EUGENE CITY GUARD.
LbCAirBILU rrrlUr,
EUGENE CITY, OREGON.
INDEMNITY TO BE PUD
Only Question Now Is a Guar
antee of Payment.
MCAIUGUA WILL MAKE IT AMPLE
I ay mm t to II Mult In London Fifteen
liar Afler Ilia llrltl.h Klret
Kalla From Corlnlo.
Washington, May 8. The guaran
tee of the payment by Nicaragua tuu
indemnity an rtxuind ly Great ltritaiu
will bo Hindu in thu amplest manner
jioasible, 11 there apisfars to bo ii fur
ther obstacle lM.-tweou the two countries
art ti thu final adjustment. Thu guaran
ty will 1) ill any ouo of several forma
an fulliiwH:
First Tho pomiao of tho Nicara
guali KoviTUiiii lit, which art a govern
incut hurt never defaulted ill ita obliga- .
l i . . l. . IJ I
Hons, anil IN oi iiacu n'Krara an
guarantee.
Soi'oikI Tho Hunk of Nicaragua, a
national iiiHtitution, with a roeogniwd
standing in London, will, if mill bu
given, guarautixj it.
Third Thu republic, of Guatemala,
olio of the rirhiixt of the Central Atnorl
can ntat, stand ready to deposit 100,
000 pound in a Loudon bank if Nica
ragua dcaire tho favor.
Fourth Thu Nicaragua Canal Com
any, whom) word in lynidon will lai
acceptable in thu highoat financial cir
cltK, will give cither a guaraut.x) or thu
cash if mill bo.
Beside those guaranty's, any onu of
which in availablti, ami in ri'Kardcd a a
ampin, Niearaguaii authorities are said
to havu ai t mil funds immediately avail
able, without calling for outside help.
Uuaraiit.xj by thu United KtaUn in not
rcgardtxl art essential under thu forego
ing circtimstauctxi. Thu llnal prnH.sl
tiou, art now eoiioludtxl betwix'ii Nii'H
niKUtt ami Orcnt llritain, will, there
foru, bu hh follows:
I) rial llritain agrees to iinmixliatly
evacuate Coriuto ami withdraw her
Mii't. Nicaragua iignx-s to ay thu
15,500 Miiindrt ill Iindoii in flft.x'ti days
from tho sailing of tho fhx't from Cor
into. According to thi'au terms thu llft.xm
iluvn iIimwi not Is'gin to run until thu
iii'tual nailing of thu llix t, Thu hitler
feature wan Insisted upon by Nicaragua
an a lueaiirt of chocking popular agita
tiou, and an a atop toward maiiitainiiiK
her diKiiity.
Dr. Uuziiuin calltxl at thu atatu do
partiuent at 1 1 o'ol.x'k today. Up to
that time he hail not received olllclal
confirmation of Groat Ilritniu'a accept
iinee, though thu cornx-tiius of thu un
official advice wart not quactioinxl.
From thu British standpoint thu accept
ance of thu comproiiiiNu and thu im-I
mediate uvaciiatioii of Coriuto estab
liahea thu good faith of (treat Britain
in her h'!artioii that theru wan lio
purpose, of lax-upylng territory. From1
thu II rut, thu llriliali nuthoritiea havu
assured AmluiHaador ltayard, anil thu
latter Iiiih ao adviatxl Six-rotary Orch
am, that theru wan no puretu of ag
grcsxiou or of mx-uriiig fNthold in
Nicaragua. Thu only iurMMn, Iird
Kimlx'rly lias said, was to colhxt thu
debt by audi force an wan ntxx'ssary
ami tlieu depart, Nicaragua notwith
standing these aHNiiraiieeM, him main
tained that the ooll.x'tiou of said (77,
500 waa merely a covert lueaiirt of
copying her territory. Thla view hint
prevailed very widely here, even in
somo ofllcial quarters, although tho
policy of thu government Iium Imhu to
aiHvpt thu K'xxl faith of ( treat llritain'
repreaeiitatiomi. Thu withdrawal of
triMiM from Coriuto ami thu departure
of the tle't not only endx all queMtion
of llritiah territorial cxtciiHioii iu Nica-
niKua, Imt hImo (luta at reat tho fcara
entcrtaiueil that thu control of thu ca
nal route would N aeriouaty alTectixl
by the proximity of llritiah fonva. Thu
iswt to Nicaraxua may In' inoro than
thu original 177, 500. It waa nix-ea-nrvto
raiae il.OOO extra tnna at acoat
of f 11,000 per day. Thu abaudouineiit
of Coriuto a a cuatoniM Niint haa ulao
reaulteil in much loan. The diaturliance
to buaiueaa and commerce- ia a loaa
which cannot la incaaunxl in lUdlara.
U.udou, May 3. It is leariuxl on
gxxl authority that Ureal llritain hit .
agnxxl to thu propoxl settlement of her I
dispute with Nicaragua if tho payment
of tho indemnity Is guaranteed. It i :
aaid tho affair i practically aettl.xl.
The following emi-nicial hiiuouiux'
liient wa mado thi eveuiug: The
statement that the Salvadorean minis
ter submitted to Ureal llritain 011 tx
half of Nicaragua certain proxxtitiou
i ixirnx't Tho matter i now Ix ing
ixiiisidenxl, and if reaoiiablo mvurity
ix given for the fulfillment of any un
dertaking to comply with Ureal llrit
Bin's demand tho matter will U ar
ranged without inflicting further hu
miliation. The I ar.ll.ial a V tall to Itome.
Homo, May 3. Cardinal Uibliou'
inteiid.xl visit to Homo wa p.wtpomxl
last Novemlar, and ho wa to leave
May 4. Hi departure, however, ha
lax'ii again postponed, lax'aus ho
wishes to assist at Archbishop Will
iam' jubil.x. on Mav IS. at which
Monsiguoro Satolli, the papal delegate
to the I'uttixl State, will ho present,
The pope will ml hi blessing to the
archbishop of MiMtou.
