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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LbCAirMU, mirleur, euqbne crrr. oreook. EVENTS OF THE DAY tPITOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS OF THE WORLD. km Interesting Calleetloa arlMat trmm tba Twe HaaelepBere FroMated la a Coadeased Warm A Large Aateaai f lafonaatlaa la a Snail Ipeee. The rao for tbe Hirtoh oup la Nice, total diHUuos of thirty mi lot, Bu Un it won, Ailta second, Britannia third. Tbe PrioM of Monaco ha renewed bit oonoestion to tbe Monte Carlo Catlno for fifty year, on condition that bia annnity be increased from f 300,000 to f 400,000. Tbe aohooner Nuyo, from Ban Fran olaoo for Fort Bragg, oolllded off Point Arona with tbe iteamer Faeadeua. Tbe Noyo wa damaged. Tbe German relobtag oommlttee baa oonoladod tbe Brut reading of the eugar bill, aud fixed tbe Import dnty at 40 marka per 100 kilo. Ex-Cblef of Polloe Tbomai M. Bpeers dlod in Kansas City of heart disease, aged 69. lie was chief of polloe In Kaniai City for thirty-two year. Tbe mlneri employed at tbe Win tbrop mine, in Ishpemlng, Mich., quit work, boon ate the management wanted them to work ten boar ehifta, inttead of eight In Han Franoiaoo, C. F. Mara, a lathing oontraotor, waa aisaulte! and beaten by itrtkera, who olalmed Mara waa working for leu than union rates. He died from the effect of tbe Injuries. William y. Judge, of the Theoso pbiit Society, died in New York, after an illneaa of two year, lie baa been lnoe tbe death of Mme. Blavatsky, the moat prominent Theoaopbiit in thla oountry. A Washington dispatch aayt tbe or dur aoon to be iaued drawing into the oirll ecrrloe a large number of ofHoer of the government who are now ex oepted 1 atill under deliberation by tbe president Tbe alrike of the ipeoial order, or ouatoin tallur. ia already practically broken. About forty of tbe abopa clewed bare opened, the oontraotor having aigned tbe oou tract drawn op by the men. The atrike begun with a reported numbor of 8,000. Tbe big ault of Swift & Co., tbe Chi cago packers, against tbe Urand Trnuk railway, which ha been pending ainoe 18U2, waa diimiaaod by stipulation. Bwift & Co. aued for $100,000 ou ao oouut of alleged excessive obarge for freight on ibipmont eait from 1887 to 188U. The scheme of adding the latot weather forecaita to tbe regular post marka on letter will be oomnieuoed by the poetoffloe department July 1. Ap plication for thl service from over forty poetoffloe have been Dlod, aud it Will be introduced in Chicago and other large oitlo. A dispatch to the London (J lobe from Cairo aay the Kalifa ha proclaimed a Jehad (holy war), against Egypt, and oallod on all dorvlahea oapable of bear ing arm to enroll under hi banuer. It ia aaid Osmau Digua la to leave Cassala and Join the derviahe now mustering at Dougola. That trade between the United Bute and AU 1 lucreailug i indicated by the heavy traua-Paoltlo mall now ar riving and departing. The ateamdilp Victoria that tailed from Taooma, car ried the largest mall ever taken out by Northern Paoifio liner. There were 43 aaoki of paper, amounting to 8,860 pound, aud 8,600 letter. New ha reaobod New York from Luayra, Veneauela, of the burttiug of the magaaiue of the Venezuela war- nip aiarsoaie Ayaouobe. bight men were killed in the explosion. The re nialudor of Uie crew were reaouud by fishermen. The warthlp waa burued to tbe water' edge, but the hulk wa aavod aud taken in tow to La Uuayra, Iu Clevoladd, O., the flthing tug Jeatlo l.iias aud lieloue went out on the lake, and after gathering the ueU, tot out the night before, aUrted back, When outside the breakwater, a blis sard (truck tnom and they were aoon hemmed in by deute Uck of floating loe. The powerful harbor tug Baoou forced her way to the rescue, and, after a bard battle, brought the lieloue in The 13 aoon pot baok to reaoue the Jettie tuaa, but the effort wa finally aban doued. The Britieh hlp Auldglrth, which arrived at uork reoeutly with a oargo ot wheat from Portland, Or., report having patted in latitude 66:0 eouth, longitude 71:31 wet. two larire loe bergs, about five mile long aud about B00 feet high. Ou the following day, lu 60:87 eouth and 68:06 west, the paaaed eight ioeberga from one to twelve mile long, aud from 100 to TOO foet high. There were light northeait wind at the time, and fine weather. The iceberg were right in the track of hlp. Edison haa suooeeded. with the aid of the Roentgen ray, in penetrating the Human body with the naked eye, the suooeetful experiment having been made at last lie looked into the lung and heart, aud examined the arteries, muscle and blood veasel ot one ot hi assistant. With the powerful cathode light plaoed behind the subject he looked through a screen of prepared