilig tnaii, A. T., by hitiii himself through the body with a pistol. Han I'irgo' latest sensation ia a well- dressed, Imn-i'Biiig woman, who goes about the street barefooted. Her name la Mil. Mary Ailing Alrr, a very intelli gent ..woman ami well versed in lan guage. Captain lionalilMiu of the steamer Ar- ago 011 hi last trip rcporle that the lar at loui Hay ia vt-ry much improved. '1 hi he attribute largely to the splen did improvements lieing made by tin United Slate authorities. There are crave suspicion that the i plosion oil the collier Sail Mateo the oilier aluy, whu'li ri jh-.I onii her deck, was not lau-cd by coal g, a was first given 111 explanation. 1 1 is pro pissed at It loll, 11. ., 10 nave an uiuciai iuu (illation. I ho charge of arson against Trotter, the owner ol the dye work at Spokane, bus U'i'il Jiniiif- l. Thi In the cam wht ie an ciploniun killl Mr. IWaiie atnl the workn weie wl oil lire. It wan tute. lh.it Tiotter ha I llrel the liuilil iU in on er to olitaiu the Inmiraiue. Tiptop liaa hrri lofure Im-.i the moet urooiH ioiia iiiiiiiiii( camii in the Tern- loiy ol Ariioma. Ii wa a chloride camp, bin icMeil from .rm.i) to I lixi.imo year ly. A omipany oranieil lat ppriii to woik the piovilie in the iliatrii l on a luiie x ale ttave lip the eliterprme three montlia itito on accoiinl ol the low price ol ailver, ami the camp liaa heen totally aliamloiiol. Mi moiiili am it waa a iMwH-roioi little Vllla(i with a M'IhmiI, tote Mini the hum ol liiiliutry. To-.Uv liothiiiK l Iclt tmt two lonely initivi( uui, wlio remain to look alter the iro- erty. t". J. Wet more, Chief Statu Vitlcult urint of Culilorma. rt'lMtrta that the Vint ai(e ol the pri'vent M'amili w ill lm alxint ln.txni.iKHi ualloim. or almiit :l.tll,tilitl- loim in I'lii'M ol IhkI ycar'a Virl.l, ami willU'ol kriNnl ouality generally. AUmt ton ol traN' will U iimiI ill the iiiuct (hi lory al lloalilnlmru, ilia product ol which ih 111 great ilemainl aliroad. I uriH4 tlit licit ten yeam, however, it U ciixvll that the Male viutiKO will how a ilirr'ttie, owlnit to the ravage ol iihvlloicia in variotia MN-tiona ami alno to tlie nvciii cihi a in me planting 01 viiH'vanN catmril by the low Jricea that have' p'lic-rally prevailel itiiruiK the pant lew mniiik. the 11 row th of the liulnlrv III the pio-t liavlliK Ix-en toil raplil, eo mm h an Hint the output 111 0110 yearnwe from t,(HM,iUO to lS.iKHl.UiO nallJiii. A nenxatioiiHl iiiiiiuiK unit ha been t!lsl in the I 'ill led Matt-a I ourt at llolw I it v. Idaho. Iv Arthur Neal of Seattle aaint Kretl I'aire -T uatiti and II. K. l'arkerof Seattle and several lloln ih-o. pie intcrcxtol in the 1 Mora Miiuiik I oinpaliy, oHTatnit in me 4eai umirici, alMiul taeiitv tiiilc Inuii loie. Neal old two valuable mine to K. I'. I'low man. a lUnm cnpitalixt, for lt).lHi, re ceiving hall in each and the balnuco lu notea wvuri-d by mortitage. Neal al lyi that luliii and I'arker got hold ol him in heattle and kept him under their iiiltujnt lor ovi-r two wivk by iniaii ol drug. I'linug that time be niw'tir-l what lie think la a er ol attorney authoriiiig Tii'tin to fon'liwe mort gage. He ray he miglit have m.-nl a il.sl to everything be .nwee.. limtm IoicIom- 1 the morigiige 111 In own name and, it i cUimetl, never paid Neal a rent. The Kldoia t'onipany aa foruusl, pun lut.itig mini' Iroin I'lowman, agrv ing to give bun 1 1 N .rtnl and one-hall ( the Mock ol the iiitnpany. Neal akr (or reieiver to take charge ol the prop erly. I'low man claim that 110 money Ittn Ixto i I him by the iMiiipauy. The indit'ationa are that there will I lack ol pp e in all building at the San Kiiki-o Midwinter lair riitpt the agriciiltutal and horticultural. It i not known jtlrt boa iimcli pa- ( tilrago eiluliltoi 111 the Tarioii drpartmeiit will want. Arrangement have lieen wado wnh the li.rectoriiemral and ViMtiiint (.'orU-ly in t'hicago. Il l known, though, that the demand lor ij:ve cil the amount the lair inan-K'-r have to give. The manufacture and iim liamca btuUling. large aa they are, will I ina.lejtiat to hold all that baa been ottered, and it i atreadv appar ent llit the wall ol the Doe art build infwill not bold the work ol art and ailrged art that will l olfere.1. The agricultural and horticultural building ta the only our that give promise now ol armniiiiolatitigalleotiier. Ttu would bit 6lied to the don.a if It were ixl 1'ial o many ol the eounlie hare their own building. Tba manager have found it nci-iary to exact agrrenirnt Irom the variout countv muiiniionera to con tribute toward the general horttcnltura! and agricultural dirplav. Ther I frar that the natural product ol the State t o ditnbuU-l that I ha general (T.