A.l.a.ire In the I'rl.r ul Hhora.
ltiwtou, May 3. Seventy -five leading
shia. mauufactureni of New Kngland
met tixlay at the I'mted StaUxi hotel
ami vot.xl to issue notice to their cu
toinera iiiformitig them tht tho price
of shoe would be advanced. The high
price of l.xither 1 given a tho cause of
tho Increase. The advance wll be from
10 to 83 wilt er pair.
'"' mm
Atoauy, pt. ., .May 5. I he bill tor-
i.i.i.iinKineapp.arn.xiotwoiueuuia.ii,Hai,ilm ( w,t mvnurr of tho
me suige uuio attlnxl lu aklrt lail.xt
In the assembly Uxlay. The vote was
65 aye to il u.hh, not tha aouatutnuial
majority.
, I
THOSE NEW GUNBOATS.
IMairrf mriil In Ilia lloanl
of !
llurrau htrtt.
WaahliiKton, May 8. For the firat
time in ita hlatory, the board of naval
bureau chief haa come to an ai'tua din
atfreemeiit and ao reiortel tu Kocn-tary
Herbert, leavliiK him t deunuine
which aide ia right The diaaKreenieiit
grow out of thu count rnct Ion of the ill
new k"1'"hU which plana were
prepared. There are two n jairU on
the pubjix't, onu aigned by four of the
board, totally disproving f thu
plana, and one Hignud by two inemliera
vigoroualy upholdiiiK thu plan. Thu
four tiiombi'ni objixrtixl laxiauae thu
bout projxaii d will draw fourteen fwt
of wau-r, and ao would not niix-t thu
rnquiromciitrt of tho act of congreaa,
which deaiTila- them a light dniUKht
KiililxmtK. They alao hold that fitting
the vuitael with complete Kail power irt
a miataku, for the experience of tho de
partment with Nlich veaaelrt an thu
Adam ahow that no ateamer flttixl
with Kail can beat againat thu wind,
and therefore: nail would lie ulinoKt
uaeleHii on average condition. On the
other hand thu HUpporter of thu plan
undertake to demouatratu that thu ve
cl would be efllcjent and much more
LX'onomical than boat without aail,
arguing that the criticism i found on
veaaelrt not given full Kail power, and
giving figure to mipimrt their aaacr
tion. NINE MONTHS' IMMIGRATION.
ArrltaU In III I'nltnl Hlatra 'oni.arnl
With Kuri.irr Vrara.
Washington, May 8. A statement
ha Isx'ti pn'pan-d at the bureau of im
migration which shows the liiunls r of
Immigrant arriving in thu United
State for thu nine months ending
March .'II iu each of thu last three
year to have lax'ii a follows: In IH'j:i,
25U,&mi; 1HU1, 21H,1S; 1M.'., MO.OHO.
Thu amount of money brought in by
Immigrant during thu past nine
month wa J,:tlir.,h 1(1. Although this
amount wa known to havu Imx-ii
brought in, it is Islieved that the
money atx-rctcd and undisixiverxl by
thu ofllcial may havu laxji severul
time that amount.
Of thu arrival during the last nine
month, 2 1, Ml I came from Ireland;
21,100 from llcrinany; lU.HIO from
ItusMia projH'r; 10, U.'i from Italy and
111,1 111 from Kngland. Of those de
barred from limiting 1,071 were pan
s rs or likely to lax-omu so. Kleven
weni shown to have lax'ii convict, and
:!.':) contract lalsirer. Of those lauded,
lU.flOi! could neither read nor write.
Of those who brought money, Oermany
head thu list with f.'.ril.lHl; Ireland
next with :lir,;.ol ; Kngland, .".ll,
H1H; Italy, (1110,713; Swedes, (i;H,
412; KussiaiiM, (Ml,!)!!; liungariaiis,
(10)1,011.
TO KEEP WHEAT DOWN.
r.xil for Tlil rorHiaa Nalil to llatr
lliri. Formril III Nna l-'rant'laro.
San Francisco, May 3. In thu local
wheat market there was a firm finding 1
today, but thu uncertainty regarding
the lissiitioii of thu 200,000 ton held j
by thu Fair syndicate wa such that 1
N'ratioiiM weru disinclined to business, j
Au evening paper says that the leading
wheat shipper of California have com-1
billed for thu purpose of kixping thu j
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they havu agnx-d to pay a much lower
...... .0, n, ,,,., n.-nl .,. ,.........-
peau quotation warrant, hour firm
control thu shipping trade and touuagn
auiiplv. It i said all purchase will
go into a common pool, and that the
mn1 inenils rs havu agnxxl not to bid
against each other. Thi influence
chix'k open coiuictition for wheat.
The firm of U (1. McOlautliti .V- Co.,
wheat broker for the Into Jame (1.
Fair, now admit that it missing cash
ier, C. S. Smith, I proliahly a default
er, though they claim thu amount will
not cxcxxxl (20,000. Mcdlantlin .V Co.
denies collusion with Smith regarding
thu disappearance or any knowledge
of hi whereaUiut. Thu firm also de
uie that thu settlement of thu Fair
wheat deal inspired Smith's flight.
THE ELBE DISASTER.
rr.1ti'l of ll.r t'o.i.n. litre That I. .trail,
galnl Ihe Arrl.lri.l.
Iwestoft, Kngland, May 3. The
committix. which ha lax-u invest igat-
lug tno cause ot tno sinking or the
, norm i,eriiiau i.iovn aieamsuip r.ux'
' after her collision January 30, returned
' a verdict today of gross ncgligeiuv upon
I the part of the mate and lookout man
of thu llritish steamer Crathiu, which
ran into and sunk tho KlUv, The two
men mentiomxl were found by Sharp,
the steward of the Crathio, in tho gal- '
ley of tho steamer when the steward;
went on d.vk at 5 o'ebx-k on tho morn- 1
ing of thu collision, although 011
ho '
..... . ..I .1... I '...!.:.. 1. .
of light, which thu
. 1
steward then be- !
lievod to lx fishing Ixmt. They stayed
Iu tho galley until tho collision ixx'iir
rod. In spite of this, owing to absence of
evidence from survivor of tho Kllx,
tho jury found that there wa not sutti
cient pmf that tho Crathio wa solely
to Maine for tho collision, and thu jury
exonerated Captain Uordou, command
er of tho Crathis, from all blame
Unlit S11I.I to the II. .ml N mil, ale.