chomloele, and ia aaid to have plainly toon tbe working ot tbe variou orgau ot tbe body. a coy uamoa Bwinonart, IS year oi J, waa arrested in Burlington, Ia., as tbe leader ot a gang of youthful rum a ii wbo attempted to burn alive a small boy against whom they had a grudge. They persuaded the little fel low to enter tbe oellar of an empty bouse and then tied him securely to a post After torturing him with tales of death in various forms, they set fire to the building and ran away. Parties patting taw the fire, broke in and ex tinguished it and rescued tbe almost nuooueolout ohlld, tied in the oellar. Chairman Uideon, of the League of American Wheelmen, says active steps Will be taken to prevent amateur rider (mm inUtina- the rule In their class. lie insist that Southern and Northern California must be regarded two distinct sutes by tbe L. A. W. and tbe racing board, and an amateur resident of either division cannot oompeta out side the boundary ot nil division at a dlsUnoe of over 100 mile from bl borne. He claims that tbe greatest abuse of tbe league' rule and the Pa cific board' oonfldenoe are ooinmitted by these men wbo obtain their expense and other concessions and yet seen to remain amateur. Ike Pixer, a negro, waa lynched in bhreveport, La., for attempting to a aault two young ladles. Judge Piper of Moscow, Idaho, bss fixed the date ot the execution of Frank Smith for the m cider of Kinmett Fox. Smith will be banged May 1. A dlspstcn from Bombay reports tremendous fir in the native quarter of Calootta, a the result of which many person were killed. Governor MofJraw, of Washington, ba offered 1 500 reward for the appro benilon, arrest and conviction of tbe murderer ot Dr. J. II. Lyon, of Roslyn. Thorns liugbea, CJ. C, the author of "Tom Brown' School Day," "Tom Drown at Oxford," eta, and the foun der of tbe British settlement at Kugby, Teuu., died in London, aged 76. Rebels reoeutly attacked the Japan ese near Fosan. After seversl days' fighting tbe rebels were repulsed. Many Japanese have been murdered, and Japanese wsnblp bave been sent to tbe scene of the disturhfinoe. The athletio team of the university of California received a telegram from the Harvard team aooepting a chal lenge to meet May 18. Tbe California team will meet tbe athlete of several other college on their Eastern tour. A prominent butcher and one of tbe stockholder of the American Dressed Meat Company of Walla Walla, and W. A. Montgomery, who wa em ployed a butcher at the oompsny'i lsngbter-yards, bave been arretted on a charge of stealing cattle. Bioyole tourltU from tbe United State and other oonutriea will thl year be required to depoait, at the Canadian oustom-bouse, the full retail prloe of their wheels on entering Cana da, and when tbey are exported baok the money will be refunded to tbe own era. Tbe Mexloan government It making preparations for the abolition of all in terstate and lntor-munloipal duties In July, and taxea will be apportioned scientifically. Tbe reform ia of tbe greatest importance and far-reaching, and will greatly facilitate interna tioual trade. It i asserted in Parla that more powers besides Frauoe and Russia will seise the occasion of the British-Egyptian expedition up the Nile to demaud a guarantee for the evaouatlon of Egypt Tbe negotiation betwoen France and Urot Britain, howover, promises a satisfactory settlement The American Eleotrio-IIeatlng Cor poratlon, which inolude all the ooin panle of importance, engaged in the manufacture of electric-heating appar atus, bas been formed, with headqoar ters in Boston. The new corporation la controlled by a syndicate of Boston, New York and Western capitalists. A judgment tor 188,649,380 was filed egaiust the Atohlsou, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, in favor ot the Union Trust Company a trustee for the holder of flrtt mortgage bonds. The amount is for the dofloiouoy judg ment obulned in February last against tbe railroad company In Kansas. The traut-Missouri roads have not boon as liberal with the Urand Army as the road In the Western Passenger Association. Tbey bave decided upon a rate ot one fare for the round trip tor the annual encampment in St Paul, insteaa or a rate oi i oent per mile, as authorised by the roads ot tbe Western Passeugor Association. A New York paper aay the revolu tlon lu Nicaragua, according to lutein genoe received through private ohtn mils, ia more serious than the dis patches from that oountry would in dioate. The strict pre oensorshlp es tablishod by President Zelsya renders it impossible for new ot any chaisotor except what la favorable to tbe govern ment, to be made public. Tbe Spaulsh government ha official. ty aisoiaiuieu responsibility lor the fiery views expressed in the oolumus of the