-rt will U loau If ruaaiUe. thi will PcrDaf ! aeromi only to rioa and tea aa tha principal export from Siain. Tl rallwuv mlleagw In thli conn try UvUy aniouuu to 171.M.1.AI mile. Tha Suta of Illlnola ha ul tlila rear mora than fOU'.OO Urrel of brer. Truta arw a coming power In hulne. Theyjilrea-ly oonlrd over 2,tfJO.WiO,000. It ia etlmatl that tha rivlliwd na tion par annually for fomj f U.UOO.OUl,. WW. New York ha over J. Onn hai kmen. Toki to Japan ha 20,U0 Jiriruknha oen. U.t rear no lea than .I.Ono.OnO.OOO gallon of t-eer wera ImbllMvl In Kurope alone. Nebraska ha rahuwl ino bnhe: of rnrn for every human lielng In tha State thi year. Pnrmg tha neit aeven week! it 1 e peeled that tha mint will ruin f 15,000,' ttf of gold. Canada ntnlie nearly all tha plum- bara nel bv American manufacturer! of lead pi'nci'l. Mora than W.otlO women are em ploy ed In the CniU-'l State alone In the decora tion of china and potb-ry. Manufu'ttirel gold i worth 11 a ten- nyweight, and any value In icea of thi represent workinaixhlp. In Zanzibar alone me V1,tn0 tioiind of ivorr are mrket every aeawui from the tiuk of lit,"1'' elephant. The eti-amer U'tween Kurope, and North America carry on an average alpiiit 70,l" pMiH-nger a month. Tha moot tlx (ill inct ia theailkwortii. It ia emimated that f,(.),i perwon gain a livelihood by raining the worm Farm In Interior New York are wor' 1 now little more than half their value 111 H70, and no more than U-forei the war. The troiertr owned by New York ritr I eatimatxd to bava rien in value fnjin r-VT.tXtO.OH) in 17I to Wi,0i)O,000 In For the flrt ii month of IWi.l the niim of the I'nited Htat niotlv gold and eilver niinea paid i,TtXl,(W in div idend. lirituli roach anil carriage builder Import from America their rhoicral apokea, IiuIhi and ntw for whel manu- fact n re. (ieorgla I rapidly developing a a Iruit growing renter. Within a few year thounand of prai h and p'ar tree have I wn aet out. The King of Portugal ha the mot roatly rrown in the world. The gold and jewel of which it il Comix wed are val ued at K.VM.Oihi. Il atM-ar from a Treaiiry atatement that tliere are :l.M0 $10,Kl bills, 14.hn.' to.UM) bill and 47.314 f 1.000 bill in cir culation in thi country. Iluring the r)rt nine month of the vcar over 2.IMK) mile of railway were limit, and It i expected thai poeniblv br January 1 the mileage will reach :,lM. Type are not m- In printing Persian newpaier. The "ropy" i given to an eM-rt penman, who write it out neatly. Then the work ia lithographed. The world' hop crop thi year I eeti mated to lie ".OtHi.UOO outid le than lat year, although the United State crop la 4,mxi,(MK) Miunda greater than laet aean'in. The operative in Japan mill work every day, there lieing no Sunday. The hour range from twelve to eeventeen, but the pace I low and there are fre quent holiday. Mr. K. K.. Willard ha a twrber ahop in Chicago. She run ail chair, and each one i in charge of a woman harlier. I her are paid $12 a week, with a hall ol what they take III over A bar of tel cooling 1 may be worked up into l'Xi worth of neeille; made into kmle blade, it i worth .'l."Hi; made into balance epring for watchea, the tame lr would be worth '.W.OiH. 1TKKLY I'KH-SONAL Mim UkI, the lt of the Kngli-h-women tcuni player, won the Went ol F.ngland chamiionhip when she wa only lft year old. "And how do you do, Mr. Juxtice Holme?" wa the greeting lr. Oliver Wendell Holme gave hi am, Judge Holme, laid wk when tl Autocrat" vicitcd the roiirtboiiKe in lloatou and wa met at the door by hi mm. Iinl Houghton, the Ixird Lieutenant of Ireland, ha Celtic blood In hi vein (one of hi ancetor wa the lourth Yi-i-ount tialway), while hi children are di-arendcd through their mother from Kicliard llrinley Sheridan. Wliitelaw Held ha been entertaining Mr. and Mr. Tboma Hal lev Aldrich and tieneral and Mr. Lew Wallace at hi country et, phir farm, in Wot Chester outinty. Hi visitor were fre quently seen at the tvunty (air horse show. . Massenet told an interviewer the other dav that he muld play a lleethoven so nata on the piano when only 4 year old. The rouiHHMr 1 now but 61. and will soon celebrate the thirtieth anniverarr of the production ol " Ivid I'ltzio," his first sucresstul iml lor lame. The Archbishop of Canterbnry re reive a salary of 7&,IX0. Neit to the (.jileen he orcupie the poeitinn of head of the church. The Archbishop of York and the llisbopof Uuidon receive iHW each, the Pishop of Winchester nearly a much, and other salaries o( the epiVpal Uly range from (10.IHX) to r.'VUM. Prince Komatn, a near relative of the imN'rial family of Japan, with hi wife i about to lirgin a journey to Kurope to par In rvvect to the various crowned dead there. In ail probability lie will also visit thi country. The I'rtnce is a young man, not more than 30 rear old, and an ortlcer in the Japanese navy. He aa formerly attachi'd to the Japanese Fmlay 'n llerlin. I'r. Wendell Oliver Holme, speaking ol hi visit to the new courthouse in Itoston. said that tM-rhai the most in teresting ohjivt he saw w a Judge Shaw' 1I rocking 1 hair, ami ttiat perbap tlie most interesting thing he did wa to sit in it himself. Judge Shaw, he thought, aa the ilr-t Judge to Ue a rocking chair at hi duties on the bench. Aivordii.g to foreign paper Prince Itisii arck 1 allowing hi ls-rd to grow, not bring al le to handle hi ramr, anil in the hoe that it wilt help to prevent the pains in hi lace. Tlnx-e who have wrn phot-vrapba o the e-Chanvllr taken with a Is-ard in hi younger dav will n'gn't hi dn ision, a the a-Mition i not an orn.iment i" his handsome and powerful l-e. "Cousin Pen " Fo!oin. hiring taken a wile, will pmtiahlr settle down in Omaha, where he ia aaid to have mnsid- erahle r.-ai estate. Il i said thrtt M'ousin IWn" ha.v no ris lied the W hue House since he returned from the Cm ular position al Sheffield. Fngland, and that to rrlaiiona with the President have been badly t rained mre lal March, when he asked lor a U tter pl.