Denver, May 3. Tho Hix-ky Moun
tain New say editorially tod : Uold
nxx'ipt at the Denver mint have fallen
off heavily iu tho past mouth in spite
of tho iucreasixl prvxliu'tiou. There
ha Ixx'ii 110 iiicrcaso in rtxvipt at tho
other mint and assay office to account
for the discrepancy. Hut tho mvsterv
ha becu aolv.xl. Tho smellers have
W selling their product to thu agents
of thu Rothschilds and other interested
iu tho rtxx'iit Ix.nd sale itistead of plac
ing it in tho mint. The same agent
have Ux'ii purchasing thu large retort
sent up from prinoipjil gold mine, thus
keeping a considerable quantity over
and above the smelter product out of
thu mint These fact arc vouched for
by men iu a p. wit ion to know w hat is
occurring iu tho inner circle.
No l.u.iarr Mlnlaler,
New York. Mav S TI... M.,v W
A. New bold, recently removed fr.,... I.i.
American Miasioiiarr Svietv, ha also
been dejaaaxl from tho miinatrv of tho
Ihstant Kmsciml church. Mr. Now.
I hold's aewouut ware abort (1W.000.
An nivmnln Attnrnv Said to
. . . . J ...U.H BV. J
Be Among Them.
HIS LIFE IM THE SOUTHWEST
Hlilla'a Neighbor Bar Tbat th
oid
Man Waa In III Hahll of
Making Will.
Olympla, Wash., May 2. Preston
M. Troy, a young attorney of this city,
today received new that hu wa heir
to a New York estate of ( 1.000.000. by
will of Ansel White, for whom m arch break of cholera, which has completely
had been in progrc so long. For 1 ineapaciUiti-d thu Japanese force and
many years Ansel White resided alone created great alarm. The entire uum
on a ranch adjoining the father of I'. 1 la-r of tnp sent Southward wa only
. . ... .. ..t 1... I . .... r..n L..J .li.-l
51. iroy III I liilliim coumy. nii
wa a baihelor and lived in a log cabin
on hi ranch for twenty years. May
1H, 1SHS, hu died at thu age of 70
years, and was buried iu thu laud on
.... it i ... i i'iiio tjM.tr
fancy to young Troy, and made a will
.....ti.... 1.1... Mi.l.. Iw.ir uml 1. -untiti. .Inst
prior to hi death, however, hu aold
hi ranch for a nominal price, retain
ing a life interest, and at thu time of
his death was suppoacd to have quitu a
lot of money in hi poHWHsioii. Yet
none wa ever found, although search
whs made high and low. Hi neigh
lair ladievu he buried the money aomu
where 011 thu ranch.
White, wa extremely eccentric, and
seldom held communication with any
onu except thu Troy family, before
(1iiiing to Washington hu
made
Home
m(lncy in California. Seven hundred
! ,l11t,.ra of thin hu handed to a WOimill
j u Han Francisco it hu wa alsnit to
leave, telling her to
until hu called for it.
iu Sun Francisco regarding his destimi
tiou, and this fact ha for fift.x'ii year
balked those searching for him to in
form him of hi having fallen heir to
the estate in New York. It wa bii:
piauxt that Ansel White' wan one of
those unknown laxlie found floating iu
thu Sail Francisco harlsir, yet during
the past two year W. I'ierpolit White,
a son of Ansel White's nephew, has
Ux'U aearchiiig for thu lost heir or for
conclusive evidence of hi death. He
wa traced to California. Advertising
led to thu identity of thu old rancher as
the missing heir for whom long search
had lax'ii made. At thu time of milk
ing thu will there i little probability
that thu old man wa aware that the
New York estate wa hi. This, how
ever, di' not atT.x't thu will made. It
wa executed in accordance with law,
and thu witnesses aru still living.
Among White' former neighlsir in
l'ort Angeles it is generally known that
thu will is in thu iN.xcssiou of Preston
Troy, who has taken step to havu the
will acknowledged.
Wl.ll Mxli Many Will..
l'ort Townscnd, Wash., May 2. The
ueighlsir ami friend of Ansel White
statu positively that hu ha made no
les than three wills to a many differ
ent iHTsoii. I'sually for sonic trivial
favor tendered he would inaku out a
will leaving all of hi property uncon
ditionally to hi benefactor' child.
I hen ir anything went wrong he woulil
. , ,,.,, f .,, U...,.,!,.!..,...
Thi,w m.Wni,wl(H,K1,llt.lltH w,.ro uUsu H
tjlkllll H)111, I. iitioried ofllrt-r.
Mcp are now la'ing taken to prove
that White made a will leaving all of
hi possessions to half a dozen person.
INDIAN TROUBLES.
IttHlmpn on tt. While r'arlli Itraarva
Hon Cattail.; Trout.lo,
Duluth, Minn., May 2. Thu set
tler around thu White Earth Indian
I reaervation are greatly excited over
ix..ji nvnii.u, in, inu iiiiiiiiua, n..
I Home of them are even talking of leav
ing the district for a time. It is feared
that the Indian will cause a disturb
ance when thu next allotment is made,
a many of thu rctlmcii who havu white
blixxl iu their veins, will bu debarred
from receiving land, and thi i mak
ing them ugly. Arrangements are now
la'iug made for holding a ghost dance
against thu order of thu department,
ami Major Baldw in, the commissioner,
has acnt word to Washington that there
may lie trouble, and that troops may
i, ,MHM,sl to prevent bl.a.dshed
High! of a Trlrphotte t'ou..any.
St. l'aul, May 2. Hy a majority
; opinion tho supremo court sustained
! tho lower court iu holding that the
; stile law of I8t;l, granting to tele
i phono and elect iro light compatiie tho
right of eminent domain tho same a
j to tho erection of telephone pole iu
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fismt .if hlta i.lii...i a, i.l ,.wilf ,11.,
, ., ' .,. . .... . , .,
111 uu' .'.....a. i.iu iiinrr conn lien.
that thu telephone companies had tho
right to place tho pole there- without
compensation to tho laud owuor, a it
wa a public service, and a part of that
for which tho road wa laid out. This
verdict wa mistaiucd today, although
I Chief Justice Stuart and Justice Muck
I .1 i ....... 1 Tl... 1.
iiL-vM-uii-.,, a 1..' ii-.ii'. in o. 11.11111
importance.