Madrid newspaper El Epoca, de manning mat me united tttatea oeaae talking about the Cuban insurrection or else declare war at ouoe upon Spain The government felt that it might be harmful because it waa intimated that the article waa Inspired by it At meetiug ot the Associated Chamber of Commerce ot the United Kingdom, held iu London, a resolution expressing appreciation of the friendly reeling displayed by the ohamber of ooniuieroe ot New York and the na tioual board of trade of Philadelphia. and representing tbelr strong desire that a method be fouud for settliug in a conciliatory spirit any differences which msy arise, was adopted. The most Importaut opinion handod down by the oourt of appeals from public point of view wss that the aute ot Missouri ba complete Jurisdiction over the Missouri and Mississippi rlv er where those river form the bouu aary nue ot tne state, ao that the aute would bave jurisdiction over gambling or illegal whisky on a boat in these rivers or any other illegal aot done ou the river. A dispatch from Athens reporta the renewal of the murder ot Cbrlitian in the itland of Crete, and the exist euce ot a panic there owing to the be- not prevailing among the Cretan dep. uties that the Turkish troop are wait' tug lor the Christiana to reuliate for outrages, when they will seise the oc casion to begin general massacre. The deputies have Invoked the protec tion of Greece. The Constantinople oorrenandent of the London Time aay the Turkish minister and first secretary of the Turkish legation at Washing km bave been recalled, owing to the sympathy for the Armenians manifested in tha United State. Thl baa been denied at the legation, however. It ( also said that the sulUn haa nromiaad Abraham Pasha 10,000 If be tuooee.lt in Inducing the Armenian patriarch to retire. THE PACIFIC STATES INTERESTING. NEWS NOTES FROM VARIOUS PLACES. Tba Ore at Wartaweet raralanea Bom Hews af Mora Taaa Uaaaral liter, sat Developmeat aad Progree la All ladeairlee-Oregoa. A report Is current that new morn ing psper will be urted in Tbe Dalle April I. A farmer of Lake oounty aay tbat be expect to ah oar 80,000 aheep thla set sou. At the list term of oourt in Baker oounty no criminals were seut to the penitentiary something very nnusuaL Tbe Woodmen of tbe World, at Al bany, are preparing for a grand round up, in that city, of their craftsmen on July 4. Tbe Neape outfit 1 feeding 400 bead of cattle at Warner, in Lake oounty, and will aoon oommenoe gath ering up bone. Barney oounty sheepmen will drive a great many ban Js of their aheep to tbe railroad before shearing, and thus save freight money ou tbe wool. CapUin Wand ba informed Tbe Dalle Chronicle tbat tbe dredger will open a channel entirely through tbe lock within two week, so tbat boat may pas. The steamer T. M. Richardson bas taken the plaoeof the steamer VolanU, destroyed by fire last week, and is car rying passengers, mall, etc, between Newport and Yaquina City. Tbe Oregon Central St Eastern 1 making arraugemeuts to run a mixed train from Yaquina to Detroit, in one day, and back the next, one of tbe train now on being dispensed with. A lot of salt marsh lands in Wsruer valley, Lake oounty, wa sold reoeutly, under tbe saliue act, and purchased by a msn who will erect refinery aud manufacture aalt of a flrst-olaas quality. Tbe 3-year-old daughter of A. 1L From, of Lebanon, waa kicked in the forehead by borae last week. The skull waa broken and Indented, but tbe doctors hope tbe wound will not prove fataL Several counterfeit 5 pleeo tbat bave been in circulation In Baker City bave been turned over to the deputy United Bute marshal by tbe business men who took tbem In the oourse of trade. Some counterfeit money ba found lu way Into circulation in Northern Grant Some of the bogoa stuff is a very olever imitation of the gneulne article, and it requires an expert to de tect it A limestone quarry bas been dis covered near Shoofly, about twenty-five mile from FossiL A sackful wss tested in blacksmith's forge and it burned nioely. It waa afterwards mixed up into plaster. Tbe sawmill of the Oregon Lumber Company at Baker City baa resumed operations. A Urge supply of logs Is ou hand, aud there will be nothing to prevent a ooutiuuoua operation ot the mill for many month. E. P. Campbell, who owns 4,000 sheep in Washington and 6,000 in Umatilla oounty, expeota to go to lamb lug about April 10. lie thinks that early enough to begin, because of po ible severe weather in the meantime. About 11 1,000 baa been paid into the oounty treasury, at (J rant Pas, aa taxe thus far. The toUl amount to be oolltfotod from taxpayer of Joseph lue oounty for all purpose I $43,000 Of thl the O. & C. railroad is dowu for 7,601.18. me nrm or one x vo, bas pur chased grounds near