-e and waa refused. From that moment politi. J l.fe tost it charm, lie wa al lowed to retain hi Consulship at Shef field during Mr. Harrison' trruj aa aa -t of "rnurteerta the emuie of Mr. Cieraiaod." EASTERN MELANGE. A Kanaa Man Convicted on Thirty-five Counts. APPK5DICITIS 05 THE I5CBEAHE An Effective Measure lielng Taken to (Tom Gtrublln; tod Tool Uuotut In St. 1'aol. Irge beU of porcelain clay have leen discovered in the Cherokee Mnp. A war of eitermlnalion against oleo margarine ha liegun in I'lttshnrg. Opposition to the elertric railroad at (iettysburg haa apparently diel out. Nearly 1 10, Out is paid for iension to flreuicn in .New York city every month. The grand Jury of Halter roiinty, Ark., ha indicted sniy ersona for aring. A. C. Ilnriihain of Champaign, III., ha given 10,UOU to found a bor'tal in the town. New York i developing a Isuintiful harvest of crank since tho Harrison murder in Chicago. Crop failure and the opening of the Cherokee strip have aliiuxtt depopulated Ninth western Kansa. Survivor of tho recent flood in Iti isiana proixMH to establisli lulony id I, IKK) fainilie ia Colorado. The tobacco crop in the Ifoilsatonlr Vallev, Conn., haa an estimated value of f :I.0m'i,mm, tlie highest on n-rord. Tlie eiportation of roke has rerently ls-.ine a feature of llaltimom' trah. A large supply Udispatrhed every month to Mexico. Tlm I'nited Tress ha taken np Its alssle at Washington, l. ('., in suite of ten of the handsomest newspajier rogiii in the country. A wirictr ha Wn fornusl in Haiti- more, the avowed object of which is to assist ill tHTiM'tuatiug the memory of . .. . 1 . " 1 1 . l nrisiopner 1 oiuiiioiis. Tliere I talk of transporting the New KampshireState building at the! lilcago K.xposiiion to Maiu'hester, N. II., and turning It Into a puiilir iiiusvum. It ha been auggestol that the many diit.licato volume in the Congressional l.ibrarv lie made tlie nncleii ol a free circulating library for Washington. C. O. Ileardsley haa lieen convicte.1 on thirtr-llve count of selling liquor ille gallv at F.l dirado, Kan. Hi line will I si f.'I.UK) and hi jail sentence l,ti.'iUiiay. Alter a careful investigation the New Orleans Tiuie-ifiiits-ral state that the ovster indiitrr of luiisiana waa not so- rioiisly injured liy tlie late svero storm. Knniuragiiig result are said to lie ol taini"l Irom the exploration of the Pie draa Negra coal mine of Mexico, w hich i being made for theC. P. Huntington interests. Within twentv-foiir hour after the Itattlo Creek disaster on the Orand Trunk rnilroud lllty lawyer were on the ground looking for'damago itiita on the percentage plan. Tho Supreme Court of Massachusetts ha decided that a man I lusiiiici in sloimimr a doir llirht. ami if he get hit- ten while doing it, the master of thedog I liable for damage. The Medical Sis-iety of New York ha adopted a report calling attention to the danger of drinking water trout the aver uge water tank, a found in railway cars and other public place. Most of Wii-oiisin' line tlsh exhibit at the fair will be taken to foreign lands to further exix'rimeut in propagation The Chicago public achtail w ill nocive a iHirtion of the display. In view of the alarming spread of a- H'iiduitis a prominent lite iiisuiauce i-ompany propos- to insert the ones il.ni 'lo von swallow irralie 4sls?'' in it application blanks, liev. Kdward lluglev, pastor of the Christian Church at Washington, ha iM-eu ele'tel to hi Chaplain of the House bv I Hums-rats, to take the place of Itev. S. W. Haddaway, deceased, The exhibit at Chicago of grain and rice from Mexico, Utieria and Trinidad are to I disinfected, with the object of nreveiitiiig the introduction in this conn try ol insect peel not nntive to our soil. A Toronto capitalist ii at Niagara Falls trying to organize a company to build a bridge acme tho river for tha exclusive use of trolley car. He estimate that the structure could l constructed for fiul.ixni. The Ileal Fstate Congres at the World's Kair developed the fact that the iteol Chicago waa marked a a trading post on Ij Salle' map, made in in liiisl, and that it waa thru designated "She- kaw-gn." Alliert Abbink at the St. Ixini (Mo.) citv liis-pital i siilb'ring (mm a disease callil aiirhvliwtnmtim dodenale, the ef- fis t of w hich i to render him a w hite a marble. Kven hi tongue, gum and finger nail are devoid of all oolor. The Lighthouse Hoard ha demon strated that telephone communication mav le establishel from the shore to vessel near shore. The method mill 1 put into practical operation a on as fund are available lor tlie purpose. The murderer of the Wrattan family, Stone, who wa lsfore the grand iurr at Washington, Ind., stated that ( harles , McCattertr, whose wife 1 heir to the Wrattan estate, and Hohert Swancgan were among hi accomplice in the mur der. Tlie opinion of the banker who were recentlr convenel at Chicago seems to be that the periM'tualion and extension of the national banking system without a Und lai i prfectlr pnwticable by the application of tlie safety-fund method. The resolution authorizing the Com- mill) on Agriculture and Forvstrr to continue during rei-e the investigation of Slate agriculture, authorireil by the resolution adopliNl April 19, Is'.'