Army untrera Tranarerred.
Washington, May 2. Mojor-Ueneral
Ruger ha Ux'ii transfeml from Chi
cago to Washington for svial duty
with tho sixTctary of war; Major-Uen-oral
Merritt, frinn St. l'aul to Chicago;
llrigadicr-Ueiieral ltnx.ko from (huaha
to St. l'aul; Hrigadior-Ueneral Coppiu
gor to tlmaha, relieving Ueueral
Hrooko; Mrigadicr-Ueneral Wheat on
from San Antonio to Denver, iu phnv
of Ueueral MeC.xik, retinxl, and Ueu
eral Hliss to San Antonio.
ttrrelrer MrNulla' H . rta.
I'.xiria, III., May 2. Receiver Mc
Nulta this aftermx'ii til.sl hi six bonds
in (100,000 each for tho protection of
the Peoria disttllerie. Altog' tlnr. he
w ill tile lamd aggregating nearly (3,
OtHl.tHHl. He til also file Ixm.l for a
larger sum when tho ho takes xse
xion of llio warehouse. Hi survtic
are two trust companies.
The t'roaaley Telearope.
Sau FrauciM, May 3. Tho mx-ce-xary
money to bring the great Crosslcy
rcrl.x'ting teltx.pe from Fngland to
California ha hecu raimxl, ami the tcl
ex.MM) will laj pla.xxl iu the obeurva
tory at Mouut Uamiltou.
NEWS BY STEAMER.
Kavaga i f Cbol.ra Am . lh J"P
Tr.i.
Victoria. If. C. May 2. -The Em-
1 i.rea of China arrived thla afternoon,
,
ad-
t-o.vfii nava irum i uaoimiw", .w
vlca to Anril 1U. a folloWl
The capture of the principal atatiou
on the l'ecadore ialaiid waa easily
effecteil by the Japam ae during the last
week of March, thu pna ea U ing aiml
lar to the iteizuru of thu Northern
KtrongholiL Admiral I to, in thu flag
ship MatauHhima, coiidui tixl thu na
val oia ration. in which six of hi fleet
were engaged. I'ang Hu and several
ainaller islandrt of the group were oc
cupied after merely nominal resist
ance, and tnsiprt would have proceeded
to Formosa U-forw tin but lor tno out
alaiut o.OOO, ami oi mew; .eiu uuu m
j t lust advices, while 1,000 weru in thu
hospital. The excessive mortality is
attributed to the unhealthy climate of
the l'cscadores, to the bad quality of
i ... -,,1.1.... li..inu
! ( the cool weather of Japan to the
i......u.ruir,. ..I .n.u nril of 00 (lek-rix-H.
Ill .MlillcniiriB l lion ui linn oin..
ed, but not iu s.. threatening a form,
and thu latest reports are reassuring,
f.. a ( : . ..I. I ..lj.. u.i,M.ur.
Strenuous efforts aru
la.iiny mailu to
pn-vent thu disiiise from spreading.
Thu town of I'jina, m ar Hirisihima,
ha Un isolated, and most rigid quar
antine regulation aru everywhere en
forced. Theru ha alsola-cn an epidemic
of HiuallHx in tho Yaiuauashi prefec
ture, the nimila-r of case being 3,000.
ESTIMATED DEFICIT.
Traaury llrrrlpla Will fall Off Korty
lit Milll ma.
keep it for him Washington, May 2. Treasury re
He left no word ceinte iluriinr tho month of April have
not met tlir expectation oi otliclais,
and the indication are the deficit at
the end of thu fiscal year will li little
if any les than (43,000,000. The re
ceipts for the month of April amount
to f 1,247, ollll and thu expenditure to
(:i2,o:.2,fi!itl, leaving a deficit of (S,.
7IM,H.',1 for thu mouth, and for thu fis
cal vear to date (13,247,000. The re-
ceints from internal revenue show
falling off for April a coin pan
the same month in 1H01 of more than
(700,000, and a falling off for the ten
months of the fiscal year of alaiut (',
ooo.ooo. During tint remaining two
month or tliu llacal year tlieru win t
no extraordinary expenditure. The
pension payment will amount to alamt
(22,000,000, and (1,250,000 will Ihj re.
paid on interest account. Thu net re -
suit of the year i not expected to differ
mat. riallv from today's figures, and yet
in making this estimate a considerable
revenue from the income tax is nntici -
1
l'"" o.
A Frauilulvnt Conrrra.
New York, May 2. Judgu Iliik
staver iu thu special term of thu court
of common plea today granted an or
der tM'rmittiiig Attorney tieneral llan
cirk to bring suit iu thu name of tho
sxiple for the dissolution of thu Kquit
able Mutual Fire Insurance Corpora
tion. It is alleged that thu corporation
had fraudulently represented to thu in
Hiirancu department that it had a capi
tal Ht.K-k of (200,000, consisting of
,m 000 in cash and (110,000 in sol
vent notes, whereas it had only (it, 100.
It i also charged that its liabilities ex
cxxl the asset hv t.Vl.Otll.
Japan lpix.arlnK for lirtmn.
Iterlin. May 2. The Frankfurter
Zeitung ha a St. Petersburg dispatch
which says that .lapiin is making ex
tensive preparations for defense. She
ha mobilized large iMxlie of troops,
and ha erected fortillcations and
bliK'ked important coast iHiiuts with
mines. Several swift steamers have
recently lax'ii bought for thu
Japanese
goveriiiiictit in Migtiiuil ami America.
, Hussiu. thu disnntch savs. is still nend-
ing tixaip to Vladivostok.
The Crularr Mlnur.IU.
Washingtion, May 2. Tho official
report of thu final trial of tho cruiser
Minneapolis has reached the navy de
partment, and shows that the vessel is
practically faultless, even under ex
treme conditions of service. Without
effort tho Minneapolis maintained a
siaxxlfor forty-eight hour within a
small fraction of 20 knots without us
ing her blowers for assisting her tin',
which iu tho tropic i unprecedented.
llrokrn Tottery Truxl.