the O. C. A E. railroad bridge and will sUrt a tan nery In Albauy. The firm bas pur chased the old United Presbyterian church, which will be removed to the grounds for a building. Tbe Astoria & Uoble Railroad Com pauy put twelve men to work grading through the marshoa below Bureau' mill, near Clatskanie, recently. Thla 1 an experiment which the oompany is trying, lu order to know it the road can be put across the flat at that plaoe. A Jones' crook goose wa sold in Uraut'a Pat last week. When dressed II lu two gold nugget and some oop per ana eras were tound in tta oraw. A the goose only ooat 76 oents, the in vesteut wa considered to be a good one. Hop are very alow in Washington ooouty. Two carload bave been hipped from Boo' warehouss In Forest Grove, and about three carloads yet remain. There are aeveral lota scat tered through the oounty whose owuers are holding tor a higher prloe. Two oenta were advanoed on the bop sold, with little prospect of getting more. Waahlngtoa. Scarlet fever Is prevalent in Walla walla. x wo oartoans or uoiiunder are on the way from St Paul to Washington. farmers around Preaoott report that niuob oi their wheat wa froaen out by ma late oold anap, aud they are ireu erally reaeeding their fields. Austin Meyer, living- close to Lvn den, in Whatoom oounty, lost bis bouse by fire last week. Nothing was saved. tie oarried about 1300 insurance. It la intended to extend the Shelton Southwestern railway to join the Northern Paoifio at Urav's harbor. Tbe distauoe to be built i only tour tune. Very few criminal oases will be tried at the present term ot tbe superior oouri or L.inooin oounty, most of them having been ooutinued till the next regular term. After paying all the exnenaea inol- deut to purchasing the army pjtt, the Spokane oonmiittee had left 7 per oent of the caab subscribed to return to those who donated it John F. Abbot died in Walla Walla from injuriea received about ten davs ago in g runaway aooident He was a pioneer of the Wslla Walla valley, aud well known throughout the sute. The tails of 1,600 squirrels were laid on the oommlssiouers' table in Spokane one day last week. They were taken up in the regular order of business. and tba bounty ot one oent apleo paid. Ferndal in Whatoom oounty ia to have a creamery. Tb machinery bat been purchased, and tbe milk from 400 eowswillbe used. Already there It an offer for all the oheese tbe creamery can make. Sedro and Wool ley are aglUting tbe question of uniting tbe two town. Committee bar been appointed by their respective oounoils, and a favor able report is looked for at an early date. Formal notion ba been reoeived at Walla Walla from the interior depart ment tbat tbe land for the site of the United SUte penitentiary ba met with approval, and tbat tbe purchase prioe will soon be forwarded. The steamer City of Puebla on lu last trip took from Port Townsend for San Francisco tbe first shipment of nail kegs manufactured In the keg and tUve department of the Port Town send steel wire and nail works. County Clerk Sbaw, of Walla Walla, ba oom piled a sutement of the re oipU and expense of bis effloe during the year 1895, which abowt tbat the amount of fees earned aud caab re oeipU exoeeded tbe expenses by $3,600. Jsmes Buchanan, a fisherman living on tbe Dowamish river, bas reoeutly been bequeathed $18,000 by a Texas cat tiers iter. Buchanan waa formerly a oowboy on the cattleman's ranch, and aaved the live of the wifo and child of hi employer. One party of sixteen men from Pennsylvania, and another of nineteen from Michigan, bave arrived in Seat tle, where they will fit out for Alaska. Tbe Pennsylvania people are going into the Yukon oountry, and those from Michigan are bound for Cook' inlet King oounty' delinquent personal tag is now $31,849.46, aud there is no immediate prospect tbat it will be paid. Tbe collectors recently sent out by County Treasurer Maple gathered in about $6,000, and about an equal sum wss secured by letter tent from the oflloe. Mrs. Mary Day died in Ilartline re oeutly, at the borne of her grandson, at tbe age of 73. Mrs. Day wss a native of New York city, and, after liivng a few years in Nebraska, abe came to tbe Big Bend and located eight miles north of the present town of Hartline four teen year ago. A farmer in Whitman county relate the following as bis personal expert euoe: Landed in Colfax in 1888 with $3.60 and sick. Bought prairie land at $35 per acre on time. Now owns 8U0 aores, 60 aore orchard, $3,000 worth of building. $3,000 worth of tool and stock; paya taxes on valua tlon of $10,000; in debt only $1,000. There are many reasons to be offered why Tekoa abould bave creamery say tbe Time. There are nearly 1 60 Jersey oows in the vioinity. Second, there are upwards of 600 milk