.. ami larch wan agres to t.y the en- at. The merchant of St. Paul hare taken what promises to l an effective meas ure toward clewing th gambling and pisd Mom o( that city by r-oiving to watch for and instatitlr di's-harge such of their employe a may frequent them. W. II. K'l,-V. ainior member of the laite dry il lmixrting house of W. H. Hilry A Co. ol New York and Pan, haa teen rrstl in the latter citr and charged with entering imported at the custom-house or mean ol lalse in-vou-, by mean ol which the govern- ment haa been defrauded. New mm Washington intimate that the naval (ore of the I'nited State in llraiilian water I bring reinforced to rountrrart the influence of Oennanr and Fngland, which i exemsesi in faror of M1T.0 and lo Ih d lvantge of the Irxle relation between Hrwnl and thi eonntrr. MinirWr Thorn pn ha re M irrti In.Uaction to pnsiaat amini any lorsogn InWrrwatioa, FK0M WA3H150T05 CITY. Tha Treaidant haa ordered a eourt martial to meet at Fort Kno. 0. T., to trv Cal.Lain Il.ni.l F. tililca (retired) for rharg, arising out of lb dispoeition of government property In maiui ua maue liunself Iwneticiarr. I'otmater-ieneral Bissell haa trans mitteil to the Secretarr of the Treasury estimate (or the p(sti.lni-e iK-partment for the fiaral rear ending June 30. 1!5. The total amount i ia,3l,4H5. a against W,M,3li for the pre-nt fiscal year. Advlcea re.-eive. at the Treaatirr I-e-partuient itate that the I' niled State immigration arrangement with Canada for in.pi-cting immigrants at Juclse i working mot stilai torily. Kveryron renieni and coiirt-sy has len extended to the I'nited States "olhVial. The clae of immigrant is said to l improving. I5riga-ller-;eneral I. W. Flg'er, rhief of ordinance, has made hi annual report to Secretary Umont. It show the amount ol eipeiMlitnn sdiiring the fiscal year ima wa M,7i1'.2 i Among the first matter treated in the report i that relating to the inadequacy of the gen. eral appropriation for arming and equip ping the uulitiaol the I'nited State. Secretary HerU rt say that there Is no truth whatever in the r port that Hrazil ha lieen a. -lively n.-gotiatir.g with the Cniti-I Males for the purchase of the new I'nited States war ships M i. hiM, Monlgoiiierv and Marblehead: that the Navy In partuient ia utterly without power to sell the veels, for only Congress cou'd do that. No nego tiation to that end are pending. The Chinese extension hill, aa it goea to tho President for hi ngnature, re "Uiire ad Chinese lalsirer III the Unitesl State. entitle to remain before it passage, to secure their rertitlcate of residence w ithin six months of the time fixed by the liearr act. Chinamen fail ing to rivis'er within six months shall lie deported under the former art, except that the requirement of a white wilne 1 renmveii. Ail proceeding Tor viola tion of the (ieary act as originally en acted, except a to criminals, are eu pended. Ihowonl "lalsirer" In the a. t is construed to mean killl and un skilled mauii.il lalsirer, and the term " merchant" i defined to mean a rn'r sou engaged in buying and selling nier rlnndie at a llxisl place of business, carried on under hi name. It is pro vided that the rertitlcate shall rontatn the photograph of the applicant, t -get her witn his name, hi local residence and hi occupation. Senator Ilutlor ha intpsliii-od a bill w hich has lor it object the establish inetit ol a government system of tele graph lines. The bill directs the organ ization of a Isiard, to consist of the Sec retary of State, tho Si-cretary of War and Ihn Postmaster-tieneral, who are directed to arrange, a svstem of trunk lino telegraphy connecting the- various section of tlie country w ith the city of Washington, with conmvtiona along these line at such cities a shall Is-st .tvi the public gssl. The system i to Ini carried on as a part of the poetal sys tem of the country, and discrimination in rate i prohibited, except that a lc rate i allowed for pre message than for current business. The carrying on of the tcicrsph busincs by individual or cororatioii i not prohibited. The bill I voluminous, and drain largely with the ib'tails of how the lino shall l constructed. An appropriation of o.OiUNIinj ,ik,h to Is'gin the work. The House Committee on Territories has lieen busy several week p-rfecting a bill for the admission of I'lah. Though the administration has not wished to see the admission ol the Territoriea pressel just now, tlie fact that the men w ho wilt tune to the Senate and House from all the promised new States would le silver men has caused the promoter of the Statclnstl movement to pxure. In order to get around any such ditlicultr a thi iHdegnte Joseph of New Mexico ha pro posts) to Inive the bill admitting hi Ter ritory changed so that admission will not Uvotno oH-rative until IH'.i."). For I'tuh, Aiiioua and New Mexico it is pro Hmst 10 grant them double the amount of land graute I the hist Territories to tie admitted. The reason for thi ia there were grant made for the purpose of es tablishing a fund for various institutions, and it i claimed the lands which the three Territories now knocking at the door will receive are mostly, if not en tirely, arid and lit (or nothing until they have Is'cn made valuable by a costlv