Arkoii, O., May 2. Tho combina
tion of pottery manufacturer known
a tho Akron Canton Stoneware Agen
cy, which ha sold more than two
third of thu stoneware of tho Tinted
State for tho last ten years, ha boon
I nuo'i.tixl. Tho iiuniediiitt. ctTiW i.f tU..
1 disruption will bo to paralyze
price
iu tho stoneware industry.
The I'araon Mint In vratlgallno.
lrMit.t Xev. . Mitv ') TI... tir.c.i..ti
tiou ill the Jones investigation closed
tixlav.aud tho case wa postponed nntil
Mav 10. Cashier Mender, of tho First
National Hank of Kei..i. wa II... .n.lv
only
said
witness examiiuxl tixlav. Ho
Jame Henry cashed certificate of do
lxwit with him to the amount of over
(5,000, which ho had received from
the Reno roduetiou work for bullion.
r or a Mlatue of Monroe.
Washington, May 1. Advices re
Cfivcd at the Yeiieztielan legation state
that a popular sulwcriptioii ha WM
opeinxl at Caracas for tho statue of
rresidetit MonrtH., which 1 to com
memorato tho Monroe diK'triiu Man
uel Carrilloii open tho sulxscriptton
with 100 bolivars, a coin equal to a
franc.
lrlt.ll I t t ,.l. rally Funli i
Sau Fraucis.x,May 2. It wa stated '
at the meeting of tho university r
gent t.xlay that thert would lx a de-,
H.'il i.f ,.Lm. I0 OOO in .1... ..iv..rvi.
. ... ". -
iiiii.i. i onxsiueiuiy mere win nave
to N a retn'tichmeut, and tho
plat.xl engagement of new
ill Ul abaudoiuxl.
iMUtem
teacher The l-arlOe I oa.l rallnre.
San FTancisiM, April 30. The Mrad- i
street Mercantile Agency report six- j
txu failurva iu the Pacific st state ,
and terrimries for the wwk en.W yes-
icroay, a compared wim tnirtwn lor
the previous week and thirteen for the
XO FUR THIS
So Washington Commission
ers Have Decided.
OTHER FAIRS WOULD CONFLICT
Ttarv Will All lh Monty l'o..lbl
for a tiraod lpUy ' K"
hltolla Suit laar.
Vorth Yakima. May l.-At the r g-
. .
..lar monthly meeting of the state lair
coinmisioii this evening, it was iinaiii -
mou" v d-x iiled to forego holding a fair
noubiy i.x in. i s
in the comtiig fall K- a . of h
kaue. niirlKugK of Sattle. ouMl.le
i.f iliu con .mission, wrote lei-
1 t..ry l.iihlv commending audi
-" - -
ucriou.
Tlw. I,. Mil tneinbers were mx-olidcd
bv
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H ailing inercnau.s a. ... '" " "
ditto., to dilator Lcsh an 1 "
live Milroy. Thu c. miuua. ' "K'
gauized late in the .-asoii. uu i v..
thus debarred from inukiug n"cc.-io
arrangements in time to ',u,u ' "
oeonlo of thu Htat.
IV gei oeiore in.
MUlUllie ITllll la.r Hie. "
1' . . ,
fair have Isx-n J
would have confined w. h thu s .
Illir. wnicii n.iu r " " "j
could not lie changed. Ihe coiiunis
sioiier feel that the general depression,
low priii' of crop and the inability of
the farmer and general public to coinfc
to Yiikimii thi fall make it almost
mandatory that thu states' money
should not be jixipardized or injudici
ously fxM-ndcd. The expense this
year will be small, a only thu grounds
must bu maintained. Thu commission
will havu almost a full appropriation
for thu fair in 1H1M, at which time the
exhibits, it is hoped, will do credit to
Washington and thu Pacific Northw est.
SAN FRANCISCO FINANCES.
No Moury to MM lh Kimm of Hi'
Nnt two Mo. .Ilia.
San Francisix), April 30. The city
officials havu not u yet been able to
solve thu problem of how to tide over
thu citv's financial distress until the
how a beginning of thu next fiscal year, June per dozen ; 50 ier ctate; sweet ota
d with j. While the mayor, thu supervisors toes, (2.75i.3 per crate; cucumbers, hot-
,j tho heads of department weru
wrestling with thu subject yesterday
(i10 supreme court was engaged in writ
decision, affirming it lormer tie-
cision that the expense of onu year
i,mv uot bo paid out of thu revenue of
another. Iu other words, thu city can-
uot ul(,rtgago it future, although the
1 expense of maintaining thu firu depart-
.t and public institutions for the
remainiinr two mi.Mh of the fiscal year
; wjU i. 123,000, to meet which theru
' j i,rm ticallv nothing in thu treasury.
. ;
1 iiiKCU Willi tnu reiusai 01 couirai i". s
to furnish supplies to the hospitals,
almshouses and county jails after April
30, this i thu condition of affair that
ha caused the finance committee to do
a uT.-at deal of fiuurimr to carry on the
function of the government As the
O - - rt ' '
salary demands each month amount to
(135,000, it was proposed that the em
ployes of thu city should forego thu
drawing of sararie for April until May
211. Of course this plan dta-s not meet
with the approval of tho e'liployes.
After much talking thu ofllcial gather
ing adjourned without having accom
plished anything.
WHO WROTE "TRILBY?"
Tito A utlioraltlp of Oil Manrlrr I l
i.lr.l by Lyrvu.il Stork Company.
IVnver, Mav 1. Did Du Maurier
writo "Trilbv?" Tin sensational
question wa today propounded in the
I'nittxl States court in gisd faith when
thu suit of Hana r Un.ther and A. M.
l'almer for an injuction against the
I.vceum stiK'k companv to restrain it
r... ....1.. ''iviii.i." ...... ....11. ..1
"""i i'i"iuv .in",' mm nii.
llic (telenilant allege that tho tssik
entitled "Trilby waa not originated,
invented or written by Du Maurier. It
assorts that tho original Ixxik of "Tril
by" was first published in Franco iu
1K20, and afterward translated and
published in Knglish in 1S47, and that
the title ami lxxk have been common
property for seveiity-tivo years.