cow of 11 gradoa in the district Third, the Coeur d Alene mining country would furnish a market tor tbe product, and homo consumption alone creates an unusually good market for a Na 1 ar tide. Colonel Mclntyre, an Irrigation and oivil engineer of Seattle, is the inven tor of a new system of wagon roads, which he thinks will revolutionize oountry travel. He call it the "steel wagon road." lie got bi idea from observing that the drivers of every vo hide seek the street car tracks in pref erence to the best gravel or paved street Mr. Molntyre estimates that tbe cost of single-track rural steel roads will not exoeed $1,000 to $3,000 per mile, while the oost of macadam ised wagon roads average over, $6,000 per mile. Idaho. The concentrators of the Tiger and Poortnan Consolidated near Burke were destroyed by lire last week. Professor Bonobright, of the Mosoow university, bas Uken ao excellent photograph by means of Roentgen' ray. Tbe powder house of the Sander' mine, near Burke, waa blown up last week, and not a vestige of it remains. All tbe windows on one side ot the oonoentrator were shattered, but for tunately no one was injured. Judge Piper, of Mosoow has refused the petition for a mandamus oompell lug the city treasurer to pay warant Issue before the beginning ot the pres ent fisoal year, with the income of this year. It will be tuken to the supreme oourt C. Wells, living aoross the rivor from Fort Sho'nnan, has instituted suit for damage against Colouol Hall, the commander, and Lieutenant Brown, the quartermaster. In harvesting ice for the post the military teams cross a narrow neck of Wella' land, and he wanU $500 from the government for the passage of the teams. Montana. President Hill of the Great North ern railway has purchased 800 aoret of land on the weat tide ot Great Falls. Thla will no doubt be made the ter minal grounds of this oompany. It i aid that the Union Lumber Copmany, which it the trust combina tion ooutrolllng the output of Flathead oounty, ba been awarded the oontraot for furnishing the lumber for the Blackfoot agency at a prioe of $19 per 1,000 feet Should the long oontemplated rail road be built Into the old deserted min ing camp of Castle, there will be a genuine revival of mining InteresU st that point The bills surrounding the old town are full of rich quarts veint aud it require a railroad to make the ore available. The citisen of MonUna are begin nlng to realise that the livestock in dustry is bound to become one of the largest and most profluble ot their ro sou rota. The shipments from Montana for 1895 amounted to 306,460 head of cattle, valued at $11,033,660, or an average ot $36 per bead. The cltisens' oommlttee of Dillon are ooniidering the advisability ot buidlins several roads during the summer in order to attract the trade to that point Thia committee has just made report on the prospective road to Argenu and have estimated that with an expenditure ot less than $3,000 a first-class road can be constructed over which heavy loads may be hauled at all seasons ot the year. During a single flood of the Yang-Tse-Klang. In China, 600,000 persons were drowned. ONE VOTE AGAINST IT CONFEDERATE DISABILITY BILL PASSED THE HOUSE. HouUIU's glogla-llaadsd right -Aa Ecba of War Talb Kals.d br Frasldtat's Kaeont Msttsgs-Ura' (ol Toward tba Vaaqolbd. Waahlngton, March 26. Senator rrm. kin tn mmnva the restriction! againtt the appointment, as officers of m - I. s Vital it the ermy or navy, oi persons wu commissions in the regular army or navy before the rebellion, and who ub sequently took part In tbe wsr on the side of the Confederacy, which passed tbe senate during tbe height of the ex citement over the Venexuela boundary question, passed the house today, after two hours' debate, with but one dis senting vote, tbat of Bontdle. Tbe DemocrsU, exoept Cumming. wno n.V as ha said, "as one of 800,000 Northern Democrats wbo fougbt U tbe Union," and Wilson, wbo wat drawn into tbe debate by Boutelle, re frained entirely from participating. Hull, chairman or tne military iu mittee, wbo bad charge of the bill, ad mtttnl it would anbeerve no praotioal purpose, and wa laregly sentimental. Boutelle, wbo led tbe opposition singia hunrind. thousht It would furnish a bad object lesson for naval and military candidate wbo were about entering on urmrs in the service of tlioir oountry. and, when be got warmed up to bis subject, called attention to tbe tact tnat many Southern men in congress in the nu st hsd obstructed legislation in the interest of Union soldiers, dwelling particularly upon tbe opposition to the retirement of General Grant Gros venor and Grow, however, s a poor ted the bill ardently as a graceful act to ward the vanquished, and, when tbe vote waa taken, Boutelle alone