svstem of irrigation, The last six State admitted leceivcd a grant (or various State institutions alsmt lOO.OtH) acre of land each. The three Territories asking for admission think thev will need at least l.lkiO.tKX) acres. In a communication to Congress the Secretary of the Treasury aska for an appropriation of f I ft.rt HJ for freight on bullion and coin Is-twcen mint and as sar oilier for the current llsral year. He say that, owing to the iiocvesitr of transporting a large amount of gold bull ion from the assay oilier at New York to Philadelphia (or coinage and of gold ami silver bullion from the mint at Carson City to the mint at San Francisco for coinage, as well as the increased diqsisit ol gold bull ion at the minor assay oilier, it will I ncesary to obtain an appro priation to supply a ib liciener in theap prtiprmtion for this purpose. Thi defi ciency grows out 01 the lact llial lor sev eral yer.r past tliere ha lsen no trans fer of bullion from New York to Phila delphia, and conscqiifiitlv no appropria tion therefor, and from the further fact that by reason of the suspension of coin e operations at Carson Citv it will lie newarr to transport Isith the gold and silver bullion from that institution to San Francisco for coinage. Theexpense of transporting this bullion is Ice, how ever, than it would N to coin it at Car s.n Citv, At Carson Citr there ia itHH), ixJ of gold bullion and liW.ftm ailver. The amount of gold bullion in New York that is to U' carried to Philadelphia ag gregate JO.iW.ft'O. Representative Hermann ha rsn in consultat.on with the FostofMce IVpart metit as to nnmerou application Irom his Mate for contract to carry the I'nited ft.it- mails for the next four year and for the addition of many route not included in the published propossl. In the course of the inter view Mr. Hermann represented to the department how in hi State many m,. tractor have heretofore bid so low for the mail service a to lie rendered unable to complv with the law, and a a result the people have received wretched mail convenience. He stated to the depart ment officials that should uch low bids again 1 accepted he propose tues that the contract shall t compiled w ith both to the manner a well a the tunecon traded (or. Ha ay the people alo complain that contractor snnlrt at such low rate a lo mr)l person to ne ill led. overworked and nrwittahle horse (n l also cheap and etred conveyance ana are nnan.e to deliver me man on schedule time or in pmtevted rmn-i.tion. He hrliere that the law should tw fear lessslr etiforre.1 in all rasee of fine or otherwise, and that postmaster should ba directed to report every violation or laiinreol schedule, and they should be inrrstigatol in any rase wher they should fail to mak report. He thinks. If the law wera more grnera"r en forced, reck lee and unpmftaMe bidding fur FOREIGN IHES. Jamei Gordon Bennett Injared in a Coaching; Accident. THE BIO APPETITE OF LOSDO.V. Cblcf Result of the General Election fur tbe Lower Honse of tha Diet In Sweden. Constantinople is to be lighted hr rlei-tricity. The Sia iallst movement is making rapid progress in Austria. Italy i making an earnest effort toex tirpate brigandage in Sicilr. The Herman soldier's cooking utensil are to be made of aluminium. A new industry in France i the sell ing of milk froirii solid in cans. F.ngland received ld.OiXl.OJO letters from the t'nited State lost vear. The Turkish cavalry i generally ad mitted to ! the lines' in all Kunie. Belgian forces have captured Kirnndu, an Arab stronghold near Stanley Fall. The inrreased exiense of thetierman army is to be Istrne by a tax on wine and ti b.iccu. The Sultan of Morocco ha forbidden the export of grain from hi territoriea alter IVeemlicr", I Hranicre. the Pari writer, claim to 1 have discovered the identity of the ".Man I with the Iron Mask." Following the plague of wasp last ::mmer, F.urope 1 sintering from an un I usnal quantity of moths. Marshal MacMnhon memoir are i likely to be suppressed by hi family lie- cause too cntnal ol contemporary men There are at the present moment eleven pretenders to the various throne of Kuro.e trying to make good their claims. Tlm West Australian Parliament is draliiitf with a measure of Chinese re slriction on the legislation ol the other colonic. Mirniii di Itudini sav Italv'l mill tary expense should Is reduced, a the tiixpavrr are now burdened to the limit of their strength. According to the Koitmanian paper the rumor thattjueen F'.liralielh contem plate an carlv return to Bucharest has no fouii'tntion in lact. The chief result of the general election for tbe biwer House of tiieSwelisli I'ict ha isi-n to strengthen the Moderate Free Triulo or Center party. According to statistics just issued in F.ngland the condition of farm lalsirer In thirteen countle of Ireland Is now better than at any previous time. Social IVmocmt in (iermanr find great dillicultv , their annual report sav in providing sis-akers, organizer and reading matter to meet the demand. IUnm Uothsehild has tsjught a larg trai t of land, the personal property of of the Sultan, near the Jordan. He In tends to found there a largo Jewish col ony. France is going to try the plan of printing postal cards in blocks, with stubs, like a check )sik, so that the writer can