The
time
attornevs for tho plaintiffs asked
,,, L.mimlI,K.ato with their clients in
New York as to tho course thev should
pursue, and
hearing.
Coualn lo l.litroln.
Reading, Pa., May 1. John Lin
coln, aged Stl, a cotisiu of Abraham
Lincoln, i au inmate of the almshouse
here. Ho is tall, muscular and clean
shaven, and hi feature much resemble
those of tho martyr president. Recent
ly hi mind has given way. Ho is the
son of Thomas Lincoln, a wealthy
farmer and hotel keeper, who died in
1 1850. John inherited (30,000, and iu
: his time was regarded a a great sinirt.
1 ti: . .1 . .
1 111s money went rapidly anil he was
! finally compelled through family es-
"V " " V. ,n"'y "
iT". ' AllUW, .Llnw,ln
?lwl h" h"1"0 m txi,,"r' ,h" IVU-
. w ..a agm
Drba Will laaue a l lrriilar.
Tem Haute, Ind., April 29. Presi
dent Dobs will issue a circular to the
local union tomorrow iu regard to the
work of reogriinizatiou. Hu predict
that by January 1, ISttrt, there will lie
1.000 unions with a membership of
200,000. Fourteen organizers are at
,'" m the Northwest and on the Pa-
f""'. ft"'1 the gnnvth of the
American Kailway Cmon is working
ristwant rapidly.
y.ella llaa Sunt (leore )"Ulil.
i New York, April 30. Miss Zella
j Ni.xda ha retained Alexander Simp-
sou, 01 jersey city, to tiring suit
against Uoorge J. Uould for malicious
prosecution. She will claim (30.000.
.'" . ' ,TU ".X1 Oil
1 TI... .,ow. ;.. .1 :
'Mr.
Uonl.l this morninir as he nliMif.wt
frvmi a Central railnwid traiu at the
.' ..:-. .-. . ...
v ouiuuiuipaw icrry. Ito ha ten davs
iu which to tile his answer.
Aahore la Ihe Saea t enet.
Tort Said. May 2. The Frouch
Tr.xphip Thilx t," .x.nvcying tnx.ps for
Madagascar, i ashorw iii the ..,. ..a.
ual. She lie iu a bad position, and her
situation u such that passa. through
the eaual is suspvuded. pcu.liu her
PORTLAND
A cailoa.l of bananua wai distributed
along the utreet, "J '"K ,u Prime
condition found buyer, at eitabliahed
quotations. Another car it due in a
few dayi. The butter market ia till
very weak, and quotation- are aliuoot
entirely nominal. I'gg l'old Heady at
the prices. No changes were reporieu
' j oliier jinei.
Wheat Market.
The local market I steady, as cables
come through without anything in them
j to disturb values. Trading is of small
i ..r.,w.riiina. Kinorters nuote the fol
lowing prices
Walla Walla, HQiHc;
il.... f.iii.vrail .r nr bushel.
1 i-ro.lur. Marfc.t.
. FwuB-l'ortland. Kalem, Casta. ha and
I i)uyt(jn ,re oiloU-d at 'LSh per barrel
a n ,. fllk .35. ,,.
, 33 ,,, mi-.M;
1 an i.eriine. i.ou.
. 1 .
Hit tiood white are quoted steady, at
2S(n3iV; milium, 31x.')2c; gray, StidlWc.
Kolled oats are quoted as follow: Bags
f.r).75jtl.OU; barrels, 0.00(tfU.l; caaes,
:t Tfi.
Hay Timothy, 111 per ton; cheat, (5
clover, ;ti; oats, ti; wheat, ti,
IIablkv feeil barley, u-"w05c pet
cental; brewing, S0iu8.")c per cental,
according to quality.
.Mn.iTi-rKa Uran, (12.50; shorU,
i:i.,rs)L clioi) feed. tl'.'dilS: middiings,
none in market: chicken wheat. 70
(1171k1 per cental.
Bc rraa an(v creamery is ii noted at
14al7'.c: fancv dairy. UMlL'i.c; fair
to goal, K(ul0c; common, 67'jc per
nouiid.
1'otatok Weak ; top quotations are
35c per Hack.
Union Good Oregon, IK). l pel
sack.
l'oULTay Chickens, old, (-S.50 per
dozen; broileis, $3.50iO.OO per dozen;
ducks, (.')i0i 0.00; geese, 7.60(8.00;
turkeys, live, 10c jn-r poiiud; dresne.1,
U'c per pound.
tuns Oregon, quoted tteady at Ik
per dozen.
Taora-AL Fhtit California lemons,
;i.00(a l.t.O; t-icily, 45.00u5.60; bananas,
Honolulu, j l.OOd.i 2 60; New Orleans, 2
m3.W per bunih; ('alifornia navels,
:i.40w:i.OO box ; pineapples, Honolulu,
f 3.50; sugar loaf, scarce at (H.60. Figs,
Turkish, boxes, HiaUk1; fancy large, 20
(.i21c; bags, 10c.
Cai.ifokm Ynmr.iii.Ks (ireen peas,
I noted if per pound; artichokes, 60o(
tXk: per
ilozen; eaiilillower, inuiaji.w
IIOUSC, f 1 .OVi" 1.1 ! , pa. lit , iuc ie. pui.im ,
asparagus, f 1.50m per bux; new
Mtatoes, 3'.,.c per x n n 1 ; rhuliarb, 2's
(it 3c per pound; string beans, 15c per
,,ou,u.
Fkksii Fih it Apples, good, l..r0(i?2
per box ; comnioii, 75i i U ; stiaw lx-rries",
17C per pound.
Okkoon Vkoktaiii.ks Cabbage, firm
at l'4e per puind; radishes, 10c per
dozen hunches; green onions, 10c per
dzen ; hothouse lettuce, 35(45c per
(y'JJ,-,,
nii,i.