voted sgaintt it Otbor Washington Nsat. Waahlngton, March 26. Two bills to materially change the publo land administration of Alasaka were report ed today by tbe house oommlttee on publio lands. One of them was to create the office ot surveyor-general for Alaska, with a (alary ot $3,000. Tbe other wa to authorise the president to appoint a register and receiver for pub' lie laud. Tbe committee also favor ably reported to tbe house a bill to per mit persons wbo have located mining olaims on forest reservations tbe right of way to those reservations and the right to build tramways, eta Also a bill to open Fort Lewis reservation in Colorado, which inolodea 80,000 acres, to tbe location ot mining and other olaims. Senator Peffer today introduced a bill providing for an amendment to the intertUte commerce law so as to aothorize the interstate commerce com mission to proceed summarily by peti tion through the oourt against any railroad oompany whloh may refuse to obey any require inenU of the commis sion regarding rate or charge of agri cultural producU aud other freights, and requiring the oourU to give the preoedenoe to inch cases over others on their dockets. Senators Frye, Woloott and Brioe have been appointed a subcommittee, on behalf of the senate committee ou Pacific railroads, to act with the house subcommittee in drafting tbe Pacific railway bilL BAYARD AGAIN TALKING. Sajt IU 'as Never Found Occasion to Chang Ilia Tons. London, March 26. Sir Walter Henry Wilkin, the lord mayor of Lon don, presided at the banquet of the City of London Pension Society to night United State Ambassador Bayard, in responding to the toast, "Kith and Kin Beyond the Seas," made a significant speech, in which he said: "Your kindred beyond the seas are notalway unanimous. Nevertheless, there is ouo voice that appeals to thm all. Siuce I came to England, I have never fonnd occasion to change my tone, mere is nothing I would say at home that I would not sav here, anil there is nothing I would ay here that I wouia not ay at home. I do not ex pect unanimity. When the time shall oome that a man shall not the thoughts that swell within him for uie public good, God help the oountry." Distribution of Keller. New York. March 26. Brown & Co., treasurers of the Armenian a. uei lund. today reoeived the fullnvina t i. . . . . . a tviu vuusumimopie, in acknowledge ment of a remittance of $15,000: t'biilippopolis, March 26. Your two remittances cams ninat timoti, Thanks. Distribution by the Harpoot uuiuuiuiea reacnea 64,000 aoul. Over 1,000 have died of exposure and star vation there alone. Wa tug fifteen other centers. The need is sppauing. A nation ia threatened with extermination" A Kallroad Combine. PDOkann. Wash Xto.v. aa opoxesman-Keview ha dispatches stat- ini? that a IMmKtna k.. 1 t . . " - - - urcu lurmea DO tween the Great Northern, Northern raoiuo and epoitane Falla & Northern railroads, whereby the wholesale job- Kah At cv ... " u oouna are enabled to ship good at lower rate to Roealand and the Trail onwk ------- - -i .au iuot can ..FFcu i rum opuaane. inu terri tory ha hitherto belonged exclusively to Spokane, and the 8eattle jobber are correspondingly elated. The railroad oompanie explain that they are obliged to meet the competition of the Canadian Pacific which ha connection at Rosa land. ravelling or the Grant Statue. New York, March 26. The formal unveiling and trantfor to the city by the Grant Monument Association of the Grant statue is set for April 14. LxfcfIiaivA nrn-aliA..a k. . r..r....UUB uito oeen made ...u .ormauy present the Porter .ill Li-"': m ;. ' "V"'H oration. The entire becond brigade will attend, as well as a large number ot other civil snd tuiliury bodies. General Grant's fdV Uy" Grnt- n "n of Colonel Fred Grant, will unveil the statue. Tha Ri vn. i... , , . . ... u lla on gin in one ot the largest spring In the world PORTLAND MARKETS. m. j . nii and featu ireless in every line during the week. Reoelpts nea were of produoe were sm... --- ,., . u..r,,. A full ai assortment of . . i . I....... nrnnnoe WJ reoeiveo; eany uiu" r also lot of Mexican tomatoes , which Good or- sVJia ll f w vv r looming sea roe and blah. tbe old i. .m mrm I uuk.1 . are weak, price. ruun --- snd groceries are unchanged, n and Iimtur Wheat Market. No business is reported in the i.. nn.-,ra are in the field local but holders ask prices far above the ..i.. u.m hv seem to be in a export position . ii ui.lnTu.ra nnote expx rt val 10 nom uu. u'rr" .v i. nt u . hum as follows: w ana a. , 67 to67,'o; Valley, 0o per bnsbeL Produce Market. Fwoa-Portland. Salem. Caacadia ano Davton, are quoted at ,13.15 Prf'' Uolddrop, $2.V6 : Snow flake, ,Uf : n ton county, $3.10: graham, 2.1W; euper- UAn-oovl white are quoted weak, ai 27c; milling. 