keep note of hi corresHiud encr. Herman financier are disappointed over the Italian Premier's exposition of Italy's finance, and all chance of that country obtaining a loan in Berlin van- I islics. I An encounter U-tween the police and 1 the native on the Ord river, West Aus tralia, resulted in one oliceinan lieing s tic red and twenty-threo native l:ing ' shot dead. I Irish railway carry a great many more I first-chis passenger than any other Country in the Cnitetl Kingdom, and I Fngland head the list in third-das , passenger. I I -on don haa a big appetite. It devour every vear over 4i"J,lM oxen, l.tlUO.HOil ! sheep, ftoO.OOO calves, 700,t.H) hogs, fowls ' innumerable, and consume U,Ku0,000 I gall on of milk, 1 Tha government of West Australia 1 propose to tloat a loan of x!40,000, to i I cxiendcd in railway-construction and 1 in the development ol gold fluid and j other mineral resource. J Map for the use of farmer, descrili- ing the rhemical qualitii of the land in I various parte of the country and naming 1 the b'-st manures for each section, have j Wn propow-d in France, t A small scandal ha arisen in British ' church circles frntu the fact that there : were (V)0 applii ant (or a place a chap j lain on a yacht and only five lor a curacy of hard work in the slum. James Cordon Bennett, who haa been confined (o hi room by tlie coaching ac Icideut in Paris, is to 'be taken to the I Kiviera, hut his friends are reported I hopeless that he will ever recover, j An ex-chimnev sweep, working on tribute at the White Chlls (N. S. V.) opal lields, recently struck a pocket of ' U ...n.ll ..... l"bl ihVI Tl. finder's share amounted to l.S.lHO. A patent ha lssen granted in Auck - 1111 II I'WIIIIII VIII ...I.W.r, I IIO land, New Zealand, for a net to catch whales. The mesh i big enough for a calf to pa through, and it is said lo have lieen ns.sl already with great suc cess. A locomotive is tssing built at Glasgow which is expected to make 100 miles an hour. It is to have twelve-foot drivers, and the builders calculate that it will draw an express train eighty mile an hour with rase. The Puke of Westminster, who owns a large number of houses in the fashion able district of Mayflower, Ixmdon, ha declined to lease or renew leases to anv argen, physician, dentist or medical man in general. It appear that the experiment for some time past in France for obtaining a satisfactory method of color printing on leather have lieen so far successful a to oen np a prospect of a new and at tractive industry. The contract tor boring a tunnel through the Simplon has just lieen signed. Il ha tsen undertaken on behalf of the Jura Simplon Kailway Companv br MM. Iand. Bran. 1ii A Co. of Hamburg and IrtrUrr A Co. ol Zurich. The n.'.nument w hich ha lieen erected npon the lattle field of Solferusj 1 one of the largest, if not the largest, of it kind in all Kurope. It consist of a tower seventy-four meters high, sur mounted by an electric lamp. Tbe attempt made by a syndicate of Frmneo-Yieneee tailors to revive the brght raiment of the countrr noblemen of the last two centuries and'of the dan lie o( the Iiro-torr have (alien through. Kvening dres will remain as it is. Newspaper life appears to 1 rerr ex citing in Knssia. An editor in K"urb recentlr discharge.! a proof reader. Later in the Air tbe man returned, killed the editor and then opened fire on the staff. Two were killed, aad tUa other escaped by Jumping oat of L window. WT - Valley, V(2(r7Hc; Walla Walla, 5tf 87tC par cental. ixoca, mo. arc. Fuca-Btandard.l2.0O; I ay ton. 12.00; Walla Walla, ti.ll; graham, 12.60 su perflne, ll'.W per barrel. Oars-New white, 3.1(436 per bushel : new grav, 3J'4h--; rolled, in lxg, rn.25 (rfrl.fsjj Wrel. art.T5i.t7.lW: cases, 3.75. Miixsnrrs Bran, l0t; shorts, $!H.0ll; ground barley, V-"-' 23 i chop Iml, 1H iier ton ; w hole feed, liarley, 7i c tier rental; middling. 12:1 i2S per ton; chicken wheat, $1.10.4 1. 15 per cental. Hav iood, I0i12 per Utn. DAiar raoni'ca. Rrrria Oregon lancy rreamery, 30 $S2tc; fancy dairy, 2.V-' 27 V; fair to good, 2022'wc; common, H'!j2uc per isiiimt. ,., Ciiarsx-Oregon. lOclc; Califor- . I - 1l:..llL. Ilia, IJ"1-H, IOI1I1K nmnin, ji.isii.si, Swiss, in.p irted, 3J ?J2c ; domestic, IH w IMc H-r pound. Fun regon, 30c er doien; Kt ern. 'St .27'fC. , poui.TRr Nominal; chicken, mixtil, 2 25a3.5H; dinks, $3.00nl4.50: ge-e.-, 7.A0iiiH .V) per doen; turkey, live, 13c per pound ; dressed, l.V. r KOKTABI.K AMD fKl'ITS. VioTAHi.a Cabliage, Is pur smnd; tiotatisBs, Dregoii, T5c per sack ; new on ion, 1'4C V I""""': bmiiit. 3-Vit 40cK'rlsx; green corn, 15c perdoxcii; sweet stto's, 1 '4 "t 1 lc H-r jsjiind ; tr egoll ivlerv, 'Si -u6uV. Fai'ir--Sicily lemons, I'l.OO rfu.50 r-r Ikjx: California new crop, f5.otM5.60 H-r (six ; bananas, 1 .50ia3.00 p-r bunch ; oranges, f3 50 H-rlsix ; Oregon peaches, i6 .r70c l-er laix; (all butter iiear. H0f 1V per lix; graH-s, 6omtHic- p'r Isjxj New York Conmrds, 4 k; per basket ; Italian prunes, 75.1.00 per Isix; ap ples, Baldwin, King, H5ci4fl.0() pr box; Waxen, 75 iiVOo; craula-rrie. H.O0('t8.50 per barrel. staplb aaoriaiaa. Corria-Costa Kica, Wn, 22c; Salvador, 2llc; Mocha. 