Valley, 8(tfI0e, according to
L'nipiiiia, 7M0c: fall cliD.SwOc;
?: '
Kasteru Oregon, 5i 7c.
Hoc Nominal at the following
range: ISki.tc per pound.
Nil Almonds, solt shell, dalle
IHr l"n;! ; l,BP'r ''ell, 12'.,(.il4c; new
? ttllfor"la '.iHs. soft shell,
Ilia 12V; standard walnuts, lO'jdillc;
Italian chesnuts, 12's(ciHo; pecans,
lllcaltic; Uiazils, l:Ms(ijl3c; iiiberts,
I4i15c; peanuts, raw, fancy, 5(n7c;
loasted, 10c; hickory nuts, SiiilOe; co
coanuts, !Hic per dozen.
1'kovihions Kastern hams, medium,
ll'iiMl-c per K)iitid; hams, picnic,
N'sWOcj breakfast bacon 1 l'...(rf 12c;
short clear sides, Hv(t!ic; dry salt
sides, 7'4.tSe; dried beef hums, 12
di 13c; lanl, compound, in tins, 714 ;
lard, pure, in tins, U'.,.rl0r; pigs' feet,
80s, (3.60; pigs' feet, 40s, (3.26; kits,
Mcrclia.ullaa Market.
Salmon. Columbia, river No. 1, talis,
(1.25il.ti0; No. 2, falls, f2.25is2.50;
lancy. No. 1. flats. 1.7Ai,i l.Kfi- Aluulro
NO-- tails, (1.20irf 1.30; No. 2, talis, (1.00
.,...""...' . exira,4'uc
dry granulated, 6'4e; cube crushed and
Mjwdeied, 0.'Bc per pound ; '4c per xjuiid
discount on all tirades for l.rillli ttt fault
. ..ii 1. 1. f 1. " 1
.inn uni reia, -sc more lliati uarrels'
maple sugar, loca ltkr ier pound.
CXiKFKa Costa Kica, 22iii2310c: Rio. 20
(:'.:-0!,u'a.lva.,lor' -lt21'c; .Mocha,
-'.(.il'So; 1 adang Java, 31c; ralembang
Java, 2tiy2.Sc; Uliat Java, 23wi25c; Ar
buckle's .Mokaeka and l.ion, 22.30 pel
100-pound case; Columbia, (21.80 per
100-pouiiil case.
Coal Steady ; domestic. .riniV7Rn
per ton; foreign, (8 50(a 11,00.
Kuans Small white, No. 1, 3'B'c nei
IV,,lulj lMlvr iJO'.i, 3c; Lima,
0 . .
'iiuiw.i. m....;i..
Bioat Market.
Bk-KF liross, top steers, (.!.003.50;
!8',rU,.,?0,1 ?tee,i (2.50M3.00; cows,
-.-o(it2.,o; dresseil beef, StrttiLc per
pound. "
a.,M:'TTJ,-."C"'088' be8t B,1WP. wethers,
l-'.bOi ,0; ewes, (2.L-5; d.eesed mut
ton, 4(i4'c per Mjunil.
V ( a l D ressed , small, 5.i': large. 3
(t4c per K)uiul. " '
, J'00?-; -iru3, choice, heavy, (,!,60
3-. 5; light and feeders, (3 25W3.50:
drease.1, 4',c per pound.
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.
Fl.oi'H Net cash nrices: Ka...il
trae, ts3.25,a 3.35 per barrel; bakers' ex
ex-
..., t...o.i.i..o; stiperiiiie, (2.102 35
B . ki. v r eed , fai r to g . jo I , tio ,t 07 1. c .'
choii-e, Ikx'4j brewing, 8087 i.e.
W in it No. 1 Bhu.ping, 88'. nsrctl
lul ling, .HVt!,5; Waila Walla. 78 m
81 y tor fair average quality, 82',i
8-V for blue stem and 75771,c tor
damp. '
O.us-Milling, 1.07,(31.171,; ur
Pnse,(1.07's(iil.l7't; fancy feed iul
Wl.0. l; goo! to choii-e. P. uii mi.
inn 10 KUJ.I, '.XI'i.MIr
K't8, 'vc; black, (1.10(1.17',: red
, I, l.-o; Rray, lifi 00 per cental.
Kt out, vC fr potimL
J. Hf I 1 . f ...r n.M'ii.1 . L'n.l.. .... - .
'jC per txiniiil : Karlv k'. -m.j ., . '
Kiver lUxl. 35ot45c: liurdanb. '!in vt,J:
Oregon llui banks, 40. 8.V. ' '
tl.xtoss Uool to Uioice California
'5lo; cut, 25(u5); Oreeon, Mid? oi
lHr ceutai. -
Wool Spring-San J.MHiinn, year1
sUple, 4,7c; do 7 months, 4m Cal-
i- i m per pound 7
m 9.
il'wi:t. a A 'v. . K
ao ..luiiuiiiin, ireo.
.ii . . ... .
plains.
, ''nht and choice. 8'Im l'ne-iL.'-!?"'
""'."i
Oregon, spring, Ka.tern, choice,'
i fr. ti .r7c; Valley, choice, mnV
do, low grade, 8 ii 10c. '
1 IU V,:K,"T're,a",er.T. fancv, 12's (fll.Tc
;n.,l9, 12,; dairy, fancy lo'.miie''
g-l to choice 8 HV: tne-lmm grade,
.V.,,'';,torebuttrr,ou7c per pound'
Kiio. More, 10.111c: ran.l. ...a,.,
(.r r doien ; din k eggs, M a 17c per down.