28tst30c; gray. 22(3.. Kolled oat are quoted as follows s Uagi, 4.266.25; barrels, i4.6O$7.O0j case., ilAT- Timothy, $9.00 per ton; cheat, tl.uO;clover,$'(a7;oat,$6.60; wheat, 16 60&6.50. iUKLk.-Feed barley, $14.00 per ton; p-Bran. $13.00; M 14; middlings, lii2O.O0 j rye, botfb7. per cental. li Quoted at fancv dairy. 30c; fair to good, 200 ; common, 12c per roll. PoTATOxir New Oregon, 2630o pel tick; saeeU, common, 6c; Merced, 3'g per pound. Onions Oregon,6ec per saca. Pooltkv Chickens, hens, $3.60 pe dozen; mixed. $3.1MM3.60 per doieu; ducks. $3s4 60; geese, $6.00; turkey., live. 10(gl2c per pound; dressed 12o. Eoos Oregon. Do per dozen. Cuxxag Oregon (all cream, 1416V per pound; ball cream, c; skim, 4(fl 6c; Voung America, 10a He Tu.,D.,..i h'BiiiT Calilornla lemons, $3.00c53.60; choice. $2.00(33.00; Sicily, WJ.50; banauaa, i..ois.uv i Ualilornia navels. $2.6033.00 per box pineapples. $4g6.00 per Uoien. Ohkuon Vsok-rABi,KS Cabbage, 1 n.ir. ailiiv ntw. 7tHc oer pound artichokes, bVc per doxenj apiouU. 6c w,iimi raiilitiower. t2.76 per crate, U0cA$l per dozen ; hothouse lettuce, 40c per dozen. FaitsH Fbdit rear.. Winter raellia, $1.60 per box; cranberrie., $U pel barrel: fancy apple., $11.75; common, 50ct76c per box. Drixu Fbuits Apple., evaporated, i.iu...iu.l Antler- iintlried. aflct-lci pears, sun and evaporated. 6(4 0c - plum., pilk-So, o(rt-rC; prunes, oujo per ajuuu. Wool Vallev. 10c, per pound ; East ern Oregon, otsoc Hops Choice, Oregon l3o pel pound ; medium, neglected. Not Almonds, soft abell, 6(llt per pound; paper abell, lU12,'c: nea rrnn California walnuU. soft shell. ll(rfl2,C,c; standard walnut, 12ijl3c, luliau cheanuU, 12,',(14c; pecans, lMhtltic: Uraxils. 12M413C: filberts, 1 2,(1 4c; peanut, raw, fancy, U(g7c; roasted, 10c; hickory nute, Btsiuc; co- na lint iUii tkaat HntAlt. WSSUUMI vw F uwwvaaa Provisions Eastern ham., medium. U(SlZc per pound ; nams, picnic. 7,l,c; breakfast bacon lOOlUc; short clear sides. 8, 9c; dry salt sides, 7(!$3c; dried beef ham., 11 ftrl't... ia.nl mmnnnnil. In tine. 7t lard, pure, in tins, 9(3 10c; pigs' feet, 80s, $3.60; pig.' feet, 40s, $3.25; kits, . .IE -I 1 l- ,..1 ' fi.0. ureguu amuaeu uauia, 10-4 u pei - 1 . : 1. 1 ...l 1. ui. ... l hania. 7 Civ hamn. llU.P! drv salt aides. (i3.c:lard. 6-pound nails. 7?c: 10s. 7kc. 60s, 7'4c; tierces, 7c Country meat sell at price, according to grade. Hidkh. Dry hides, butcher, sound, per pound, 11012c; dry kip and call skin, 10(3 Uc; culls, 3c less; salted, 60 lb. and over. 6c; 60 to CO lb. 44Vc: w and ou, 4c; tip anu veai emus, 10 to 30 lbs, 4c; calfskin, sound, 8 to iu ids, oc; green, unsaiteu, it lees ; culls, l-2c lees ; sheepskin., shear lings, 10(g 16c; short wool, 20(ct30c; medium, 30ij40c; long wool, 60(370c. Merchandise Market. Saijion Columbia, river No. 1. tails $1.251.G0; No. 2. Ul.s. $2.252.(iJ, lancy, ro. 1, Bats. $1.75(31.85; Alaska. No. 1, tall., $1.20(31.30; No. 2, tails. $1.9( Bxans Small white, No. 1, 2J4'c pei pounu; Duiier, oc; oayou, lc; Umi 4c. Coroao Manilla rope, 1,-lnch, i. Quoted at 8..c. and8inal.ni. Sugar Oolden C, 6,'jc; extra C, blic; dry granulated, 5 Jc; tube crushed ana powdered, 6?sc per pound ; jc per pound discount ou all grade lor prompt cash ; wi loin, mora wan oarrel. maple sugar, 16(U6c per pound. ""rV081 22(3230 ; Rio, 2t 22c; Salvador, 21 (3 22c; Mocha 2Utg31c; PadangJava. 30c; Palembani Java. 2tl(328c; Uhat Java, 23(i26c; 17 buckle'. Mokaska and Lion. $21.80 pei 100-pound case; Columbia, $21.30 pei 100-pound case. r Rits Island, $44.60 per sack: Ja pan, $4.00(34.60. Coal Steady; domestic, $5.0037.6( per ton; foreign, $8.60(311.00. Meat Market. Bsir Gross, top steers, $3.25: cows pounf B0S dre8Md S Mutton Gross, beet sheep, wethers $3.00; ewes, $1.60,32.75; dsse? m ton, 6c per pound. VgAL-Gross, small, 8(30c; large, I 3.60: light and feeder., $2.60(32 75 drweed,3H4operpouna. '0' SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS, Flour Net cash prices; Familv . ,63S5per barrel; bakers'" tras. W-toJi.Wi; .npertine. $2.85(3 00. W HI IT ki,i;- ? . .. UUIIUJ, i,Q, J Il,07t'. rav?7l&rr to m P11" 2.8?. PfJ Pound. banks, Oregon, 40(305r. ' onions 60 (3 85c per sack. Short trashy SM Joaqn pln. Sa good do, 436c: Southern Paid cot' seconds, 13(dl4c ' "-'16 i common l 'a","''SllSc2 1C- ,I.0J'J I tastarn, I2ai4c- wl.V em. UaixWe r nonnH ' We,V For over 1.200 mile, the Nile do. ot,eoelve..ingl. tribuUry.tre.nt FIELD, FARMIjr uocrwi-irirwiiMATIONCONrt. wV nuniwUL I URt tb Farmer's Work Lie U U, -Hard Milking Cow.,,k T n. i . . . . au The month of March ntun, sm, farmer's spring work wn L S all the planning for the seon-u season's work is to be g tooMJL?' been done, leaving mil, T.." o J iub QSUtU be carried out. Importaut at u general plan of work, It is in . tail tbat He tbe elemeuu of tww. fullnra Tha nruia,i -- - geuersi Uh world will fail nulcsa he has oUd uc... uu .v ug un, piaunea canita. on the farm will oome to utn.ht less the oloteit attention it gWen thnnmanA all1 ina llitl. . - IlllDgl make np the farmer' dally tun. it oi laigmj iu mese little (K fftiat WA nan hnrui tn ... .. 