2tl',,(rf2.V; Ar biii kle's, Columbia and Ijou, 100-s3iuid case, 25.!0c Jier sjlllld. HoNV Choice coin h, 18c per pound; new Oregon, 10ia20c; extract. Hut 10c. . Pkikd Fat'iT Isti.l pack, Petite prunes, 8 it 10c; silver, 10 a 12-; Italian, Ihnloc; tierman, SirltK-; plums, ll UV: evasratel apples, HulOc; evaMraU-l ancits, 15ialtk'; peaches, 1012'c; rn ar. 7itllc er siund. Salt l.iverssil, 2 Hs, $15.50; 100. flrt.00; 50. fltl.50; st.a k. fH.50 -t.60. Bxans Small whites, :l"3L4c; pinks, 3c; liayo. UkOc; butter, 4cj lima, 3',e per 'Hind. Ru a laland.f.VTSiu'tl.OO; Japan, none in market; New Orleans, 5.&0m.:5 tier cental. Sracr Kastern, In barrels, 40t55c; in half-Urri'ls, 42 u6Tc; ill cases, 35"f 80c wt gallon ; 12.25 per keg; California, in barrel, 200c per gallon; f 1.76 per kftH. Souab D, 5'4c; Golden C,54c; extra C, 6 ' .c ; confectioners' A,'c; drv gran- ulatwl, 0'4c; cube, crusiieu ami pow dered, 7'nC VT punnd; l4'c Hr pound discount on all grade for prompt cash; maple sugar, 15i lio per putind. CAKNID OOODS. Candid (ioons Table fruit, aasortel, fl.75m2.00; iM-aihe. l.K5n(2.tW; Bart- lett ears, tl.iH..w; piuiiis, i.oi 1.60; straw tarries, f'J.25ii2.45; cherries, fl'.252.40; blackberrie, fl.HnmZ.isj; taspls-rries, f2.40; pineapples, f2.25i4 2.S0; apricota, fl.tlS. Pi Iruita, assorteil. $1.20: peachea, $1.25; plums. fl.O0'4l.2O; blacklierrie, f l.iiii 1.40 jier dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.15(43.60: H-a'lies, t,l.&0(a4.(Hi; apri cots, f3.50i44.00; plums, f2.75t3.00; blackla'rrie,4.2.ri"4.fiO: tomaloes.fi. 10, M bath Cornell tecf, 1. fl.40; 2s, $2.10: chliei, $2.35; lunch tongue, 1. $3.60; 2s, rO-75; deviled ham, fl.60'4 2.75 a-r down. Fish Sardine. V. "Sent $2.25; S. $2.15.4.60; lolwters, $2.:M)m3.50; sal mon, tin 1-lh tall, $1.25 ( 1.50; flat-, 1.76;2-lbs, $2.2r) 2.50; .-liarrel, $5.50, PROVISIONS. F.astkx SnoKBit Mbats AND I.ABD Hams, iiiimIiuiii, US'" 15'?c ht iMiiind; breakfast bacon, lHiflU'tc; short clear Nides, 16(it liic; dry salt sides, 13nt.l4r; lanl, rniniound, in tins, 10u4c per pound; pure, in tins, 13 V! bc. AOS AND BAHOINO. Burlap, 8-otiiice, 40-inch, net rash, 6c; burlaps, 10'-ounce, 40-inch, net cash, n'...c; burlap, H'coum-e, 40-incli, 7V; hurlaps. Ill-ounce, 00-inch, lie; burlap, ln-otince, 7d-incli, 14i,,1 wheat liags, Calcutta, 22x3ti, spot. He; 2-bushel oat Isxgs, 7',c; No. 1 selwted mwiif hand bags, 7c; Calcutta hop cloth, 24 outii-e, ltk HOPS, WOOL AND III UBS. Hora "1'2, nominally at 10iloc per pound, there being none in the market new crop, 'U3, ltlc for choice; inferior, Ho and upward. Wool Prices nominal. H111BH Irr sele-tel prime, 6c; green, salted. I'K) siiuds and over, 3',c; under Hi pounds, it. lo: sheen pells, sliearlings, 10iitl.Sc; nieiliiim, 20m 35c; long wool, 30iuM0c; tallow, good to choice, 3(J3',c per pound. UVB AND DBBHSaD MB AT. Baar Prime Rteers. $2.60ia2.75; fair to gissl steers, $2.00ir2.50; gooil tochoice cows, f I.ft0itf2.00; Ureaeed beef, $.(.60-4 rt.tW H-r 1(W Miind. MrrroN Choice mutton, 12.00(22.60; lresse.1, $4,011(4 6.60; lambs, $2.00irt2.60; dresse.1, $(1.00; live weight. $2.00m2.60. Hos Choii-e heavy, f5.00(t5.&0; me dium, $46Oc(6.0O; light and feeders, $4 fsMS.OO; dressed, $7.00. Vbal $4.00(40.00. MIBCBIXANBOOa, Tin I. C. charcoal. 14x20, prime qual ity, irt.iVMSUW tier box; for crosses, $2 extra per Isix; I. U. coke plates, 14x20, prime quality, f7.60i 8.(10 per lix ; terne plate, I. C, prime quality, fo. 50(47.110. Nailb Base quotations: Iron, $2.25; steel, $2.35; wire, $2.60 per keg. Stbbl Per pound, I0l,c. I.bad Per pound, 4lc; bar, fl'tc NavalSmkis Oakum, $4.50(46.00 per bale: resin, 4.ft i'5.0 per 40 pound; Ur, Stockholm, $13 ; Carolina, $'. per lar rel ; pilch, frt per barrel ; turpentine, Hoc per gallon in car lot. Ibosj Bar, 24e per pound; pig-iron, 23 j25 per ton. Henry M. Stanley ha ma le a collec tion ol nineteen legends that were re lated to him during hi African travel, and they are to be published bv the Scribner under the title "Mv 'Park Companions and Their Strange Stories." Henry ;.tork of legenJ is (aid to 1 in exhaustible. The Mongolian pheasant is being in traduced into the Puvallup Vallev, Wa-h. ' AdsnlltL Her Father Von wish to m daughter, I understand. Her Adorer I U . ;r. Iter Fatbrr lsrrrrlrt M srlfa l U m. hat you art a f.l Her Adorer-AVaU. I auppoa I am. Brocklm Ufa.O HUCrvat Mistake. Riggls W'hat did M.ss Dawson aar when roo broas off your ec-sT-menl with kerf Twangle hb dido t sar r:-rihlna: She waa prechlasa. Hiii Good cradoua' W'hjt a wlfls ris xr 1-irtt T-itlia, () FARM 'AND GARDEN. Appropriate Snpcsestjon f Careful I'erusaL PAYS TO USE GOOD SEED WHEAT Whal Intluenee the (Jatllfy uf j, Wheat Hi I poo the Yleld Etperlmental Kesult. Prof. C. C. (ieorgeson of t,e i a Agricultural College i-ontribiiu-. the 1 1 lowing for the lieiiclit ol farm, rs 1!' ii,.. II... i.a.l ll.r.u. ..... , 1 Ur- ing the past thr.-e years we have ' llieiited to am-erUm what inllunu, . . ..iul.ty ol s,l wheat had u,., in. ror v., pu-laisetbe when en divid.sl into thn-e grades .. , re den inate.1 heavv." Vu'iir,,..'!''. d "light." ll.egwde.;ere,& running the w heat through a l.m' ,11. Ill the lirst place the w I "J"' ..u fr..M, fl.a fl.u.l M 'I """i r sius run II...... the funning mill to blow out the p, of straw and chatf which it coiiti.r.1 ''"itfh The w heat thu. cieatil was d, ,,,,,,,,, ': the common" grade. The 'lv" and "light" grades were obtain.,! 