, (.iiKKsif-rancy, mild, new, 6t7c
''I .-oinn-on to pa1.4 X-tet Yonng Ami
--. , i..-,r.u, lS14,So: West.
ern, 4 10c pr pound. ' 1
PACIFIC K0RTIlyg
Condensed Tlegraphic p
4 . r r
BBIEF SPARKS FIt0MTlUrTIlfi
Budget of News For Easy Ulg.,,,,
All Parla af . ... "
...,,, w
logton and i.ui,
The Dulles, Or., ha 3,043 p,
-juiib i is tne tlnte of t,
eucanipmeiit at Spokane. ' 1
Prairie schooners, headed vw,
familiar sights iu Walla WhII-
The Lano county, Or., n&; .
its population will reach 20,000. I
Grants, Or., i putting ,lp , .
senooinoiiKo witn money raiwj 1- I
txiiul issue. ' ' I
Tho present iiiuniciiml ,. :
U.w.k.iliu U.li.l ... 1... ... ... ' " SI
. ...... lMU n,)t,(1it.,
i.il-v mm ni'u l.i. ...... X" I
..Mn.v. M..'. .. II,
Whatcom ponntv'u . .
debt i t '.H r.t:t ...ui ..in ;
Some tSO.OOO is f..r 1 -; !
tllivui.at
A unliwrifttinti j 1u.lt... i
Pwitllt'tou. Or., to (rh-ar nfT the inlZ
.1... 1 I
ttilliatu county, Or., lm ix.m
her aeuii-aiinual stateimut,
expenditures for all pm-iK.sc 0f ;
The county owes (1 7,f.ntl on wrriu,u
llie tlistillery at (faints n.
shipped a carload of spirits and
to San Francisco last week, and h.n
tirders for two more carloads fi,r
w ee a.
A sea lion alxiut ten feet lung ty
caugui, 111 a uip-uei oeionging to Sin.
moils & Hybierger, at Ilwaixi, Wtk."
I.iufr Vtfl.lV T..1. ....11 M '
.uni- a ...ii.j. Avi gi.uiiun ni oii t,
ooiaiucd irom me carcass.
R. D. Hume offers to furnish the mj.
terial for a new telephone liue
Bandon to Gold beach, Or., pmvidni
the citizens along tho lino would ii
j ... ... . . 6
uie jsiiea 10111 (itacu iiiem m pusitu.i
It is reported that the old chaunrl it
Humbug mining district, Dotiglancum.
ry, ur., wnicn was so rich in w,
days, has been cut again, l.y a niiw
named Piado, who ha alnalyui
(1,500 out of It.
Tho total amount of taxes fur ill
. i..
purjaws 111 v asco county, ur., 11 1
fraction less than (8'j,ooo fur therm
1894. Although tho rolls were in" the
sheriff's hands only a month, (;i,.
330.73 of tho amount was collected.
The first gold ever known to hin
been takeii from the Middle fork of tlx
Coipuillu river was brought into MuraV
field, Or., lust Monday and sold to 8,
0. Lchinanowsky. It was placer-tuioid
from tho river bod opposite Kuchiuitd
prairie.
A work of practical temperance n
form is that of tho llwaco, Wash., Li
ipior Dealers' AssiK-iatioii, which but
standing offer of ('.'3 reward of infura
ntiou leading to the arrest and convic
tion of any 0110 selling liimur coutrtrt
to tho city ordinances.
The growing hop crop f the Apple-
gato, Or., Hop Company, together with
all their horse, farming iiuplem.tiu,
etc., were attached by Sheriff Pntw
son, of Jackson county, last wirk, to
satisfy a claim of Calhoun Bros., of
Grunt's Pass, of nearly (1,1100.
Tho run of fish in Baker's bay, nr
the mouth of the Columbia, the hit
three days has been far ahead of that
of last year or the previous year. In
fact many of tho traps have caught
more fish up to this time than during
tho whole month of May, 18'.i4.
K. Boettcher has started 5,500 shT
on a drive from Pendleton, Or., to tlw
pastures of Colorado, expecting them W
arrive at tho destination iu the hl
They were purchased from Messrs.
gill, Doherty & Halo, of I'uiatilli
county, and L. Rhea, Hugh Fields 111J
Mr. Ayora, of Hcppiier county.
At a mooting of tho directors of the
Yiikimii, Wash., Irrigation Company,
Stxnmd Viee-Prosidt,:it C. H. FnKwtt,
of the Northern Pacific, was chosen
president of tho irrigation cuinpuiiy V
snccix'd tho Into Paul Schulze. S. J
Maxwell, Mr. Present t 'a private secw-tarj-,
was eltx-ted stx-retary to smwJ
K. N. Castillo.
Charles H. Stpiires, a Sinner ag.ut
of tho Northern Pacific Express Com
pany, at Seattle, has sued the company
for (10,000 damages. Squires was w
custxl of complicity in tho h'"S of 1
express pack a go containing (3,000, a
April, 18U3, and disi'hiirge.1, but W
priKxedings were brought against 1D1
that ho might prove his iiiinxviiee.
The Union Brick works, of Taeom.
ha becu awarded tho contract of fur
nishiug the Northern Pacilie railway
2,200,000 bricks to complete the w
ing of tho great Stampede tunnel iutw
Cast-ados. Tho company h.is hix'U
gradually replacing tho woodwork i
tho tunnel with brick for six yes"
past, and this firm has supplied Ii.
000,000 bricks for the work.
Tho Traders' National bank of fpv
kane has sued the town of CoKi'l"1'
Wush., upon about (13,000 city war
rants issued in 18J1, together with the
interest thereon from their date up w
the present time. The pris-ccding t
byway of mainliimus to omipil tM
city tnnsuri'r to pay these warrants in
the order ill which they were issued'
It is likely that tho town will r"""'t
tho action.
A big hotel at the Soap creek
springs, Benton county, Or., is
the thiiiL-x rlmr id it. rtro.-iHi't.
ulplinr
one
T.
tK- iHlllllcd t'"'
spring and eighty acres of land f"t ("
000 to a New York man. T'"' 1"''.r'
aivording to the statement "f Mr
Baker, proposes if he cotnpleti s tn'
pim-hase to erwt a big summer h'''1'1,
and make the springs famous as a
nier resort.
The flattering prospects of the SiuoV
river, Burnt river, Willow cm k '
Payette stx-tions, iu Oregon, iu ,ru
way have resultinl in an agitation ' ,T
cauuery at Huntington. The oiitp"' 01
this district, now oi ly iu its tx gini'111-''
is already sufficient to supply I'1""
of 5,000 cans dailv for four uioutl" ,n
the year the fruit season. A i'""
ette vallev man is now on tho gi
uud
negotiating with the grower w' '
an promiswi of co-operation.