1. - , ment and advanoemeut In meuj Two minoto aved from each of it- Hullv taalfa malra an . J - t vui savnitj uuy; a tew more grain in etch , or on each ear make manv hmi. the harvest Therefore bars tk. ' perlmentor and the cureful farnw, voted their energy largely to ., muige, auu it is ouiy oy a like iub linn tn thnaa aania amull .li- ". fcuujn a the improvemeuu made iu their don, mat wo uuu uujio tu aevp in touch r- tne nest metnoat or our day. Hard M libera. Occasionally you find a oowtk. a gooa muaer ana saiisiactory ut?v. respect aave the actual work of milK is extremely difficult The trcS usually la that the opening In iht of tbe teat is too tmall to allow itt, now oi tne mug ana the only raw is to enlarge tbe opening. Thii be done in several ways, but tb ai way ia the one described by W. 1 Andrews in a recent report ot Maine Bute Board ot Agricultnrt & ays: My remeay cannot posiibl; k and all tbat i required 1 tht otnti to use it. i waa ariven to try as periment by having a oow with ia teat nearly closed by a sore. I m drawing the milk for weeki bj g, cruel milking tube, until tb eovai my temper were nearly rained, j last the thought ooourred to metbt that tube or any small steel point m sharp at tbe end) only bad a project shoulder about one inch from tbe at making the instrument at this pa (snouidur and all) about thr teentbs of an inoh wide, the ihoii ground sharp to cut, being of tat about one-half of the width, rode instrument could not fail toeaUrpk opening, and milking twlot i lr would keep it open. I hsd such u i strument made; it ba. alwtjt pre safe and sure. The last man who k rowed it aay. he is now ready to r hard milking cows. With one grasp the toat filled with milk; v tbe other work the steel point 1b iff the sharp shoulder; now with la thumbnail about one-half bet Mov a. a gauge, give a quiok pad ud it thing I. done at one time, wiuwtt con lining the oow; yon maytofeb hor four teat without a kick, h bleeding or .welling ever follow." Making Butter Without Hit. The scaroity of hay oompliaMtk feeding problem, especially for tb engaged in dairying. I havs eightw cattle and five horses, sayi Willi" West, of Illinois. All the rough M I possessed last fall was itraw tr ten aore of short oats, and ten ten of .hredajd corn fodder. Th problsi wa. what to teed tbe oowt so u to F an average of one pound of bnttapi day from each cow milked, si I wrW I that amount ta suddIv customer! began feeding oorn fodder si I I hav. addinir a liberal ration of W1! bran, and oorn-and-oob meaL method, however, oonsumed the todte too rapidly, much of it being t""4 and the milk yield was not uti tory. I then changed my method the followinu with mnoh better renif Six bushels of mixed straw and foe I ara allirhrlv mnlafnnnil with SOlt V 1 ter. To this ia added one bnshel bran, one-halt bushel of coru-meal , quarts of oil-cake meal, and th mixed with a fork. This is fed to oow each mornlnir. and th amount I. given at night Th nW give, better results than aDymlxtsW' thnan fiuula that I have ever trie Bran ia worth (11 per ton, com V cent per bushel to which 6 cent"" added to pay for grinding and cake (30 per ton, thus making " daily oost of the grain ration for oow about 76 cent. Each hor fed a hasl-ot nf straw and fodder DF and morning, and i also given eight ear. of oorn three time W They are in better oondition thsnwW n!i.An .11 U. 1 atill AaL I" B"on 1 IUD lla J ... cattle are registered Jerseys. Kotee. Tomatoes do best on a sandy, P"0 loam. Let your first experiments with eed. of any kind be for yourself mail scale, and you will not 66 Oftnn ltlr,nnlntul Pruning apple tree must be lj after eaoh year, a it i importtn allnar nn 1n. .nnl in tb V The mainritT nf trees have twk mnoh wnrwt aa ta nnnded if 'e'' trimmed. For small lawn a t high grade ff lixer prepared f Yiow onemicai iemiiser yir-- , lawns is far preferable to inannre. produces an immediate effect , not obtainable, put on unleacbed w sshe and fine bone meal- Where fruit-raiaing on the farm tide thing, intended almost entirely ' home use, the orchard is apt to glected until the other far"1. Presses attention to it oot e"'11 until it ia t, lata. In the winW early spring before the bnd beg well all the dead limbs hould W' from all the trees, and c11"' moved from the orchard and w" , or dead limba from pear tnT"b((i cherry and plum tree may baT . tsauaed by disease or insects, r beat destroyed by burning.