'i.. . 1 running the "common" grade thr,,, .; the mill so as to divide it into ih. 1,.. ' . est and pluniM-st seed on the one hi,l and the small and more or h- -lino r,! on the other. The former w:i i "heavy" seed and the hitter "light," Fa h of these three grades wen. ..... on five plat, each plat or.e-lwi-iitieU, 4 an arrr 10 riu iu, niio ine couipiriMinof the vield was luisisl ite,ti t. nr!ltf of the live plat in each coe. J , explain here that tho reason I im. gvj pint 1 that by tliut mcun it lv.,in.- Mssible to get a la-tter average of tin soil lor each extieri nt. If only on plat is used in such experiments, ti1(ft is a K-sihihty that some of these iin;:e pints may I located on rich sjsjti inn field and other in txir ssii, M lt well nigh impossible to find lields w h ct, are of absiii,-v eipial iii.ilitv all Utt. But by multiplying the plaL, ii trT tinting them with one another oer th whole area under ex (x-runeiit and then busing the culcuhitmn on an nt-rj? yield of eai h set of plat it is Kil:etu eliiiunnte the enor due to inp:!itr ia the soil, which would otherwise anw. Now for the resiiltsof thrscrxperiuitnti. The average yield for the three rut they have l"-ii carriinl on area Ml,,.,; Light se-d, 25. PJ bushels grain and 1 U tons straw ht acre; comiuoii n-rd, 3,5; bushel grain and 1.42 tons sttiw rs-r acre; heavy seed, 27.07 hiishel gr.a and 1.57 ton straw per ai re. It sill l seen from thi that the Is-tter I lis sent, the better the yield. It should l nutei, however, that the grade here ct.ri "common" is letter than the nn.i seed wheat lise.1 by farmer genrrailT. The majority of wheat grower kis th wheat just a it come (nun the llirwlxr, and eonseoiieiitl v it contiiins more or Im cluiir and bit of straw and weed unit, which were epnratet in our experimi-nu bv runiiiiig the w heat through the fan ning mill. The wheat was seeded at tl ritc of a bushel and a peck per Birr, pit in with a press drill, and the variety us-d wa the "Cnrrell." But thr u.i ence of goisl seed ran lie trai-ed far if vond the yield of the lirst year. Iti.J Ihi apparent in smressive crop, oir( to the inexorable law ol hemlitr, bt which the oirspring partakes of the. (ir ncterof the parent sbs k. Tliill fully reiiignineil by all breeder of lie proved livestock, who exercisetli'fm.' est care to select the Is'st animi!i l-l they can get to breed from in orkr thc'otlspiing may I of siip-iior i-i'.r and sell al a g'xsl price. It isilutiou operation of this law thai ramixn. who have only common cattle, are im ions to obtain pure-bri mules for tlf held in order that the steers tlit'TM mav get Isdter form, grow larger tl fee.1 iM'ttertliantlieotrspriiigof llii-r. hull. This law holds equally true u seeil-breiiling. The grain raisnl Ira t silierior quality of seed, which h '"3 selected with 'due care, will lie Ml-: seed and yield liotter crop when Hit sow n than" grain raised from inlrr quality of reed. Mt of our Wcirro dinners recognise this principle in U selection of their seel corn. At lin-kxi time thev select the Urgest and lirst ." and hang them in the loft orsometrrt.-l place, to lie used for s,v. nest fpnrt Why not apply the same principle ton selection of sittl wheat? The "' inent I have quoted above proves t! ' i not'an idlo theorv, bat it ii M w hich can lie verified by any one w will go to the m-cessary trouble. II have not lieen in the habit of deaniri vour seed w In at heretofore, do It tw fall. It will pay yon. r ACTS or INTEREST. A lionrd floor in a poultry-hone ij much easier kept clean by covering si'.a dry sand. Keep the poultry-house will clrM. for there is where disea-e arj d Term will breed if neglected. (iivc medicine to sick fowls in i n"' ing water. They will often refuse to hut will nearly always drink. ( Put the harvesting machinery nr.ff shelter. It i BncedieswBsteto.' it to stand out in the weather alien lier is so cheap. . ,w Fowls shut up and fed corn ar.J alone for ft few dav More being l!.." are very much better flavored tlin killnl otr the range. Store awav the sorghum f' millet and sunflower seed, a go"l Mcf of clover hav a corn, oat and when feed ixmltrv during w inter. Keep farm harm' in good ret sir. It is well to have a supply m buckles of assorted sires and some iri on hand to use in case of an emcrpru . It is not gocsl practice to sell I1.1V. a bsi much fertility ll,u''.',t farm with iL You will hae to 1. I. k in later year if the practice a tinned. , . . iira Increasing the pnsluction ot a' without adding to the acreage i 'n line of progress, (iraduallr r'",T,,. learning to increa the vie.d lr - 1 ing mure rational method. Agriculture can 1 rr.a-le """ "' ,jf anexa t science bv the Bt r'.' rf irrigation to the soil than by D. . , means whatever. It prev nt- and makes crop certain, and tt L the earning porr v u' ' .,. . vr.r We .hall see It mnch n. ire evri- apphel in the fut ure Ui.m " ' in the past. now BUofcet. Wsr ''"' Blankets, It Is .d. were nsrrir lh, first makers, three '.'rfj lol. Kr.ghoid. naaieil M"r,,-,"."j u-,- Tboma Blanket, who e-tA . .ii. tm.leh.lhi. artulrof ""Jj IB wrr tbe esrhe-t man.lf-u""V -tke middle of the Fourwntb F UoaUsa ComnierviaL alsa ArTalrfc f fnnnlrin. Child-PP " cry at wn Wings' .,n t" papa lahrtracted.yH-M y Wwkly . . - - O